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The Racist Origins of the SAT

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While it unintentionally aided the disadvantaged in its earlier forms, the SAT was the fruit of a very poisonous tree.

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Ninety years ago, on June 23, 1926, 8040 American high school students simultaneously pondered which of six words were “most closely related” and which numbers “come next” in a certain sequence.

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