Fewer African Americans Surf The Net Than Other Groups!

I'm going to re-type this the way it came out the net today 6/12/96

Clarence Tabb Jr. / The
Detroit News

Ralph Clifton of MicroAge
computer says computer
literacy is a must today.

By Noreen Seebacher

Will African Americans be left behind in the race for cyberspace?

The statistics raise concerns, according to ADONet, an internet resource for minorities.
The organization has found owning a computer is closely related to educational and economic standing:

* 48 percent of households with incomes of $75,000 or more own computers.

* 5 percent of households with incomes of $15,000 or less own computers.

* Nearly one-third of the African-American population lives below the poverty level.

Ralph Cliton, an account manager at MicroAge computer store in Novi, said it's important for members of all economic groups to use computers.

"Computers may well be the next measure of literacy. Even if you know how to READ, you may be considered illiterate unless you know how to use a computer," he said.

The largest population group nationwide not using computers are African-Americans men, age 19-54, making $11,000 to $20,000 annually.

College educated Asian-American males between 24-54 making about $75,000 a year constitute the largest group in the United States to use the computers at home or work.

Clifton speculated that people with lower incomes may simply lack the exposure to computers that middle-and upper-income people get on a daily basis.

"Those with lower incomes may be focused on a day-to-day things, like food, clothing and shelter," he said.

Wayne State Assostant Professor Rosie L. Albritton, who runs AfrTECH LIST, an e-mail discussion group designed to promote the use of information technology by African Americans, believes education is the key to getting African Americans on-line.

At the conference two years ago, the prospects for getting African Americans on the Internet seemed dim, Albritton said. Since then, getting computers in public libreries and schools has been key to improving those prospects.

"I see some gains, but there is a lot more to do," Albritton said.

"Those of us who have access - the more we ecercise the option of using the technology - we take it to the classroom."

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