14th Amendment Pros And Cons

The 14th Amendment of the United States Constitution ensures that all United States citizens get equal protection of laws by the government. This was made to ensure that many African Americans have their basic rights protected. The 14th Amendment even caused the Supreme Court to become involved in the process of protecting these rights for the children of immigrants and Native Americans. It also ensured the safety and protection of rights for all Americans regardless of race. There are numerous cases where the 14th Amendment was used to make the cases about the facts rather than the race. The Equal Protection Clause demands that there shall not be any individual discriminated against under the law.
African Americans have never had the same equal protection of the laws as whites. In 1950, the Sweatt v. Painter …show more content…
This clause brought down several cases of racism. The Brown v. Board of Education was also a case that dealt with discrimination against African Americans. This issue occurred between the years of 1954-1995 because an African American student wanted to go to a more local school that happened to be all white. Most of the student’s parents were not happy about the Court’s ruling, so they withdrew their kids from that school, finally ending segregation in the public schooling system.
African American have not always been treated as equal as they are today.. It was harder for them to find a job once slavery ended. However, as more and more African Americans started seeking out for jobs, they began overpopulating the whites. Many white workers rallied around with slogans stating , “No Job for Negro Until Every White Man Has a Job.” They also protested, “Negroes, back to the cotton fields-city jobs are for white folks.” There were many issues with African Americans no longer being slaves and having the freedom to be employed for positions previously reserved for their white