Literacy is not for everyone...
Literacy is not required to collect welfare checks.
Looking around, I was surprised/disappointed to see this:
What's the latest U.S. literacy rate?
https://www.wyliecomm.com/2020/11/whats-the-latest-u-s-literacy-rate/
“The problem with communication is the illusion that it has been accomplished.”
George Bernard Shaw
Half of U.S. adults can't read a book written at the 8th-grade level, according to the OECD. [4]
The average American reads at the 7th- to 8th-grade level, according to The Literacy Project. [5]
Medical information for the public should be written at no higher than an eighth-grade reading level, according to the American Medical Association, National Institutes of Health and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Like math, literacy is racist.