Only in Amerikkka Harvard Students Fail Near Impossible 1964 Louisiana Literacy Test Via DailyMail A group of Harvard students were recently asked by their tutor to sit the 1964 Louisiana Literacy Test – a notorious document with confusing questions that was used to stop black citizens from voting. Just 50 years ago, states in the South asked voters who couldn’t provide proof of a fifth grade education to pass the test in order to be eligible to cast a ballot. The test was intended to disenfranchise African-Americans, who in order to pass had to correctly answer all 30 questions in 10 minutes. Despite their Ivy League pedigree, none of the students managed to pass the test and their reactions as they struggled to make sense of the obtuse questions was filmed. You know that isht is…f***in’ ridiculous. Image via YouTube/Harvard
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Interesting: Harvard Students Fail Vote-Deterring Louisiana Literacy Test Used To Disenfranchise Blacks
