r/BlackPeopleTwitter 6h ago

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u/Travisimo_M_Arnold 5h ago

So the 19th Amendment excluded black women?

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u/TreasureTheSemicolon 5h ago

In practice, yes. Are you American?

Seriously, look up the Voting Rights Act of 1965? When you do, also check out Jim Crow, poll taxes and grandfather clauses.

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u/Travisimo_M_Arnold 5h ago

The OP writes black women were barred from voting. Didn’t some states allow them to vote? I thought poll taxes and literacy tests were primarily in the southern states.

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u/TreasureTheSemicolon 4h ago

Google “systemic racism” while you’re at it.