| 单词 | jim crow |
| 释义 | jim crow (once / 12123 pages) n WORD FAMILY jim crow USAGE EXAMPLESI shall travel in the jim crow coach with Tom. Ovington, Mary White, The Shadow(2010) Separate schools, separate churches, separate waiting-rooms, "jim crow cars"—with these the American Negro is familiar. Various, The Journal of Negro History, Volum...(2010) It may be said that "jim Crow" buried the legitimate drama and danced on its grave. Macfarlane, J., The Book of the Bush—Containing Man...(2010) n a crowbar fitted with a claw for pulling nails Hyper crowbar, pry, pry bar, wrecking bar a heavy iron lever with one end forged into a wedge Jim Crow (once / 11988 pages) n Jim Crow refers to a series of racist laws and measures that discriminated against African-Americans. Even though these laws were enacted between 1876 and 1965, the effects of Jim Crow are relevant today. Originally, Jim Crow was the name of a character in a plantation song in the American south. From there, it became associated with discrimination against African-Americans after slavery. Jim Crow laws made it difficult for African-Americans to vote. Forcing African-Americans to use separate restaurants and bathrooms was another example of Jim Crow. This name is synonymous with bigotry and racism. Even today, when there is racism against African-Americans, people will refer to Jim Crow. WORD FAMILYJim Crow: Jim Crows USAGE EXAMPLESSo she brought the extraordinary tale to the masses — about black women working in a technical field in the Jim Crow South. Washington Post(Dec 21, 2016) The attack stirred up painful memories of church burnings during the Deep South's Jim Crow era of enforced racial segregation. BBC(Dec 22, 2016) Denying voting rights is the racist legacy of Jim Crow laws, and its survival to this day is a stain on our democracy. The Guardian(Dec 20, 2016) n barrier preventing blacks from participating in various activities with whites Syn|Hyper color bar, color line, colour bar, colour line ideological barrier a barrier to cooperation or interaction resulting from conflicting ideologies |
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