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

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243 points rcarmo | 1 comments | 21 Oct 24 21:29 UTC | HN request time: 0s | 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. starspangled ◴[22 Oct 24 08:57 UTC] No.41912448[source]▶
There are many ambiguous ones, but several here that are unambiguously wrong.

14, 15, 16 that others pointed out.

24. They printed 3 words when a single word was called for. The test is very clear about following the direction exactly, no more and no less. Also "mom" might be wrong, "wow" should be safe.

28. The vertical line is bisected in clearly unequal parts.