Why Americans worry the rest of the world

May 4, 2006 — 5 Comments

Anyone say insular??

ABCNews:

Despite the wall-to-wall coverage of the damage from Hurricane Katrina, nearly one-third of young Americans recently polled couldn’t locate Louisiana on a map and nearly half were unable to identify Mississippi.

Americans between the ages of 18 and 24 fared even worse with foreign locations: six in 10 couldn’t find Iraq, according to a Roper poll conducted for National Geographic.

More here. Makes you wonder….doesn’t it.

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