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A near impossible literacy test Louisiana used to suppress the black vote

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244 points rcarmo | 1 comments | 21 Oct 24 21:29 UTC | HN request time: 0.202s | source
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saagarjha ◴[21 Oct 24 23:07 UTC] No.41909496[source]▶
I’m curious if anyone has the solutions to these.
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phildenhoff ◴[21 Oct 24 23:12 UTC] No.41909528[source]▶
A solution is available here: https://mrsjcoonan.weebly.com/uploads/2/3/6/2/23625108/liter...

But, my understanding is that the test is purposefully opaque, so that any answer can be considered “wrong”, at the discretion of whoever’s running the test.

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1. ryan-c ◴[21 Oct 24 23:36 UTC] No.41909674[source]▶
#8 is wrong, T should be crossed out because it's the first letter of "the alphabet".

#18 is wrong, after the 15 comes 18, so 18 should be written in the blank space.

Bastards.