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Nearly half of young Americans can’t name a single Holocaust concentration or death camp
(www.independent.co.uk)
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A recent study showed over 60% of American adults read below an 8th grade level. So no, it’s not shocking that their children can’t name a concentration camp. This is the intended outcome of gutting education budgets. Keep people ignorant and they’ll believe whatever you tell them. They won’t recognize authoritarianism because they were never taught history in the first place.
When I worked in journalism we were instructed to write at a 6th grade level or less...
...this was 20 years ago and I can't imagine it has improved.
It's even worse, it's 6th grade
https://www.thenationalliteracyinstitute.com/2024-2025-literacy-statistics