Jim Crow (redirected from Jim Crows)

Jim Crow or jim crow  (jm kr)

n.

The systematic practice of discriminating against and segregating Black people, especially as practiced in the American South from the end of Reconstruction to the mid-20th century.

adj.

1. Upholding or practicing discrimination against and segregation of Black people: Jim Crow laws; a Jim Crow town.

2. Reserved or set aside for a racial or ethnic group that is to be discriminated against: "I told them I wouldn't take a Jim Crow job" (Ralph Bunche).

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[From obsolete Jim Crow, derogatory name for a Black person, ultimately from the title of a 19th-century minstrel song.]

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Jim-Crowism (jmkrzm) n.

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jim crow [ˈdʒɪm ˈkrəʊ]

n (often capitals) US

1. (Sociology)

a.  the policy or practice of segregating Blacks

b.  (as modifier) jim-crow laws

2. (Sociology)

a.  a derogatory term for a Black person

b.  (as modifier) a jim-crow saloon

3. (Engineering / Tools) an implement for bending iron bars or rails

4. (Engineering / Tools) a crowbar fitted with a claw

[from Jim Crow, name of song used as the basis of an act by Thomas Rice (1808-60), American entertainer]

jim-crowism  n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Jim Crow - barrier preventing blacks from participating in various activities with whites color bar, color line, colour bar, colour line ideological barrier - a barrier to cooperation or interaction resulting from conflicting ideologies
	2.	jim crow - a crowbar fitted with a claw for pulling nails crowbar, pry, pry bar, wrecking bar - a heavy iron lever with one end forged into a wedge

Translations

Jim Crow

n (very offensive) (= black person) → Nigger (very offensive), → Schwarze(r) m; (= discrimination) → Rassendiskriminierung f attr law, policy → (gegen Schwarze) diskriminierend; saloon etc → für Schwarze