Black History 1838
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Jim Crow As Slur.
By 1838, the term "Jim Crow" was being used as a collective racial
epithet for Blacks, not as offensive as nigger, but as offensive as
coon or darkie. The popularity of minstrel shows aided the spread of
Jim Crow as a racial slur. This use of the term did not last past a
half century. By the end of the 19th Century, the words Jim Crow were
less likely to be used to derisively describe Blacks; instead, the
phrase Jim Crow was being used to describe laws and customs that
oppressed Blacks.
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