Yep! I don't believe it was as vehemently enforced, but there were certainly Latinos and Asians who were not allowed to enter the pools or drink from water fountains.
Very few Asians, Hispanics and other foreigners lived in the south during the Jim Crow era. They mostly lived in the northeast or states such as New Mexico, Arizona and California as well as the Pacific Northwest. Those states did not have an official segregation policy; you didn't see 'Colored section' or 'Whites Only' signs in those areas, but non-whites were discriminated against in terms of employment, housing and education.
Everyone thinks the colored section at restaurants was meant to discriminate against people of color, but in reality, it was meant to keep white people away so everyone else could dine in peace.
Think about how all the fun ends when white people show up, expecting everyone to behave like they do. If you had a colored only section, those pesky white people wouldn't bother you.
Jim Crow segregation laws were directed against Blacks and people of any known partial Black descent. Although Native Americans,Hispanics,Asians and other groups were also persecuted under segregation(influenced by Jim Crow laws) . It greatly varied by region of the USA and other factors.There were great similarities between the segregation of Hispanics in the Southwest USA and the segregation of Blacks in the Southern USA. The legal case of Sylvia Mendez (of mixed Mexican/Puerto Rican heritage) versus Westminster was a legal fight against the segregation of Hispanics. The "Mendez versus Westminster" case was a very important legal ruling against segregation. The legal case Sylvia Mendez versus Westminster foreshadowed and influenced the legal case that stopped the legally sanctioned segregation of Blacks in the USA (Brown versus the Board of education)
Since Jim Crow laws were based on the fact that Blacks had once been slaves, they did not apply to Asians, Mexicans, or Native Americans unless they also had Black ancestry.
This is not to say there was no prejudice against them, because there was. But they were not subjected to legally imposed segregation.
It's really hard to say. The vast majority of Asians and Hispanics as well as Catholic and Jewish immigrants from southern and eastern Europe and their American-born children and grandchildren lived in the North and West (for Asians and Hispanics only). Jim Crow laws were terms that only exclusively applied in the Southern States, mainly against African-Americans who made up the majority in the region due to the history of slavery. However, future Senator Daniel Inouye did mention while stationed in the South during WWII, he did dance with white women and said it was the first time he had ever done so in his life. So probably Asians can be allowed to use either white or black facilities as well in the South.
In Confessions of a Failed Southern lady, Florence King writes about her childhood in Washington D.C. in the 40s and 50s. She writes that for purposes of education, Asians were classified as white, so they attended the white schools. I should imagine that Hispanics were considered white, I think classifying them as non white is a new thing.
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Actually depends on the location
But in general it was directed at blacks only
But in parts of the Southwest the laws applied to Mexicans and Native Americans
Yep! I don't believe it was as vehemently enforced, but there were certainly Latinos and Asians who were not allowed to enter the pools or drink from water fountains.
Very few Asians, Hispanics and other foreigners lived in the south during the Jim Crow era. They mostly lived in the northeast or states such as New Mexico, Arizona and California as well as the Pacific Northwest. Those states did not have an official segregation policy; you didn't see 'Colored section' or 'Whites Only' signs in those areas, but non-whites were discriminated against in terms of employment, housing and education.
no.
All nonwhites were considered "coloured" and therefore impure.
No they did not. Jim Crow and segregation was applied to blacks.
Everyone thinks the colored section at restaurants was meant to discriminate against people of color, but in reality, it was meant to keep white people away so everyone else could dine in peace.
Think about how all the fun ends when white people show up, expecting everyone to behave like they do. If you had a colored only section, those pesky white people wouldn't bother you.
Jim Crow segregation laws were directed against Blacks and people of any known partial Black descent. Although Native Americans,Hispanics,Asians and other groups were also persecuted under segregation(influenced by Jim Crow laws) . It greatly varied by region of the USA and other factors.There were great similarities between the segregation of Hispanics in the Southwest USA and the segregation of Blacks in the Southern USA. The legal case of Sylvia Mendez (of mixed Mexican/Puerto Rican heritage) versus Westminster was a legal fight against the segregation of Hispanics. The "Mendez versus Westminster" case was a very important legal ruling against segregation. The legal case Sylvia Mendez versus Westminster foreshadowed and influenced the legal case that stopped the legally sanctioned segregation of Blacks in the USA (Brown versus the Board of education)
Since Jim Crow laws were based on the fact that Blacks had once been slaves, they did not apply to Asians, Mexicans, or Native Americans unless they also had Black ancestry.
This is not to say there was no prejudice against them, because there was. But they were not subjected to legally imposed segregation.
It's really hard to say. The vast majority of Asians and Hispanics as well as Catholic and Jewish immigrants from southern and eastern Europe and their American-born children and grandchildren lived in the North and West (for Asians and Hispanics only). Jim Crow laws were terms that only exclusively applied in the Southern States, mainly against African-Americans who made up the majority in the region due to the history of slavery. However, future Senator Daniel Inouye did mention while stationed in the South during WWII, he did dance with white women and said it was the first time he had ever done so in his life. So probably Asians can be allowed to use either white or black facilities as well in the South.
In Confessions of a Failed Southern lady, Florence King writes about her childhood in Washington D.C. in the 40s and 50s. She writes that for purposes of education, Asians were classified as white, so they attended the white schools. I should imagine that Hispanics were considered white, I think classifying them as non white is a new thing.