What is Jim Crow?
Jim Crow Laws
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Jim Crow Norms
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Norms for talking to a white man
- Never assert or even intimate that a white person is lying.
- Never impute dishonorable intentions to a white person.
- Never suggest that a white person is from an inferior class.
- Never lay claim to, or overly demonstrate, superior knowledge or intelligence.
- Never curse a white person.
- Never laugh derisively at a white person.
- Never comment upon the appearance of a white female
Source: http://www.ferris.edu/jimcrow/what.htm
Would you survive a Jim Crow South?
1) Open this doc or get a hard copy
2) Take on the role of an African American
3) Read each question and use the laws above or here to help determine your answers
2) Take on the role of an African American
3) Read each question and use the laws above or here to help determine your answers