Jim Crow Laws Vocabulary #1

JCL vocabulary review

15 cards·by rcampbell1

Context

Words, events, or circumstances that help determine meaning

Minstrel

A person that serves by entertaining

Derogatory

Insulting or intended to insult

Interrelated

having a mutual and close connection

Affiliates

An associated person or organization; a member; to join or unite with a larger body

Inferiority

The condition of being lower in status or quality than another or others

Mutuality

both people contribute to the feelings and actions that support the relationship

Stereotype

A generalized belief about a group of people

Provincial

being local and having limited knowledge of the outside

Prejudice

A negative attitude toward an entire category of people

Agitator

A person who stirs up others in order to upset a situation

Rhetoric

The art of using language effectively and persuasively

Deplore

To feel or express regret or disapproval

Superficial

on or near the surface; concerned with or understanding only what is on the surface, shallow

Oppressor

One who keeps others down by the cruel use of power