NPR: Pew study shows fewer African-Americans using the Internet than whites. What does this mean?

I appeared on NPR’s Tell Me More program today to join a discussion sparked by a new study from the Pew Research Center which found that fewer African-Americans are using the internet than whites, and that there is a bigger gap when you look at internet usage in the home. Simultaneously, study also shows relatively high cell phone and smartphone usage among minorities. NPR host Michel Martin asked her guests whether this study is this indicative of a larger racial gap in tech, and what this data means.

You can listen to the streaming audio of the episode below.

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