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Well, this is quite upsetting to read.
(lemmy.nz)
More (not so) fun facts:
54% of American adults read below a 6th grade level.
21% read below a 5th grade level, which is considered functionally illiterate.
High immigration numbers don't fully explain it either, as first gen immigrants only make up about 1/3 of those with low literacy.
Amazing how you assume "doesn't meet the basic prerequisites for the educational program" means "brown people." You racist or something?
I on the other hand understand that "brown people," as you say, are perfectly capable of meeting the same requirements as everyone else, so it's patronizing to act like they need those standards lowered.
Affirmative Action is about securing positions to qualified candidates who would otherwise be looked over due to their demographic/background. It's not about lowering standards to let anybody in because (as you seem to be assuming) "brown people are too stupid to meet the same standards." If that's what you believe Affirmative Action is about, then you've fallen for right-wing propaganda about it. Good job.
Also, it doesn't make me a grammar nazi to believe everyone in a college writing class should be able to formulate complete sentences in the language the class is instructed in. It's on the education system to prepare future college students for that, and if they can't do it in 12 years of primary and secondary schooling, then that's a failure of the system. And you're not doing anybody any favors by saying we should let that slide just because you don't believe brown people can actually do better.