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Who Knew ‘Grandfather Clause’ Is Racist? [PHIL-OSOPHY]
This is in no way an insult to grandfathers or paternal elders, but until this week, I had absolutely no idea that the term "grandfather clause" had its origins in Jim Crow laws that in part were created to keep Black Americans from voting...