jim crow
a crowbar fitted with a claw for pulling nails
infrastructure
the basic structure or features of a system or organization
implicit
implied though not directly expressed; inherent in the nature of something
explicit
precisely and clearly expressed or readily observable; leaving nothing to implication
incendiary
capable of catching fire spontaneously or causing fires or burning readily
eschew
avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of
hierarchy
a series of ordered groupings of people or things within a system
synthesize
combine and form a synthesis
ambivalence
mixed feelings or emotions
animus
a feeling of ill will arousing active hostility
blatant
without any attempt at concealment; completely obvious
salient
having a quality that thrusts itself into attention
salient
having a quality that thrusts itself into attention
resentment
a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will
embed
fix or set securely or deeply
cumulative
increasing by successive addition
accumulative
increasing by successive addition
wicked
having committed unrighteous acts
infraction
a crime less serious than a felony
canary
any of several small Old World finches
shunt
a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current
commitment
the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action
jettison
throw away, of something encumbering
expedience
the quality of being suited to the end in view
ordain
invest with ministerial or priestly authority
prone
having a tendency (to); often used in combination
imperative
requiring attention or action
disparity
inequality or difference in some respect
inferiority
the state of being inferior
inferior
of or characteristic of low rank or importance
ideology
an orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group or nation
ascendancy
the state that exists when one person or group has power over another
binary
of or pertaining to a number system have 2 as its base