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

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319 points rcarmo | 1 comments | 21 Oct 24 21:29 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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inreverse ◴[22 Oct 24 04:48 UTC] No.41911288[source]▶
Leaving aside the topics of authenticity and the questions' historical context, it's interesting that the article claims that "most" of the questions are impossible, while >80% have a single clear interpretation. For example, "draw a line under the last word in this line."
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ImPostingOnHN ◴[22 Oct 24 12:54 UTC] No.41913752[source]▶
How would you answer, "draw a line under the last word in this line"?
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pytness ◴[23 Oct 24 14:07 UTC] No.41925192{3}[source]▶

  "draw a line under the last word in this line"
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1. ImPostingOnHN ◴[23 Oct 24 17:07 UTC] No.41927060{4}[source]▶
Sorry, I expected "the last word in this line" to be underlined, not just "line". Right to vote denied.