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Preface=xi
Introduction=xiii
PART I. EXPLORING THE REASONS
Chapter 1. Fear of Science and Technology=3
The Legacy of Slavery=6
The Pseudoscience of IQ Testing=8
The Tuskegee "Experiment"=16
Overcoming the Avoidance Factor=25
Price=26
The Risk to Privacy=28
Utility: But What Good Is A Computer?=31
Chapter 2. The Economic Gap=35
The Economics of Slavery=37
Exclusion from Asset Accumulation=42
Who's Got the Wealth?=48
The Promise of the Internet and E-Commerce: Leveling the Playing Field?=50
Finally...A Word About Reparations=56
Chapter 3. The Education Gap=59
The Legacy of Slavery....Again=60
Seventy Years of Stagnant Inequality=62
"At the Same Place and at the Same Time"=65
The Aftermath of Brown=70
Perceptual Inequality=71
Classrooms Without Walls: A Digital Promise of Equality?=75
PART II. THE IMPACT OF THE DIGITAL DIVIDE
Chapter 4. Communication and Networking=87
E-Mail=89
Web Pages=94
Discussion Groups and Chat Rooms=98
Chapter 5. The E-Commerce Revolution=105
The E-Commerce Revolution=105
Purchasing Power and Convenience=106
The Making of a Dot.com Empire=107
The Informational Advantage=114
The Educational Advantage=117
The Employment Advantage=120
Chapter 6. Entrepreneurship and E-Government=125
Internet Entrepreneurs: "There's Gold in Them There Bytes!"=126
In the Beginning....=128
"Show Me the Dot.Com Money"=133
E-Commerce in the Public Sector: E-Government=136
The Digital Divide, E-Government and E-Voting=142
PART III. SOLUTIONS TO CLOSE THE GAP
Chapter 7. Legal, Practical and Technological Initiatives=147
The Internet as "Big Brother"=147
Privacy Policies=150
Privacy Regulation and Legislation=158
Privacy Software=162
The Cost of Technology=163
Chapter 8. Relevance and Access=167
Community-Based Efforts to Bridge the Digital Divide=171
The Future of Community Access Centers=179
Appendix=183
Selected Bibliography=185
Index=189