After the American Civil War ended in 1865, slavery was fully abolished. But the black people in America were not given full freedom. For example 90 years later, until 1955 black people were not allowed to sit in front when riding the public buses. They could only sit at the back.
Way before that black people who were already freed from slavery were prevented from voting in elections by various tricks and dishonest means. One of these methods was known as the Grandfather Laws. Some American states (usually in the racist south) made rules that black people could only vote if their grandfather's had also been registered voters. Their grandfather's had been slaves and slaves could not vote. Or the black people had to prove that not only they could read and write but their grandfathers could also read and write. Tricks like these were used to deny black people their rights.
According to Free Malaysia Today (below), Datin Azimah of PAGE has pointed out that most SPM students usually take NINE subjects in the SPM. So how are they going to get 10As when most of them only take NINE subjects ?
Suggestion : Can the Minister of Education please show us some statistics exactly how many SPM candidates (please show separate stats for bumis and non-bumis) took 10 subjects?
Click here for a quick video : https://youtu.be/y2T2DyGperY?si=yhvcosPptVH0vH9c
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