Can you pass this 1964 LOUISIANA VOTING LITERACY TEST in 2020?
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Designed to keep blacks from trying to vote when the threats, job firings, beatings and murders didn’t work.
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People in the comments saying they could pass it and it was easy
The difficulty is in answering 3 questions/min or 20 seconds each ques.
Deny people the right to an education then deny their constitutional rights because of it.
Great country, the people that reside in it are incorrigible.
Hillary is rarely wrong, she was wrong about the percentage in the basket.
Stand down, stand by
It not just the difficulty, many of the questions have dual interpretations. This was a tactic CACs used to ensure people would fail.
For example: if I asked you to write this line in reverse, you could write the entire first line in reverse or the words "this line" in reverse. White folk are evil.
However I love when history like this is shared to others because it is a reminder of how important voting is and how hard they tried to prevent us from doing it.
For example: if I asked you to write this line in reverse, you could write the entire first line in reverse or the words "this line" in reverse. White folk are evil.
However I love when history like this is shared to others because it is a reminder of how important voting is and how hard they tried to prevent us from doing it.
Answers 
There are a bunch of problems with this test, all specifically designed to make success nearly impossible. Like this:
– Thirty questions in ten minutes is 20 seconds per question. It took me longer than that to read and interpret all thirty, without trying to answer them, and I have a degree in physics.
– Ordinarily, literacy refers to the basic ability to read and write at an essential level; it doesn’t normally refer to compass-reading, geometry, arithmetic comprehension (i.e., numeracy), etc.
– Many questions are designed to confuse, others to allow more than one answer. The secret is that any answer will be wrong.
Example interpretations, based on my having grown up in the racist southern US:
1 & 4. Technically, you can’t draw a line around things because lines are straight.
2 & 3. The longest word in the line can be “longest” because it has the most letters, or “word” because it is the only “word” in the line. Both answers will be wrong. Similar for the “last word.”
5. Likely answerable.
6. Refers to three circles but only describes the positions of two. There have to be three circles, but any third circle is wrong.
7. What should a cross look like? Also, the space where you draw the cross is also the answer space for the previous question. Any answer will be wrong, and will invalidate #6.
8. “A” comes earliest in the alphabet. Drawing a line at all will be wrong. So will not drawing a line.
9. “Z” comes last in the alphabet, but doesn’t occur twice in the list. Any answer is wrong.
10. No word in the sentence begins with a capital L. Any writing will be wrong. Also, “below” contains the word “low,” which fulfills the “first word” request. Unless you choose it. All answers will be wrong.
11. “Necessary” is not a number; any crossing out is therefore wrong. Also, zero can be a number or a placeholder; acting on either is wrong. Also, the instructions require the test taker to cross out “the number” – singular – but multiple numbers must be crossed out to answer correctly.
12. Again, lines are straight. Also, it is not possible to draw a line that is both below and connected to something. Also, nobody told you to touch circle three. Any answer is wrong.
15. Dotting the “i” in noise will put two dots over letters, leaving the dot out is a misspelling. Also, writing “noise” backwards can mean reversing the order of the letters or writing the word in mirror image, so that the letters are also drawn backwards. Any answer is wrong.
16. “Its” can refer to either the circle or the triangle. And what is the measure of blackened?
17 & 18. These might actually be answerable.
19. Does the dot go inside the circle or inside the triangle? Both are wrong.
20. Are we to write the word “backwards” in its normal “forward” fashion, or are we to write “forwards” with the letters in reverse order? Both are wrong
21. Are we to write “vote” so that turning the paper upside down makes it normally readable, or are we to invert each letter while preserving their order? Both answers are wrong.
22. Again, what should a cross look like? Also, the space where you draw the cross is also the answer space for the previous question. Any answer will be wrong, and will invalidate #21.
23. Might be answerable, or “middle” might lose to a ruler. Or the shape might not be square enough.
24. There are very few geometrically symmetrical words, in part because there are few symmetrical letters. “bid” or “bod” or “dib” might work, unless inversion plays a role.
25. The duplicated “the” at the line break is commonly lost to syntactical/perceptive filtering. This is a popular gag in intro to psychology classes. Further, the “line provided” is connected to the triangle, which itself is constructed of lines. Any answer will be wrong.
26. Probably answerable, but clearly phrased to confuse.
27. Some possible answers:
a. Transcribe everything after the word “Write.”
b. “it”, which I wrote right, e.g., correctly
c. “right from the left to the right”
d. “right”
Any answer will be wrong.
