One-Third in D.C. Illiterate

[Flannel Boy]

WASHINGTON (AP) - About one-third of the people living in the national's capital are functionally illiterate, compared with about one-fifth nationally, according to a report on the District of Columbia.

Adults are considered functionally illiterate if they have trouble doing such things as comprehending bus schedules, reading maps and filling out job applications.

The study by the State Education Agency, a quasi-governmental office created by the U.S. Department of Education to distribute federal funds for literacy services, was ordered by Mayor Anthony A. Williams in 2003 as part of his four-year, $4 million adult literacy initiative.

The growing number of Hispanic and Ethiopian immigrants who aren't proficient in English contributed to the city's high functional illiteracy level, which translated to 170,000 people, said Connie Spinner, director of the State Education Agency. The report says the district's functional illiteracy rate is 36 percent and the nation's 21 percent.

Adults age 65 and older had the lowest literacy score of any group, the report found.

The District of Columbia Chamber of Commerce, which contributed to the report, said the city lost up to $107 million in taxes annually between 2000 and 2005 because of a lack of qualified job applicants

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8NVBUV81&show_article=1

[Phoenix Dark]

And I bet you at least 60% of that one third are black

[Cheebs]

FUCK

Adults are considered functionally illiterate if they have trouble doing such things as comprehending bus schedules, reading maps and filling out job applications.

I suck at reading maps and can't understand bus schedules when I am in a big city.

I CANT READ

[Flannel Boy]

I used to draw my own maps when I was five years old. Just sayin'

[Phoenix Dark]

Most people can't do that shit. This is actually created in black people's favor cuz how many white people you know ride the bus huh?

[Cheebs]

why is reading bus schedules = knowing how to read? Weird rules.

[Flannel Boy]

If you can't understand this I don't think you're reading the NY Times.

[Cheebs]

I get the NYT every sunday

[Flannel Boy]

I get the NYT every sunday

Do you look at all the pretty photos?

[The Fake Shemp]

Phoenix Dark, you do realize that almost the entirety of the District of Columbia is black?  That percentage is likely 90% or more.

[Mupepe]

Those black people need to learn how to read

[Mupepe]

and I also bet they're poor.  That probably sounds pretty redundant after calling them black.

[Madrun Badrun]

and I also bet they're poor.  That probably sounds pretty redundant after calling them black.

 

[Cheebs]

and I also bet they're poor.  That probably sounds pretty redundant after calling them black.

I love you.

[Tauntaun]

what do you expect from a bunch of people who elect a crack head for mayor? 

[Flannel Boy]

and I also bet they're poor.  That probably sounds pretty redundant after calling them black.

But you hate poor people... that means you hate black people!

[Mupepe]

I hate-fuck them on a regular basis.  does that count?

[Phoenix Dark]

Phoenix Dark, you do realize that almost the entirety of the District of Columbia is black?  That percentage is likely 90% or more.

Hey, a man can dream can't he?

[Cheebs]

90% of DC's population is black but like 20082804284280 members of the press "work" there everyday and all the politicians(whiteys) are there during the week

[Phoenix Dark]

It's that slave mentality

[Cheebs]

It's that slave mentality

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