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2/ Firefighters used unfair upper body strength tests to keep women & POC out of emergency services for decades. Covert "Asians need not apply" policies. South Africa used to have citizenship testing that required Welsh. Or the "pencil test". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apartheid https://theconversation.com/kinky-curly-hair-a-tool-of-resistance-across-the-african-diaspora-65692 Capitalism, imperialism, & Jim Crow used a variety of methods to justify & maintain a "self-perpetuating" social hierarchy. The industry of "Aptitude Testing" is one. https://www.nea.org/nea-today/all-news-articles/racist-beginnings-standardized-testing