America has a literacy crisis. And it won't change it because America is arrogant and proud of its ignorance. According to a study conducted in late April by the U.S. Department of Education and the National Institute of Literacy, 32 million adults in the U.S. can’t read. That’s 14 percent of the population. 21 percent of adults in the U.S. read below a 5th grade level, and 19 percent of high school graduates can’t read. And these folks make perfect bigots. And Trump supporters.