favoring or supporting Jim Crow.
for blacks only:
a Jim-Crow school.
a practice or policy of segregating or discriminating against blacks, as in public places, public vehicles, or employment.
Disparaging and Offensive. a contemptuous term used to refer to a black person.
noun (often capitals) (US)
an implement for bending iron bars or rails
a crowbar fitted with a claw
“black person,” 1838, American English, originally the name of a black minstrel character in a popular song-and-dance act by T.D. Rice (1808-1860) that debuted 1828 and attained national popularity by 1832:
Wheel about, an’ turn about, an’ do jis so;
Eb’ry time I wheel about, I jump Jim Crow.
Where and how Rice got it, or wrote it, is a mystery. Even before that, crow (n.) had been a derogatory term for a black man. Association with segregation dates from 1842, in reference to a railroad car for blacks. Modern use as a type of racial discrimination is from 1943. In mid-19c., Jim Crow also could be a reference to someone’s change of (political) principles (from the “jump” in the song).
A descriptive term for the segregation of institutions, businesses, hotels, restaurants, and the like. It also refers to the laws that required racial segregation.
: Jim Crow laws
: I would like to say that the people who Jim Crow me have a white heart
[fr a character in a minstrel-show song by T D Rice]
[kroh-iz-uh m] /ˈkroʊ ɪz əm/ noun 1. (def 1). 2. any policy of racial segregation. 3. advocacy of such a policy.
noun, U.S. History. 1. any state law discriminating against black persons.
[jim-dan-dee] /ˈdʒɪmˈdæn di/ Informal. adjective 1. of superior quality; excellent: a jim-dandy sports car. noun, plural jim-dandies. 2. something of superior quality or that is an excellent example of its kind: The new infirmary is a real jim-dandy. n. “remarkable person or thing,” 1844, perhaps from an old song, “Dandy Jim of Caroline” (1840s). adjective […]
[jim] /dʒɪm/ noun, Printing, Journalism. 1. a dash, often three ems long, used within a headline, between the headline and the main body of printed matter, between items in a single column, or between related but different material within a story.