Passive citizenship in America is the direct consequence of public schools not teaching about people’s constitutional rights and the rules for governing the country enshrined in the Constitution, said actor Richard Dreyfuss.
Dreyfuss—who won an Academy Award in 1978 for his leading role in “The Goodbye Girl” and has acted in other famous films such as “What About Bob?,” “American Graffiti,” “Jaws,” “Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” and more—spoke to The Epoch Times at Hunter College in New York City on May 2.
Dreyfuss was at the college for a discussion about his book, “One Thought Scares Me…”
People who have not been taught civics do not understand the powers civil authorities have been given or the hierarchy of powers, said Dreyfuss, who has advocated for the need for civic education in the American school system since 2008 with his organization, The Dreyfuss Civics Initiative….