The Fourteenth Amendment: Has It Abolished Discrimination
Working on the cases regarding discrimination, Plessy v. Ferguson, Brown v. School Board, and Loving v. Virginia really brought up some interesting memories and thoughts about their situation. I grew up in a time when Civil Rights were beginning to be an actual way of life for whites and other races. I was approximately 5 years old when the Loving’s were able to overturn their convictions in 1967. The U.S. Supreme Court held that the 14th Amendment “requires that the freedom of choice to marry not be restricted by invidious racial discrimination.” (States) There still remained tremendous stigma with regard to interracial marriages and in my opinion, this stigma still exists in this country. Has the Fourteenth Amendment been successful in …show more content…
So many issues still surround the very basic problem the world had over 100 years ago “discrimination” unequal treatment based on peoples beliefs that establish laws prohibiting the same privileges that they have under the law. The right to marry, the right to be protected, the right to life, simply by virtue of the fact they are human beings, born as citizens now living in the United States of America.
Even though the Supreme Courts in the United States have held in recent years that laws that prohibit interracial marriages, equal access to education, and equal access to public transportation is a violation of the 14th Amendment, there are still cases that are brought to court for laws or actions that violate the 14th Amendment.
Has the 14th Amendment abolished discrimination with respect to states making laws and equally enforcing them? I would say the answer to that question is no. This is because it will not take a law to finally do away with discrimination, it will take a change of heart that leads to a change in a way of thinking and acting in our
Working on the cases regarding discrimination, Plessy v. Ferguson, Brown v. School Board, and Loving v. Virginia really brought up some interesting memories and thoughts about their situation. I grew up in a time when Civil Rights were beginning to be an actual way of life for whites and other races. I was approximately 5 years old when the Loving’s were able to overturn their convictions in 1967. The U.S. Supreme Court held that the 14th Amendment “requires that the freedom of choice to marry not be restricted by invidious racial discrimination.” (States) There still remained tremendous stigma with regard to interracial marriages and in my opinion, this stigma still exists in this country. Has the Fourteenth Amendment been successful in …show more content…
So many issues still surround the very basic problem the world had over 100 years ago “discrimination” unequal treatment based on peoples beliefs that establish laws prohibiting the same privileges that they have under the law. The right to marry, the right to be protected, the right to life, simply by virtue of the fact they are human beings, born as citizens now living in the United States of America.
Even though the Supreme Courts in the United States have held in recent years that laws that prohibit interracial marriages, equal access to education, and equal access to public transportation is a violation of the 14th Amendment, there are still cases that are brought to court for laws or actions that violate the 14th Amendment.
Has the 14th Amendment abolished discrimination with respect to states making laws and equally enforcing them? I would say the answer to that question is no. This is because it will not take a law to finally do away with discrimination, it will take a change of heart that leads to a change in a way of thinking and acting in our