Itās not because just over half of US adults read at below a sixth grade reading level. A word like āapartheidā is too complicated for them. Even āfood desertā is probably a difficult concept for them because they probably read it as ādessert.ā Even if its technically more fitting, if the majority of people still donāt understand it, itās a losing concept on getting others to take it more seriously.
Unfortunately you have to speak to people in words they understand, and a massive amount of people in the US hardly understand anything. I think the last election proved that without a shadow of the doubt, if COVID hadnāt already.
Itās not because just over half of US adults read at below a sixth grade reading level. A word like āapartheidā is too complicated for them. Even āfood desertā is probably a difficult concept for them because they probably read it as ādessert.ā Even if its technically more fitting, if the majority of people still donāt understand it, itās a losing concept on getting others to take it more seriously.
Unfortunately you have to speak to people in words they understand, and a massive amount of people in the US hardly understand anything. I think the last election proved that without a shadow of the doubt, if COVID hadnāt already.
Iām irrationally angry at how accurate this is.