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How did a simple pencil help separate whites from non-whites in South Africa?

During the apartheid regime in South Africa, it was often necessary to accurately classify a person as "white" or "colored". One of the tools for solving the problem was a simple pencil: it was inserted into the hair of the subject, and then asked to tilt his head. If the pencil did not fall out of the hair, it was considered that they had a sufficient degree of curlyness to record a person in the category of "colored". There were cases when, according to the results of the pencil test, members of the same family were separated, who could no longer live together.

Authors: Jimmy Wales, Larry Sanger

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