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Maeve

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21. The first question alone could fail many!!

Reply to ret5hd (Reply #2)

Fri Mar 22, 2024, 08:41 AM

Mar 2024

1.Draw a line around the number or letter of this sentence.

or maybe this one
6. In the space below, draw three circles, one inside (engulfed by) the other.

Is that one and then one inside another and you fail if you draw two inside one? Intentionally ambiguous? (of course it was!) And "draw a line around" could be rejected if it was more a circle than a line, depending on who was taking the test and who was scoring it.

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An incarcerated teacher taught his students that Jim Crow literacy tests were racist. Then he got fired. [View all] WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2024 OP

Nathan Tucker is full of shit. If the literacy test was so important, then why were they only applied in towns that ... marble falls Mar 2024 #1

Plus... ProfessorGAC Mar 2024 #5

hey nathan...take the test. ret5hd Mar 2024 #2

The first question alone could fail many!! Maeve Mar 2024 #21

The truth is still the truth malaise Mar 2024 #3

Didn't they failed potentional voters even if they passed? LiberalFighter Mar 2024 #4

In some municipalities - yes JustAnotherGen Mar 2024 #6

That and the poll tax. ananda Mar 2024 #7

When I was a child, all adult black people were first names. Hermit-The-Prog Mar 2024 #13

Infantilizing and erasing their history is part of the oppression. ananda Mar 2024 #22

Not if my Daddy was around!!! He was adamant about age respect yellowdogintexas Mar 2024 #27

The only problem is that his claim of violation of his Constitutional rights might not work. 4lbs Mar 2024 #8

Murdered someone for $60 MichMan Mar 2024 #9

oh so if he was "teaching other inmates" maybe "teacher" would be a better term? instructor could work too WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2024 #18

What a repugnant take on the issue NanaCat Mar 2024 #24

And that means what, exactly? yardwork Mar 2024 #25

What's your point? He's a teacher. marble falls Mar 2024 #26

So am I MichMan Mar 2024 #31

Then you should understand he's doing the right thing - working through his punishment and improving ... marble falls Mar 2024 #32

Agreed, he is trying to do just that MichMan Mar 2024 #34

What the victim may or may not have been is speculation and not part of the equation. When we ... marble falls Mar 2024 #35

Might I suggest Freire's Pedagogy of the Oppressed? Iris Mar 2024 #33

I took a literacy test in Alabama Frances Mar 2024 #10

Sad. I'm curious - how long ago did these two events happen? TheRickles Mar 2024 #12

1963 Frances Mar 2024 #14

Thanks. Only in America.... TheRickles Mar 2024 #17

Not that is makes it any worse or better, but not only in America. Racism rears it's ugly head anywhere it can. marble falls Mar 2024 #29

K&R Solly Mack Mar 2024 #11

We should have literacy tests for MAGAts..... DemocraticPatriot Mar 2024 #15

Of course, Southern Illinois AwakeAtLast Mar 2024 #16

I was under the impression that when in prison... ProudMNDemocrat Mar 2024 #19

They do not have full constitutional rights but they do retain limited rights under the First Amendment, are protected WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2024 #20

This is a shameful understanding of prisoner rights. NanaCat Mar 2024 #28

If that were true, it'd be worse. marble falls Mar 2024 #30

Good lord. yardwork Mar 2024 #23