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[–] Atlas_@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago (8 children)

A significant fraction of America is illiterate. 21% or 1/5. Yeah.

[–] Vlyn@lemmy.zip 15 points 1 day ago (7 children)

It's even worse than that:

21% of adults in the US are illiterate in 2024. 54% of adults have a literacy below a 6th-grade level (20% are below 5th-grade level).

So 1/5 can't read at all, and over HALF can't read better than an 11 year old.

[–] Twitches@lemm.ee 4 points 1 day ago

Anyone curious, I fact checked this and according to snopes it's true. This is just sad.

https://www.snopes.com/news/2022/08/02/us-literacy-rate/

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