Jim Crow or jim crow (j m 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). [From obsolete Jim Crow, derogatory name for a Black person, ultimately from the title of a 19th-century minstrel song.] Jim -Crowism (jmkrz  m) n. |
Jim Crow
Noun
US
1. the policy or practice of segregating Black people
2. Offensive a Black person [from name of song]
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| Noun | 1. | Jim Crow - barrier preventing blacks from participating in various activities with whites ideological barrier - a barrier to cooperation or interaction resulting from conflicting ideologies |
| 2. | jim crow - a crowbar fitted with a claw for pulling nails |
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