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.

  • Doomsider
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    1 month ago

    250 years of slavery, 90 years of forced segregation, 60 years of institutionalized racism.

    The US government has been fighting back against the civil rights ever since they were created

    Now we are set to take away the negro vote once again. We are at 50+ years of the War Against Minorities err I mean the War Against Drugs. Truly incomprehensible for anyone who pays attention to these things.