A bit later, in what would seem a largely involuntary obeisance to contemporary America's most deeply-rooted political beliefs, the people begin to anesthetize themselves yet again, ingloriously, this time with huge mountains of drugs, and with vast oceans of alcohol. Is this any way...
How Women and Illiterates Shaped Education Outcomes in 20th Century Latin AmericaPolitical participationpolitical competitionvoting institutionswomen’s suffrageliteracy restrictionseducationNo abstract is available for this item.doi:10.2139/ssrn.1797766Sweet, Cassandra M...
According to the International Literacy Association, there are 781 million people in the world who are either illiterate (cannot read a single word) or functionally illiterate (with a basic or below basic ability to read). Some 126 million of them are young people. That accounts for 12 percent...
Europeans believed that natives were illiterate, uneducated, and unholy. Through Bartolome De Las Casas’ letter, In Defense of the Indians, we learn that natives weren’t as barbaric and inhumane as the Europeans thought. He wrote that the natives were skillful creatures. They established their ...
The major areas of illiteracy are in Asia,Africa,and Central and South America.In Africa there are at least one hundred million illiterates,comprising eighty to eighty-five percent of the total population.In Europe the figure is about twenty-four million,most of them in Southern Europe,with Sp...
In terms of educational attainment, Indigenous Mexicans have completed an average of 6 years of schooling and approximately 23% are illiterate; comparatively, the non-Indigenous Mexican population has completed an average of 9 years of education and 5.5% are illiterate [66]. While Indigenous Mexicans...
of young people couldn’t read. By 2016 that was less than 10%. Over 750 million adults are illiterate, however – which is why the United Nations has occasions like International Literacy Day, welcomed in countries across the planet with a host of schemes and drives to get...
four of us globally. The attack was significant, and you can imagine the chaos when they started messing with people's money. The Twitter feeds lit up quickly with questions about what was going on. We soon realized it was bigger than us; it involved Citiban...
After the South Vietnam has fallen to the communist in 1975, many had flee to America in search for refuge. These are the “boat people” that risked everything to go to America in such of a better life. Like many other minorities, they came with empty hands; no family, money, educat...
In some states, like California, 75 percent of Black boys have reading scores so low they are considered illiterate. The ability to read is linked to higher voter turnout rates, higher rates of employment — and