Jim Crow
noun /ˌdʒɪm ˈkrəʊ/
/ˌdʒɪm ˈkrəʊ/
[uncountable]- the former practice in the US of using laws that allowed black people to be treated unfairly and kept separate from white people, for example in schools
(美国社会过去对黑人的)种族歧视,种族隔离 词源From the title of a song that was sung by white entertainers who tried to look and sound like African Americans.