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To: Neocon who wrote (328740)	12/13/2002 2:05:45 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Re: "Literacy tests need not be either discriminatory nor absurd. ...despite their history, need not be insidious......" >>> Correct, but they SURE WERE, and for a long, long time. >>> Hard to get away from that history. >>> And, how do you keep the cold clammy hand of racial and class discrimination from creeping in again? With one State requiring the recital of the Magna Carta in their 'literacy test'... and others requiring nothing? >>> Would you have to Federalize the 'literacy test'? >>> Would the reigning political party tweak it every election cycle? >>> Is math part of literacy? History? Political Science? Popular culture? What if one State requires knowledge of Rap music lyrics as a representative part of 'popular culture' knowledge? >>> Is this really a road you want to walk down?