The digital divide is often talked about in terms of different generations of ages, and their understanding and views of the digital world, but that is not always the case. AI has driven up the cost of computers' processing systems, making computers extremely inaccessible to poor people. According to The Washington Post, "...connected 24 hours a day, seven days a week. In the meantime, while our students have online access at school, many of them don't have it at home." The library is a place anybody can go to for free. It provides computers and free wifi.
The library offers many other things that can other than a place to use the internet. According to The Washington Post, Marcella Morris "signed up for a computer program at Trident Literacy Association, a 10-minute walk from her apartment. At the end of the 10-week program, she will receive a refurbished computer, free."
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Jose Antonio Vargas - Washington Post,Staff Writer. "Binary America: Split in Two by A Digital Divide: [FINAL Edition]." The Washington Post, 23 July, 2007. ProQuest, https://login.palomar.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/newspapers/binary-america-split-two-digital-divide/docview/410127068/se-2.
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