Synonyms for jim crow
jim crow

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1. color bar, colour bar, color line, colour line, Jim Crownoun

   barrier preventing blacks from participating in various activities with whites

   Synonyms:
   color bar, colour line, color line, colour bar

2. jim crownoun

   a crowbar fitted with a claw for pulling nails

   Synonyms:
   color bar, colour line, color line, colour bar

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1. • Crowbar
   • Ideological Barrier

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1. Carrie Severino:

   Anyone who says originalism is rooted in White supremacy has it backwards, the three Reconstruction Amendments to the Constitution were meant to eliminate White supremacy in the law.It was by departing from that meaning that the late 19th century/early 20th century Court became an enabler of Jim Crow.

2. Chuck Collins:

   People say' slavery was so long ago' or' my family didn't own slaves.' But the key thing to understand is that the unpaid labor of millions -- and the legacy of slavery, Jim Crow laws, discrimination in mortgage lending and a race-based system of mass incarceration -- created uncompensated wealth for individuals and white society as a whole.

3. Marc Leepson:

   The analogy that comes to mind is Confederate statues, most Confederate statues weren't put up right after the Civil War. They were part of the spreading of the Lost Cause Theory, and then Jim Crow and segregation. They had a purpose in the eyes of the public.

4. John Mark:

   It's the most bald-faced attempt at disenfranchisement since Jim Crow.

5. Joe Biden:

   This is Jim Crow in the 21st century, it must end. We have a moral and constitutional obligation to act.