Never in an explicitly racist sense. The laws were written to appear neutral, but only selectively enforced. Had they been strictly applied a significant number of poor whites who did vote would not have been allowed to do so, but they were despite not meeting requirements blacks denied votes or even the right to economically succeed without being strung from a tree and their corpse passed around on postcards as something to be celebrated.
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Date: 31/10/11 00:31 (UTC)