> The same goes for the literary canon that college professors claim as a requirement for real literacy. Reading a canonical set of old stories gives you share

> The same goes for the literary canon that college professors claim as a requirement for real literacy. Reading a canonical set of old stories gives you shared experience with readers across continents and centuries and civilizations and class and complexion. It's not inclusive of everybody, but its a broader than just the "affluent in-group" it might currently include.