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Democrats should be
as villified as the proConfederacy.
Jim Crow laws weren't enacted to prevent
blacks from voting for democrats.
They were created by dems to curtail
black GOP support.
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Originally Posted by anaximander
I knew the jim crow laws were created to harrass and to prevent blacks from voting. However, it never occured to me that it was also created to hurt part of GOP voting bloc which were historically blacks (many who were former slaves still alive at the creation of those laws).