More (not so) fun facts:

54% of American adults read below a 6th grade level.

21% read below a 5th grade level, which is considered functionally illiterate.

High immigration numbers don’t fully explain it either, as first gen immigrants only make up about 1/3 of those with low literacy.

  • Sarah Valentine (she/her)@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    2 months ago

    The ones who are driving genocide being educated does NOT mean that a meaningful proportion of the educated are responsible for it.

    I didn’t make that claim. The fact is that being uneducated doesn’t mean you’re the problem, and being educated doesn’t mean you’re not the problem. The problem is definitely traceable to educated, wealthy people using their knowledge and wealth to destroy the systems of public education and spread misinformation. Fuck outta here with your bully apology and victim blaming.