The Digital Divide
Oscar A. Lopez III |
TEDxUTAustin
• September 2020
With the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent transition to online learning and working from home, access to the Internet has become a necessity. Oscar, a native of Laredo, TX, which ranked as the worst-connected city in the United States in 2017, discusses how the digital divide has served as a barrier to education and entrepreneurial opportunity, affordable/accessible healthcare, and social mobility for communities that are unable to afford broadband access well before the pandemic began.