I Was a GI in Afghanistan: Here’s Why I Can’t Forget the Women. Afghan women suffered great inequalities and suppression. One in three girls is married before her 18th birthday. Nearly 80 percent of girls under 15 cannot read or write. The substandard health care for women results in deaths

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[–]thefirststone 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

But I bet he'd piss on a redneck, or refuse to for an Appalachian forest fire, before he'd give up his stolen paycheck to help one American man to read. All you invaders care about is muslim women.

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Do we have high rates for illiteracy within the US over the age of 40? I know that it used to be more common, since it doesn't really bar you from working labor jobs-- but I was under the impression that things were significantly better than they were 40 years ago with literacy rates.

[–]thefirststone 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Not sure about the age distribution, but this map claims lots of Appalachian counties are at 20% to 25% functionally illiterate (by whatever government criteria they chose): https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/piaac/skillsmap/ I imagine those figures are better than in the past because of cheap technology.

But they're mostly white and Christian, so they'd be treated by the US military just like the Christians in Iraq, Kosovo, or Syria. I guess it's best they don't pay attention to them, or they'd be bombing hillbillies in the mountains instead of Afghans in the mountains.

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Yeah, I come from a long line of "in the sticks" folks on both sides. My grandmother had two brothers that would have been in their 50s now that were illiterate, so I'm not doubting that it was a problem. That makes me question infrastructure that was in place years back, and also whether or not truancy laws were enforced the way that they are now and how much parents gave a shit. You've gotta understand that yeah, a lot of those folks may identify as Christians, but that doesn't exactly make them great people, or dictate their parenting skills as adequate for today's standards.