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by Feuilles_Mortes on Wednesday November 09, 2016 @09:54AM
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I think this is a really bad/scary idea. A great thing about democracy is that _everyone_ has a voice.
I grew up in Birmingham, Alabama. In school we were taught a great deal of the Civil Rights movement, as much of it happened in our city and state. In particular, this "test" suggestion makes me recall the literacy tests [1] instituted in the Jim Crow south.
I grew up in Birmingham, Alabama. In school we were taught a great deal of the Civil Rights movement, as much of it happened in our city and state. In particular, this "test" suggestion makes me recall the literacy tests [1] instituted in the Jim Crow south.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literacy_test