WASHINGTON—In a move designed to promote unity and establish efficiency at the federal level, President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday making the nation’s official language remedial English. “Going forward, all government communications must be really short and lack any kind of coherent grammatical structure,” read the executive order, which also mandated that official […]
  • IninewCrow@lemmy.caEnglish
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    10 days ago

    They had to immediately withdraw the order as they realized that most Americans would not be able to pass the same test.

    • pdxfed@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      10 days ago

      The term “grandfather in” came from southern voter suppression laws aimed at blacks; “poll literacy tests” were implemented to create a barrier to black voting, but if you could prove your grandfather voted you didn’t have to pass the test.