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Yes, that s why they came up with literacy tests during jim crow. the literacy was disparately shared by the population so they could neutrally test for that and get the desired racial disparity they want. when georgia enacted the omnibus suppression law months ago, i was in a lot of these conversations. people said, well, the law on its face. i had to remind them. the poll tax was also facely neutral. the literacy test was facely neutral. they knew what the result was going to be. remember the grandfather clause that said you could vote in places in oklahoma was able to vote in 1850. whose grandparents were able to vote in 1850? black people? no. the idea of disparate impact that this happens is so outrageous. chris, this was explicitly referred to in the senate ....