Talk:Jim Crow laws
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[edit] Grammar
In the following sentence, I recommend changing the first "were" to "be."
"Although it was required that the facilities provided were equal they were not."
D021317c 12:03, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Name
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It would be nice if the article explained how these laws came to be named after the character of Jim Crow, described in the Thomas D. Rice article. -- Beland 18:23, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Back to the 21st Century?
The entry on "Jim Crow Laws" at the end of summary just above "Origins" currently states as a fact the following:
"In the 21st Century, Jim Crow Laws are being looked at in a new light. Whereas, in the past, they were looked upon as examples of discrimination, they now are held up as examples of proper civil coexistence between the races. Also, the argument that illegal Mexicans are to be accepted for their work that Americans will not do did not exist in those times. Congress is actively seeking to restore several of these laws for the public welfare."
I would like to see some evidence of the claim that Jim Crow laws are "now held up as examples of proper civil coexistence between the races." That's news to me!
Also, who in Congress is "actively seeking to restore several of these laws?" DickHnl 02:15, 12 August 2007 (UTC) --DickHnl 02:15, 12 August 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Jim Crow laws not restricted only to southern and border states
The opening sentence of this article suggests that Jim Crow laws were restricted to only the southern and border states and this is not factually correct. I offer as evidence one of the citations from the Jim Crow laws article that shows an interactive map where almost 3/4 of the states in this country had some form of Jim Crow laws enacted at the state level. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/themap/map.html I cannot edit this article because it is locked but I am hoping that someone has rights to edit it can do so to correct this misimpression. Jim Crow laws are a shame that is shared by every state and citizen of this country and we should not restrict this to only certain regions. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.162.220.253 (talk) 17:57, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Reference Typo
Under references, the reference #9 says "Full text of Korematsu v. Uniterd States opinion courtesy of Findlaw.com." As you can tell, the Uniterd needs to be changed to United. However, I am not sure if this is a typo, or a prank of some sort. I don't have an account to edit, just browsing through and caught it, so someone who can, please fix it. 4-26-08
[edit] Confused opening sentence
In the first sentence the parenthetic comment ("often referred to as a system or legal state as the Jim Crow or mainly Jim Crow") does not make any sense, at least to me.
FerdinandFrog (talk) 11:53, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
