In my last post I mentioned the Jim
Crow Laws. Now I never really quite learned what these were about in
school so I decided to give a jackass version of it that hopefully
I'll understand as well as you.In 1892 the phrase Jim Crow was
attributed to the song and dance character “Jump Jim Crow.” In it
a White actor by the name of Thomas D. Rice wore blackface and
performed as well as a comic strip making fun of Andrew Jackson's
views. These laws were used to enforce segregation in the South.
During the Reconstruction period these laws started and kept on going
until the mid 1960's. That's fucking nuts. In 1890 a separate but
equal status was given to Blacks. This meant that schooling, housing,
banking, and anything else that was given to Whites were scarce or
unavailable for Blacks by law. Even though Blacks were being put into
public offices more laws were being made to slow this down or flat
out stop it.
All public transportation, schools, and
public places were segregated. This is the whole Blacks in the back
of the bus stuff. The all Black schools if any. Whites only water
fountains. During the mid 1950's these laws were considered
unconstitutional but that didn't stop Blacks from being attacked or
killed if they tried to act as if they were equal. The rest of the
Jim Crow laws were changed by the Civil Rights Act in 1964 and the
Voting Rights Act in 1965. Still, that did not stop attacks and
discrimination though committees were started to track the amount of
Blacks that turned out to vote to ensure that they were not being
kept away. There are some saying that the new anti-drug laws being
used in the U.S are the new Jim Crow Laws as they specifically target
Black men.
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