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I wonder if he handed this questionnaire only to the people he had no intention of hiring anyway just as a polite way of saying "No, thanks"
by snorkel 12y ago
I wonder if he handed this questionnaire only to the people he had no intention of hiring anyway just as a polite way of saying "No, thanks"
- spiritplumber 12y agoSadly that's pretty much how "comprehension tests" in the South worked in order to keep black people from voting.
- jqm 12y agoMaybe a comprehension test isn't a bad idea. It would probably keep just as many whites from voting nowadays as well.
- spiritplumber 12y agoThe problem is that in the olden days, it was the precinct worker's choice over who had to take it and who got it waived... and all the white folks got waived. http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_vault/2013/06/28/voting_rights_and_the_supreme_court_the_impossible_literacy_test_louisiana.html http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_vault/2013/06/28/voting_right...