28. Is the “curved horizontal line” a single continuous arc? An undulating sine curve? Geometrically speaking, can a line be a curve? Will the equality of the segments of the vertical line be measured for accuracy? It doesn’t matter, any answer will be wrong.
29. Does writing every other word begin with the first or the second? Do we put the “every others” and the “every thirds” in their original locations, or do we perform the tasks and placements sequentially? Note, too, that this is the first time “write” and “print” are explicitly differentiated, e.g., cursive vs. block printing; how does this reflect on all previous instructions? Is reading and writing in cursive crucial to literacy and voting? How legible must cursive writing be to pass? It doesn’t matter; any interpretation will be wrong.
30. The instruction is incomplete and cannot be performed as described. Also, what constitutes interlocking? Any answer will be wrong.
Remember, any single wrong answer – equal to a 96.7% success rate – is a failure. We’ve likely gotten nearly every answer “wrong” in the proctor’s flexible interpretation. We will not be allowed to vote.
I’ll add that any complaint from the test taker will be answered with either an excessively simplistic “see how obviously stupid you are” demonstration to help you internalize your inadequacy (on a good day) or the threat of arrest or grievous harm (on a bad day).
The goal was never too test literacy, it was to prevent voting, full stop.
There are a bunch of problems with this test, all specifically designed to make success nearly impossible. Like this:
– Thirty questions in ten minutes is 20 seconds per question. It took me longer than that to read and interpret all thirty, without trying to answer them, and I have a degree in physics.
– Ordinarily, literacy refers to the basic ability to read and write at an essential level; it doesn’t normally refer to compass-reading, geometry, arithmetic comprehension (i.e., numeracy), etc.
– Many questions are designed to confuse, others to allow more than one answer. The secret is that any answer will be wrong.
Example interpretations, based on my having grown up in the racist southern US:
1 & 4. Technically, you can’t draw a line around things because lines are straight.
2 & 3. The longest word in the line can be “longest” because it has the most letters, or “word” because it is the only “word” in the line. Both answers will be wrong. Similar for the “last word.”
5. Likely answerable.
6. Refers to three circles but only describes the positions of two. There have to be three circles, but any third circle is wrong.
7. What should a cross look like? Also, the space where you draw the cross is also the answer space for the previous question. Any answer will be wrong, and will invalidate #6.
8. “A” comes earliest in the alphabet. Drawing a line at all will be wrong. So will not drawing a line.
9. “Z” comes last in the alphabet, but doesn’t occur twice in the list. Any answer is wrong.
10. No word in the sentence begins with a capital L. Any writing will be wrong. Also, “below” contains the word “low,” which fulfills the “first word” request. Unless you choose it. All answers will be wrong.
11. “Necessary” is not a number; any crossing out is therefore wrong. Also, zero can be a number or a placeholder; acting on either is wrong. Also, the instructions require the test taker to cross out “the number” – singular – but multiple numbers must be crossed out to answer correctly.
12. Again, lines are straight. Also, it is not possible to draw a line that is both below and connected to something. Also, nobody told you to touch circle three. Any answer is wrong.
15. Dotting the “i” in noise will put two dots over letters, leaving the dot out is a misspelling. Also, writing “noise” backwards can mean reversing the order of the letters or writing the word in mirror image, so that the letters are also drawn backwards. Any answer is wrong.
16. “Its” can refer to either the circle or the triangle. And what is the measure of blackened?
17 & 18. These might actually be answerable.
19. Does the dot go inside the circle or inside the triangle? Both are wrong.
20. Are we to write the word “backwards” in its normal “forward” fashion, or are we to write “forwards” with the letters in reverse order? Both are wrong
21. Are we to write “vote” so that turning the paper upside down makes it normally readable, or are we to invert each letter while preserving their order? Both answers are wrong.
22. Again, what should a cross look like? Also, the space where you draw the cross is also the answer space for the previous question. Any answer will be wrong, and will invalidate #21.
23. Might be answerable, or “middle” might lose to a ruler. Or the shape might not be square enough.
24. There are very few geometrically symmetrical words, in part because there are few symmetrical letters. “bid” or “bod” or “dib” might work, unless inversion plays a role.
25. The duplicated “the” at the line break is commonly lost to syntactical/perceptive filtering. This is a popular gag in intro to psychology classes. Further, the “line provided” is connected to the triangle, which itself is constructed of lines. Any answer will be wrong.
