Brown vs. Board of Ed

In Brown vs. Board of Education case brief summary (Summary of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 347 U.S. 483, 74 S. Ct. 686, 98 L. Ed. 873 (1954).) a case is presented where several black children sought admission to public schools that required or permitted segregation base on race. The plaintiffs argued that segregation in school settings was unconstitutional under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. In the end the judges denied these children all but for one case. They referenced Plessy vs. Ferguson, and stated that the "separate but equal" doctrine denies them of this right, therefore sine the schools were not and would not be equal children didn't get the equal protection of the laws.

The issue was the question this brought up which was "Is the race-based segregation of children into 'separate but equal' public school" constitutional? The summary answers this question with 'no', the separate  but equal doctrine in public schools violates the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment and is unconstitutional. The law in Plessy vs. Ferguson that was put into place for transportation not for education. Either is wasn't right, but segregation in the education system caused a lot of harm psychologically to the children, making them inferior because they were not white. I don't understand how this is ok. It didn't occur to anyone that choosing when and for who the constitution was meant for was wrong? It isn't ok to deprive someone of one right while allowing other to indulge in the same right. The constitution doesn't discriminate against race, so why did the government? How did a doctrine overrule an Amendment?  This is the reason I chose this case summary, the reason I think I is important. This wasn't onstutional. The consistution is suppose to overrule doctrines and state laws. It isn't meant to be manipulated and used inly when one person wants it to be used. I's the mutual rights of the people, ALL the people!

When segregation came into pay the racist just ran with it, segregating everything. They applied the Plessy vs. Ferguson doctrine to everything. People shouldn't be treated inferior especially not by race. Education is power and no one should be treated different because of race. Education should be equal for everyone. I'm glade today we don't have as harsh segregation, it still exists in it's own way but there are no laws. Everyone is given the opportunity of education, the better the school the more money it costs so the wealthy have a higher chance of getting into greater schools and a greater education giving them the chance to prosper better in life.