What idea was the foundation for Jim Crow laws?

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anonymous · Answer

Americans with African origins should return to Africa to live.
	African Americans are culturally and intellectually inferior to white people.
	African American children learn best when educated by African American teachers.
	Poor white farmers can only prosper if emancipated slaves are not allowed to become farmers.

thomaster · Answer

Guess you should ask this in the history group, not openstudy feedback.
Click "Find more subjects" on top of the screen.

anonymous · Answer

thank you! :)

anonymous · Answer

African Americans are culturally and intellectually inferior to white people.

anonymous · Answer

If you think about Jim Crow laws... they were essentially set in place to prevent African Americans from having any rights, simply because White people believed at the time that they were racially and intellectually superior.