The same holds true for whites. Not in sheer numbers but the magnitude of the decline is similar.
I have had the good fortune of meeting many well educated 9th grade graduates from Appalachia. These people had trig and Shakespeare before leaving. The problem is they all graduated in the 50’s and early 60’s. These are people who in some instances went to school barefooted.
Today? You have to give a basic math and reading test to COLLEGE graduates to be sure they aren’t illiterate.
“The same holds true for whites. Not in sheer numbers but the magnitude of the decline is similar.”
Because the white population is far larger the absolute number is probably the same and the cause is the same; fatherless lids. Whites now have as many as blacks do.
Boy do I know that!
I work tutoring for community college. Yes I know it has that rep but the number of classes for remedial math and English is absurd, never mind how many such students I can get during any given semester.