Plessy V Ferguson Reaction Post

    Cons of Plessy V Ferguson

    The Reconstruction era was the period after the American Civil War from 1865 to 1877, during which the United States faced several challenges, the main one being Separate but equal. After the north defeated the south, anti-slavery leaders in Washington drafted the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments, aka the Reconstruction Amendments. 

 

    The 13th Amendment forever abolished slavery as an institution in all U.S. states and territories. The Fourteenth Amendment granted citizenship to all persons "born or naturalized in the United States," including formerly enslaved people, and provided all citizens with “equal protection under the laws”. Lastly the 15th amendment, which granted African American men the right to vote.

    Things leading up to the case of Plessy v Ferguson were becoming more in favor of African Americans. So many changes in the country, a lot of black progress, like 6 black members joining the board of congress. Also blacks and whites working together in the republican party. America had made some significant changes, so much we should thinking about these issues in a different way. This discrimination of Plessy v Ferguson is a portrayal of the constitution. This type of system affirms the value of white supremacies.

 

    The Lack of equality should not be seen in America, we are living up to the founding principles of the generation. If the court does not remove these laws, it sets an unethical tone for the rest of the country. It’s an economic waste of money, segregating the carts and doubling the cost. Dishing out extra money for no reason just really doesn’t make sense and is unnecessary.

This case is a legal dispute about a point of law and it’s a protection clause about the 14th amendment. The word equality has nothing to interpret, it's either equal or unequal. Rights are a special type of rights because they are a fundamental, personal right is the strongest right because it’s mentioned in the constitution.The constitution is color blind, blind to class. Discrimination like separating the carts defeats the whole purpose of the 14th amendment.

Pros of Plessy V Ferguson 

Slavery may have ended; however, it was replaced with other forms of discrimination. They may have not been as brutal as slavery but there were under laws like the black codes that created a discriminatory environment. It was like slavery without the slavery. African Americans have equal legal status but not social status.

 

Plessy violated the 14th amendment; it doesn't hold up because the 14th amendment was about granting citizenship to all persons "born or naturalized in the United States," including formerly enslaved people, and provided all citizens with “equal protection under the laws”.

 

African Americans nearly say the carts aren’t equal but that’s a matter of their opinion. If we didn’t have these carts, we would have chaos and violence. Slavery fits are tradition of states’ rights. Slavery is not a federal issue, clearly this issue doesn’t reside at the federal level but at the state level. Having this type of system, this is about the 10th amendment. We have a system that has an underclass, we have to have that workforce and the whole economy is based on that.