The Jim Crow Laws overflowed the "Douchebag Jar"

Minstrel show - comedic show that had skits, musical numbers, along with dance performances performed by white people who acted 'black' by putting on dark make-up for American entertainment.
^This is absolutely awful. At first when I read "minstrel show", I had no idea what it meant so I turned to Wikipedia to enlighten me. But the term extremely racist, which is terrible.

While reading through the list of the Jim Crow Laws provided, I was just disgusted. The laws just seem so ridiculous and not logical. I'm surprised that they were even allowed through. They violated freedom, which is promised to citizens of the U.S.. White and colored people were allowed very little interaction.

I don't even know if there was an actual, valid reason for segregating people with different skin colors. It just sounds weird because we're all human beings who deserve equal rights. A modern day equivalent to the Jim Crow Laws would be me talking or associating myself with anyone who doesn't like what I do or doesn't dress like I do. Teresa's example: Wow I really hate celery. Ohh... You like celery? (cue disgusted face) I can't be friends with you then...

If I was the person getting the hate about liking celery, I would feel so lonely and small. I could imagine that this is how African-American people felt, especially interracial couples. The Jim Crow Laws implied that interracial couples were committing the highest crime. The Laws didn't even want white people to look at an African-American, so it's easy to picture the difficulties faced by interracial couples. But to be honest, interracial couples are really neat to me. It's amazing to me how people can step outside of their culture and mingle and maybe date people of other ethnicities. It also helps that I love mixed babies. They're so beautiful! Every physical feature is so interesting and different compared the normal single race child.

So, it's been over a decade, but has America learned its lesson about racism? Not at all. There is still evident racism in America, especially towards non-white nationalities. As a minority, I hear it everywhere. It's OK if it's for comedic purposes; however when it gets out of hand and people actually mean to cut me down, that's where I draw the line and (mentally) tell them to add a dollar to the "Douchebag Jar" (New Girl reference).