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Agreed. This test is not reasonable. Even "who is the first president" knowledge shouldn't be a bar to voting. Do you think they offered this literacy test in
by whaaaaat 2y ago
Agreed. This test is not reasonable.
Even "who is the first president" knowledge shouldn't be a bar to voting. Do you think they offered this literacy test in the native languages of all taking it? Do you think all people in the US had the opportunity to learn, in their language, the history of the country?
At the time there were systemic barriers to education that meant that many folk were probably not even taught who the first president was. Let alone how old you have to be to be president.
- butlike 2y agoThere's also a few typographical issues I noticed that might have been an issue for uneducated folk. For instance, in one question, government is written as "governm ent" What's a government ENT?