Its hard to believe that the Jim Crow laws existed in our country for nearly one hundred years not only because of how discriminatory they were but also because of how ridiculous the logic that backed the laws was. Here of some of my favorite examples of the delusional logic of Jim Crow laws:
Law: Juvenile Delinquents: There shall be separate buildings, not nearer than one fourth mile from each other, one for white boys and one for Negro boys.
Response: Alright I better get my tape measure.
Law: Circus Tickets: All circuses, shows and tent exhibitions, to which the attendance of.more than one race is invited or expected to attend shall provide for the convenience of its patrons not less than two ticket offices with individual sellers, and not less than two entrances to the said performance, with individual ticket takers and receivers, and in the case of outside or tent performances, the said ticket offices shall not be less than twenty-five feet (25) apart.
Response: Well the circus has always been a very serious place. aha aha
Law: The Blind: The board of trustees shall. maintain a separate building. on separate ground for the admission, care, instruction, and support of all blind persons of the colored or black race.
Response: Yea if I was blind I would be concerned about the way the people around me look too.
Law: Intermarriage: The marriage of a white person with a Negro or mulatto, or person who shall have one-eight or more of Negro blood shall be unlawful and void.
Response:
Lawyer: Your honor this man's mother's father's great uncle's second cousin is only 82.4398 percent white and therefore the marriage should be void.
Law: Prisons: The warden shall see that the white convicts shall have separate apartments for both eating and sleeping from the Negro convicts.
Response: It's funny how the lawmakers in this time period voted to "improve" the rights of criminals before giving women equal rights. They definitely had their priorities straight.
Law: The state librarian is directed to fit up and maintain a separate place for the use of the colored people who may come to the library for the purpose of reading books or periodicals.
Response: Wait... people go to libraries to read books?
Law: Juvenile Delinquents: There shall be separate buildings, not nearer than one fourth mile from each other, one for white boys and one for Negro boys.
Response: Alright I better get my tape measure.
Law: Circus Tickets: All circuses, shows and tent exhibitions, to which the attendance of.more than one race is invited or expected to attend shall provide for the convenience of its patrons not less than two ticket offices with individual sellers, and not less than two entrances to the said performance, with individual ticket takers and receivers, and in the case of outside or tent performances, the said ticket offices shall not be less than twenty-five feet (25) apart.
Response: Well the circus has always been a very serious place. aha aha
Law: The Blind: The board of trustees shall. maintain a separate building. on separate ground for the admission, care, instruction, and support of all blind persons of the colored or black race.
Response: Yea if I was blind I would be concerned about the way the people around me look too.
Law: Intermarriage: The marriage of a white person with a Negro or mulatto, or person who shall have one-eight or more of Negro blood shall be unlawful and void.
Response:
Lawyer: Your honor this man's mother's father's great uncle's second cousin is only 82.4398 percent white and therefore the marriage should be void.
Law: Prisons: The warden shall see that the white convicts shall have separate apartments for both eating and sleeping from the Negro convicts.
Response: It's funny how the lawmakers in this time period voted to "improve" the rights of criminals before giving women equal rights. They definitely had their priorities straight.
Law: The state librarian is directed to fit up and maintain a separate place for the use of the colored people who may come to the library for the purpose of reading books or periodicals.
Response: Wait... people go to libraries to read books?
Great humor here! Nice job!
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