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A photo of two girls sitting outside a restaurant is going viral on social media. The image, which also generated a wave of solidarity, portrays two students who are sitting at the door of an establishment to be able to use wi-fi and thus be able to participate in online classes.
The image was captured by two employees of a restaurant of the Taco Bell chain, in the US state of California, who notice that the young women had computers on their laps and a pen and paper in front of them.
In the image, captured by one of the employees of the Taco Bell restaurant, you can see the two girls sitting on the floor, with computers on their laps and with paper and a pen in front of them, on the sidewalk. Some employees went to talk to them to see if they could help.
After sharing the students’ photograph, some local officials decided to try to remedy the situation and offered to help the school group of the two sisters, who promised to provide them with a ‘hotspot’ so that they could access the Internet without problems.
A Monterey County, California official said it was necessary to “do better and resolve this digital divide once and for all, for all California students.” In an interview with CNN, Luis Alejo said that this situation was “a shame”, taking into account that the state is the “technological capital of the world.” Let us remember that it is in this North American state where Silicon Valey is located, the epicenter of entrepreneurship and It houses companies like Facebook and Google.
Two students sit outside a Taco Bell to use Wi-Fi and be able to ‘go to school’ online.
This is California, home to Silicon Valley … but where the digital divide is deeper than ever.
Where 40% of Latinos do not have access to the Internet. This generation deserves better. pic.twitter.com/iJPXvcxsLQ
– Kevin de Leόn (@kdeleon) August 28, 2020
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