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.
Okay, well if they can’t or don’t want to be literate then college isn’t the place for them. I don’t know what’s so hard about that for you to grasp.
You’re basically saying that the track team should let anybody join, even if they can’t walk a mile let alone run one in 6 minutes.
Having standards is not discrimination.