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cliffelam  ·  4228 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Take the Impossible “Literacy” Test Louisiana Gave Black Voters in the 1960s

I got 100%.

Sorry, not to say this makes sense, but how hard is it really?

_XC





pseydtonne  ·  4228 days ago  ·  link  ·  

How long did you take? Also, how do you know you had the white answers?

No, I didn't misspell that.

Let's also face it: even if a black professor took that test, they'd find a way to flunk him. This wasn't passed through a Scantron: it was passed through crackers.

b_b  ·  4228 days ago  ·  link  ·  

What did you answer for this:

Draw five circles that one common inter-locking part.

cliffelam  ·  4228 days ago  ·  link  ·  

A straight Venn diagram. They didn't say it couldn't have more than one, it just said that it had to have one.

What do you think it was supposed to be?

I try not to over-read things like that. It's how I pass the drivers test every 8 years without studying.

_C

b_b  ·  4228 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Frankly, I have no idea how to read it. Is it missing the word "have"? Just a typo? Strange test to have that glaring of an error.

cliffelam  ·  4228 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Not strange at all - pre word processor, twelve hands to get something to the printer. Old books had endless typo's.

-C

ecib  ·  4228 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Remains a strange test to have that glaring error. Typos be damned, you don't ignore them and strip people of their right to vote based off a literacy test administered in broken English. Come on.