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

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250 points rcarmo | 1 comments | 21 Oct 24 21:29 UTC | HN request time: 0.206s | source
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purpleblue ◴[21 Oct 24 23:27 UTC] No.41909618[source]▶
The sheer unadulterated racism from the past is horrifying and sickening. Sure, we still have work to do, but I'm glad we've come so far in the last few decades.
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Spooky23 ◴[22 Oct 24 04:02 UTC] No.41911077[source]▶
It’s still here. We dress it up as voter ID or something similar.
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onionisafruit ◴[22 Oct 24 05:39 UTC] No.41911500[source]▶
Voter id is so far from this. You might have to jump through hoops to get an ID, but with literacy tests it was almost impossible for blacks to register.
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1. Lord-Jobo ◴[22 Oct 24 15:26 UTC] No.41915227[source]▶
One disproportionately effects black voters, with an (arbitrary guess) 80% effectiveness rate.

One disproportionately effects black voters with a (https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/impa...) ~10% effectiveness

Just because one is working better then the other doesn't mean they are any different in their purpose