“What we did in that study was do that analysis neighborhood by neighborhood across Chicago, which I think casts a particular light on which neighborhoods tend to have greater levels of adoption of internet access versus those that don’t. And I think slicing the data in that particular way highlights those disparities perhaps in ways that we haven’t looked at before,” said Nick Feamster, principal investigator of the Internet Equity Initiative.
“The digital divide is deeply interwoven with the issues of race, education and poverty, with awareness, affordability and access to internet being a legacy problem, with that disproportionately affecting people in economically disadvantaged communities, even in areas covered by internet, people remain unconnected and not by choice,” said Dwayne Douglas, who operates the Chicago Area Broadband Initiative and serves on the guiding team for the city’s digital equity council.
In 2020, when children switched to remote learning, Kids First Chicago found one in five children in Chicago lacked access to reliable in-home internet, with most of those kids being Black or Latino. The University of Chicago’s Data Science Institute is also analyzing internet performance, another key element of bridging the digital divide.
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