--- "Brenda J. Walker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jim Crow was a character created by the first white > actor to wear blackface, > Thomas Rice, who is credited with being the father > of the minstrel show. [...] > From its popularity in the minstrel shows, the term > became popular as a racial > slur meant to portray blacks as lazy, stupid and > inferior. It was later > adopted as a description for the post-Reconstruction > segregation laws, social > mores and intimidation practices which were in > principle based on the idea that > blacks were inferior to whites and thus the two > groups should not mingle. [...] > http://www.powells.com/cgi-bin/biblio?inkey=1-0195146905-0 > > Hope that answer is not too long-winded! >
Not at all - I never knew that. Thanks for the explanation. Get your free @yahoo.ca address at http://mail.yahoo.ca
