This kind of taking pride in ignorance isn't so bad, compared to the other kinds.
"Oh, that's not for me, I'm so bad at maths" followed by a giggle.
or this, from an actual university student (relative of my wife), when I asked what they like to read:
"Nah, I never read, I hate reading".
That sort of taking pride in ignorance is worse.
Pride in ignorance is when people say there's nothing to some journalistic exposé, you ask them what was wrong with it, and they insist that they would never lower themselves to reading that kind of trash.
Not when someone who has difficulty reading says that they hate reading.
> That sort of taking pride in ignorance is worse.
Being averse against reading is not the same as being ignorant. It reminds me of that famous Bill Gates quote, "I choose a lazy person to do a hard job. Because a lazy person will find an easy way to do it." That person will master ways to learn things without reading a whole lot.