Monday, May 16, 2016

Separate but Equal

Yes. Chief Justice Earl Warren delivered the opinion of the unanimous Court. The Supreme Court held that “separate but equal” facilities are inherently unequal and violate the protections of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The Court also held that the segregation of public education based on race instilled a sense of inferiority that had a hugely detrimental effect on the education and personal growth of African American children.

As stated in the Fourteenth Amendment Constitution Equal Protection Clause, "the laws of a state must treat an individual in the same manner as others in similar conditions and circumstances". Therefore, the Supreme Court found it unconstitutional and violation of the law, for the four African American to be denied the admittance to there school of choice because of their race. The court did not allow for the African American students to have their admittance denied and wanted the people to know that we all have the same rights and no one is superior to anyone. 

I choose this case because I believe that in this world we were all created equal no matter our skin, color, race, gender, sex, or disabilities. As I have learned, how the skin colored people (Blacks) were slaves, were mistreated and even had to fight for their rights and freedom even after it was granted, I am proud to say that our fight for our rights as human beings was well fought.

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