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The claim was that immigrant children were likely to be less literate in English. Your claim that immigrants (as an entire group) may certainly have higher Eng
by seanmcdirmid 2y ago
The claim was that immigrant children were likely to be less literate in English.
Your claim that immigrants (as an entire group) may certainly have higher English literacy than US-born is a bit more tenuous, and ignores lower income/lesser educated immigrants from Mexico/central/America/Eastern Africa in favor of more educated immigrants from India/Philippines/China (well, Asia in general). But I don't think the numbers really bare your claim out, even if we don't throw in illegal immigrants and/or refugees.
- cf100clunk 2y ago> I don't think the numbers really bare your claim out I'm not claiming any numbers. My words bear that out.
- seanmcdirmid 2y agoYour whole comment: > Only US-born people are literate in English? Wow, I hope you'll rethink that because on a case-by-case basis, immigrants may certainly have higher English literacy than US-born. You made a vague claim with two weasel words that alluded to immigrants having higher English literacy than US-born. They claim you were replying to was referring to overall rates, not case-by-case rates (obviously you compare one person to another person you can get any kind of result, but we are comparing groups instead).