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haymakers9th · 4236 days ago · link · · parent · post: Take the Impossible “Literacy” Test Louisiana Gave Black Voters in the 1960s
I learned about this in school but all I was taught is that they used the literacy tests to prevent black people from voting, it didn't elaborate on how exactly that worked. I think I was left to assume black people at the time (closer to Amendment 15) were more likely to be illiterate or something. But this is even more evil. The questions are so insane, that even if you think you have it figured out, they're so vague that whoever is grading the test could just tell you you interpreted it wrong no matter how you answered it.