Wait just a moment. Senator. I am speaking of our experience in receiving European immigrants during the last 20 years. In those years 68 per cent of the Portuguese have been illiterate. Of Hebrews there are 2.500 in Lawrence. and the general percentage of illiteracy is 25.7. Of Italians there are in Lawrence 8.000. and of those we may expect to find. as the Senator has said. 54.2 per cent illiterate. Of the Syrians there are 2.700 in Lawrence. and their percentage of illiteracy is 54.1. Of the Armenians there are a smaller number. 600. in Lawrence. and 24.1 per cent of them are supposed to be illiterate.
Identified stereotypes
Generalizations about illiteracy rates among different European nationalities.