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By rafael | Published March 19, 2011 | Full size is 500 × 1197 pixels

Minorities are overrepresented as new Internet users, suggesting that the digital divide is narrowing. A study by the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies found that 28% of blacks and 35% of Hispanics have been on the Net for one to five years, compared with 18% of whites. It also found that while blacks and Hispanics make up 10% and 11%, respectively, of all Internet users, they are 19% and 21% of those who have been logging on for less than a year."

Minorities are overrepresented as new Internet users, suggesting that the digital divide is narrowing. A…