December 3, 2011 The New Digital Divide By SUSAN P. CRAWFORD FOR the second year in a row, the Monday after Thanksgiving --- so-called Cyber Monday, when online retailers offer discounts to lure holiday shoppers --- was the biggest sales day of the year, totaling some $1.25 billion and overwhelming the sales figures racked up by brick-and-mortar stores three days before, on Black Friday, the former perennial record-holder. [...] The new digital divide raises important questions about social equity in an information-driven world. But it is also a matter of protecting our economic future. Thirty years from now, African-Americans and Latinos, who are at the greatest risk of being left behind in the Internet revolution, will be more than half of our work force. If we want to be competitive in the global economy, we need to make sure every American has truly high-speed wired access to the Internet for a reasonable cost. URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/04/opinion/sunday/internet-access-and-the-new...