Understanding Jim Crow: Utilizing Racist Memorabilia to Train Tolerance and Promote Social Justice

Picks of racist memorabilia from the gathering on the Jim Crow Museum A correct understanding of race relations on this nation should embrace a stable data of Jim Crow—the way it emerged, what it was like, the way it ended, and its impression on the tradition. Understanding Jim Crow introduces readers to the Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia, a group of greater than 10,000 contemptible collectibles which might be used to interact guests in intense and clever discussions about race, race relations, and racism. The gadgets are offensive they usually had been meant to be offensive. The gadgets within the Jim Crow Museum served to dehumanize Blacks and legitimized patterns of prejudice, discrimination, and segregation. Utilizing racist objects as instructing instruments appears counterintuitive—and, fairly frankly, needlessly dangerous. Many Individuals are already apprehensive discussing race relations, particularly in settings the place their concepts are challenged. The museum and this e-book exist to assist overcome our collective trepidation and reluctance to speak about race. Totally illustrated, and with context supplied by the museum’s founder and director David Pilgrim, Understanding Jim Crow is each a grisly tour by America’s previous and an auspicious place to begin for racial understanding and therapeutic.