Juan Crow Law

[tavalon]

Best framing ever!!!

[EFerrari]

1. I already put up a cafepress storefront with buttons

"Boycott Juan Crow Arizona".



lol

[tavalon]

2. Who came up with the framing?

It's just so awesomely perfect!

[EFerrari]

4. I heard it first from Sarge. But I don't know who originated it.

Actually, I read it at Presente.org, too.

[tavalon]

7. I saw it with sarge too

Hadn't even met him until yesterday. He's a man with a fire in his belly.

[struggle4progress]

11. "Juan Crow" has been around for some years. I'm glad people are finally noticing it:

Juan Crow Grows More Violent: Latino Activists Face Death Threats in Georgia
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=103&topic_id=362439

Juan Crow in Georgia (Roberto Lovato in The Nation)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=103&topic_id=359007

[EFerrari]

14. That's interesting. Thanks for the links. n/t

[sharesunited]

3. Jaime Crow you mean.

[EFerrari]

5. No, Juan. Jaime is two syllables. You need one

for people to get the parallel.

[tavalon]

6. No, I know Jaime is James in Spanish but a single syllable works so much better

[AzJusticeFreedom]

9. Agree

[Bobbieo]

10. It is really Jaime Cuervo - But what the Hell - Juan Crow

[ljm2002]

8. "Juan Crow" works better...

...because it sounds more like "Jim Crow". Anyone who hears it, gets it. Anyway if you want to get technical and do a straight up translation, it would be "Jaime Cuervo" -- and that would just confuse people.

[MrsBrady]

13. that's what I was thinking n/t

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

12. Diego or Jaime

Focusing too much on syllables is an error.

Juan Crow is not very distinct sounding... Juan is a softer syllable than Jim.

Diego and Jaime are both Spanish equivalents of James. Of the two Diego has the stronger sound... more syllables but it rhymes with Crow. Jaime is the mostly distinctly associable with Jim Crow, but people would mispronounce it.

I dunno... however it works out.