"The report also found that while 78 percent of “English-dominant” Latinos and 76 percent of bilingual Latinos logged on to the internet, just 32 percent of “Spanish-dominant” Hispanics did.
Lower internet usage is correlated with lower income, another category in which Hispanics were overrepresented, the report added. Indeed Marquez points to a digital divide within the Latino community “between those making $50,000 and above and others earning less than $40,000, who [cannot] afford monthly internet access fees.”
Moreover, with 29 percent of Hispanic adults logging on to the internet via a home broadband connection, compared to 43 percent of white adults, the report suggests a more subtle, finer-grained digital divide, with broadband access emerging as a wedge between creative online activities and using the internet solely for basic tasks. "
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Hello Enrique,
I am the CEO of WiHood (http://www.WiHood.com) and Puerto Rican. I built WiHood to specifically bridge the digital divide and protect children online for lower and higher income families.
If you have ideas about how WiHood can help change what is happening amongst Latinos that should not be happening when there are solutions, I would appreciate a dialog with you.
I and WiHood are personally committed to bridging this digital divide!
Please contact me if you are sincere in your frustration with the situation as well.
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