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3. My experience taking the test is comparable to helping a 2nd grader do their homework. The questions are easy yet confusing to an insulting degree and are not at all suitable to prove if an adult is literate. One of

1. The black community has not been given the same opportunities as white people, literacy included. While outright racism like not being hired because of race has decreased drastically, there are still issues with educational opportunities, which impacts literacy. Schools in

The first activity I decided to do on this was the voter literacy test. I felt like it was extremely unintuitive and frustrating. Some of the questions seemed like a question a friend would give you to say “gotcha” like …

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  Literacy was seen as a tool of power. This is because most of those who were literate came from a very high family, typically with money or descendants of power. If you cannot read anything, then you cannot do anything.

3) Discuss your experience of taking one of the literacy tests from Activity 4. Provide examples of questions and your responses. 

When I took the literacy test I was confused with some of the questions. For example, question 20 says …

How is literacy used as a hegemonic tool/ tool of power? By whom? Against whom? Reference at least 2 of this week’s course materials.

• Literacy is used as a hegemonic tool/tool of power as seen during the 19th and 20th

1. The color line still divides us. The most visible evidence of this in the field of public policy in recent years is the ongoing attack on affirmative action in higher education and employment. Affirmative action now gives minorities an unfair