The argument for separate but equal precludes the notion that, separate but equal is not inherently connected to the American system of racially-based slavery. However, I find this claim to contradict and violate the very nature of the Thirteenth Amendment. In segregating the two races of the nation, we draw on the previous caste of bondage. We inherit the distinctions and prejudices of this previous system in our attempts to regulate race relations, to segregate the lives of Whites from those of Blacks. Our inheritance of prejudice, of supremical thought, will continue to infinitely exist if we allow for the complete segregation of these two races. The destinies of the two races, in this country, are indissolubly linked together, and the interests
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No, the primary beneficiaries of these laws are whites. One of the clearest stipulations that outlines this concept is the regulation regarding the care of children: "[n]othing in this act shall be construed as applying to nurses attending children of the other race.” This regulation creates the fiction of equality, not genuine equality itself. For, in actuality, this regulation applies only to the care of white children by Black nannies. It is a ludicrous act of conscious injustice to claim that Whites and Black are equal in any of the regulations enforced on railroad cars. “Separate but equal” is only equal for those in power, the beneficiaries of such acts, it cannot and will not uphold the Thirteenth, or Fourteenth Amendment. The equal protection clause established by the Fourteenth Amendment, becomes a continuation of the Thirteenth Amendment, in that it establishes and expands the rights of Blacks. Yet, in denying that segregation violates both the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendment, in that we willfully withhold the full protection of the rights guaranteed by the most fundamental document to American ideals of basic …show more content…
Thus, due to the overt evidentiary nature of inequality, it must be taken into account when considering both the effects and legality of segregation. In disregarding the effect of the lived reality of equality, the Court has violated both the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments. The Court has disregarded due process. The infringement of due process, must inherently be a violation of the
No, the primary beneficiaries of these laws are whites. One of the clearest stipulations that outlines this concept is the regulation regarding the care of children: "[n]othing in this act shall be construed as applying to nurses attending children of the other race.” This regulation creates the fiction of equality, not genuine equality itself. For, in actuality, this regulation applies only to the care of white children by Black nannies. It is a ludicrous act of conscious injustice to claim that Whites and Black are equal in any of the regulations enforced on railroad cars. “Separate but equal” is only equal for those in power, the beneficiaries of such acts, it cannot and will not uphold the Thirteenth, or Fourteenth Amendment. The equal protection clause established by the Fourteenth Amendment, becomes a continuation of the Thirteenth Amendment, in that it establishes and expands the rights of Blacks. Yet, in denying that segregation violates both the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendment, in that we willfully withhold the full protection of the rights guaranteed by the most fundamental document to American ideals of basic …show more content…
Thus, due to the overt evidentiary nature of inequality, it must be taken into account when considering both the effects and legality of segregation. In disregarding the effect of the lived reality of equality, the Court has violated both the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments. The Court has disregarded due process. The infringement of due process, must inherently be a violation of the