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Richard's avatar

Almost everyone lacks basic civics knowledge and has for a long time. Back in 1965, my high school government teacher got possession of a copy of the Mississippi "literacy " test. It was really a civics test with a heavy emphasis on the Constitution. They only gave it to blacks, of course, but few whites could have passed it. As a proof of the last assertion, she administered the test to about 75 middle class white students and 3 government teachers. Only she and I passed it. The test was not unfair as a measure of civics knowledge. Only the discretion as to who had to take it to vote was unfair. I looked forward to being the only eligible voter but alas.

Russell W. Shurts's avatar

Isn't it amazing. When I was growing up in the 60's the South was considered the ignorant and racist part of the country while the northeast was the intellectual, tolerant Ivy League part. Now, it has all reversed! Unfortunately, the Ivy Leaguers haven't figured that out yet.

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