But it would be racist to have any literacy requirements to get one.
The State has to control what the people hear. No state can stand true free speech (and that included the early days of the Republic).
Of course licensing is the next logical step. That has always been one way to limit competition in any field, from hair dressers to physicians. Any thing that the Left can do to limit the voices of anyone who doesn’t toe their ideological line is alright with them. Requiring licenses to express your opinion would severely limit those opinions to only those willing to pay the fee. Requiring a license like a physician or lawyer severely limits the numbers, especially if those licenses require a college degree in ‘journalism’.....................
White “journalists” are just as stupid. So it’s not racist, just fascistic.