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geek_sabre

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10. No, he would have passed.

Reply to lpbk2713 (Reply #6)

Mon Jul 1, 2013, 12:12 AM

Jul 2013

If he got every one wrong, he would have passed. Because he's white.

If both he and a black person wrote identical answers for each question, he would pass, and the black person would fail.

Its not just the ridiculousness of the questions, the grading was heavily biased in such a way that any answer, no matter how absurd, from a white person would be acceptable, and any answer, no matter how logical, from a black person would be unacceptable.

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Take the Impossible "Literacy" Test Louisiana Gave Black Voters in the 1960s [View all] bigtree Jun 2013 OP

"one wrong answer denotes failure of the test"???? arcane1 Jun 2013 #1

omg Liberal_in_LA Jun 2013 #2

#13 on the 1963 test cutroot Jun 2013 #3

Look at question #10. I have no idea how to answer that. yardwork Jun 2013 #4

the way the test instructions are worded grok Jun 2013 #8

Could the message to the voter be any clearer? CakeGrrl Jun 2013 #5

Shit-for-Brains would have failed miserably. lpbk2713 Jun 2013 #6

No, he would have passed. geek_sabre Jul 2013 #10

I'd say the person who wrote #11 has failed a literacy test themselves muriel_volestrangler Jun 2013 #7

It gets better. #20 geek_sabre Jun 2013 #9