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Originally Posted by tjinaz
Saying that they didn't have the right to vote until 50 years ago and saying there were stringent policies that prevented them from voting until 1964 in 10 of the 50 states is quite another. In the early days of the colonies you had to be a land owner or be part of a church to vote so does that mean all the poor white folks didn't get to vote until 150 years ago?
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Apparently you aren't familiar with the context in which this point was raised. The only reason this issue came up was to be used as a demonstration of something that was once deemed acceptable and how obviously despicable it is in hindsight. The fact that a good portion of the United States felt that denying people of color the ability to vote was okay only 50 years goes to show how much things have changed (although there are still a sad minority who support this view).
As to the second part of your statement, yes that does mean that all poor white folks didn't get to vote until 150 years ago, at least in the colonies. I don't see what's hard to grasp here.