26. Probably answerable, but clearly phrased to confuse.
27. Some possible answers:
a. Transcribe everything after the word “Write.”
b. “it”, which I wrote right, e.g., correctly
c. “right from the left to the right”
d. “right”
Any answer will be wrong.
28. Is the “curved horizontal line” a single continuous arc? An undulating sine curve? Geometrically speaking, can a line be a curve? Will the equality of the segments of the vertical line be measured for accuracy? It doesn’t matter, any answer will be wrong.
29. Does writing every other word begin with the first or the second? Do we put the “every others” and the “every thirds” in their original locations, or do we perform the tasks and placements sequentially? Note, too, that this is the first time “write” and “print” are explicitly differentiated, e.g., cursive vs. block printing; how does this reflect on all previous instructions? Is reading and writing in cursive crucial to literacy and voting? How legible must cursive writing be to pass? It doesn’t matter; any interpretation will be wrong.
30. The instruction is incomplete and cannot be performed as described. Also, what constitutes interlocking? Any answer will be wrong.
Remember, any single wrong answer – equal to a 96.7% success rate – is a failure. We’ve likely gotten nearly every answer “wrong” in the proctor’s flexible interpretation. We will not be allowed to vote.
I’ll add that any complaint from the test taker will be answered with either an excessively simplistic “see how obviously stupid you are” demonstration to help you internalize your inadequacy (on a good day) or the threat of arrest or grievous harm (on a bad day).
The goal was never too test literacy, it was to prevent voting, full stop.
Bruh, if you didnt review all those problems and didn't come up with the ONE answer that these white folks ain't shyt, then you have failed to see why we are where we are today with the same white propaganda acceptable ignorance we are being fed. Fuc trying to take a test not meant to pass for avg thinking folk, how do we end the test like these that are still being given, just in a different platform?
I looked at a segment on fox for the first time in probably a year the other night and they had a host with 3 or 4 panel members arguing how completely outrageous it was for anyone not to see how much of a "strong leader" and hero this dumb ass in chef is in office with video of him in the hospital and taking a tour around the hospital in the motorcade with a looping video while they discussed. I was just looking at my tv with my thoughts of the unreal amazement that these muthafckers could have a million dollar budget for this type of show with the network of production and net worth of each combined of over millions, with millions watching that they all could passionately and professionally argue such outrageous points till this day, even with this fuc up causing his own rapid decline contracting this virus with the best protection knowing he knew the severity -- was to me, at the same time wild af and white entitlement and supremacy no different today just on a bigger and different type of platform disguised with the same ignorance handed to folk as that voting test. The irony is, to be some type of Republican, certainly senator, or some host and member panel on a Fox channel, you have to pass a test that you must be able to eloquently and professionally argue against any reasonable
and sensible facts against any left wing politics with the argument not meant to have a factual or reasonable answer, just very good sentence structure.
I looked at a segment on fox for the first time in probably a year the other night and they had a host with 3 or 4 panel members arguing how completely outrageous it was for anyone not to see how much of a "strong leader" and hero this dumb ass in chef is in office with video of him in the hospital and taking a tour around the hospital in the motorcade with a looping video while they discussed. I was just looking at my tv with my thoughts of the unreal amazement that these muthafckers could have a million dollar budget for this type of show with the network of production and net worth of each combined of over millions, with millions watching that they all could passionately and professionally argue such outrageous points till this day, even with this fuc up causing his own rapid decline contracting this virus with the best protection knowing he knew the severity -- was to me, at the same time wild af and white entitlement and supremacy no different today just on a bigger and different type of platform disguised with the same ignorance handed to folk as that voting test. The irony is, to be some type of Republican, certainly senator, or some host and member panel on a Fox channel, you have to pass a test that you must be able to eloquently and professionally argue against any reasonable
and sensible facts against any left wing politics with the argument not meant to have a factual or reasonable answer, just very good sentence structure.
The absurdity of the questions had me laughing my ass off. I use to tease my cousin the same way when I didnt want him to have something.
Bitchass liars, bet you none of their dog smelling asses did provide an answer to any of the questions.in the Youtu’re videos they were all in the comments talking about it was easy, they’d pass it with no problem and 10 minutes was more than enough time to answer these 30 questions
Sure, I could pass it.
Pass it on to the next mutha fucka as I leave Louisiana.
Fuck those hillbillies.
Pass it on to the next mutha fucka as I leave Louisiana.
Fuck those hillbillies.
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