There is a lot to digest in the case of Plessy V. Ferguson. One side believes that segregation was unconstitutional because it hindered the African American from living similar to the whites, and on the other side they believe that segregation had no intentions on destroying the legal equality of the two races. I strongly believe that Louisiana’s Separate Car Act, “separate but equal” train cars is indeed unconstitutional. Segregated facilities violate the 14th Ammendment’s Equal Protection Clause, which prohibits discrimination based on race, gender, or religon. Plessy should not have been required to give up his right or access to board any train car he wants to. As a fully participating citizen, Plessy should not have been denied any rights given to him by the Constitution. By requiring black people to sit separately on the train car implied that African Americans are inferior to white people and therefore unequal. The Louisiana law violated the Equal Protection Clause and was, therefore, unconstitutional.
I believe that denying the right to sit on the train showed how much our country views color as a reason to discriminate.
I believe that the constitution was written color blind, so a person should not have to experience what plessy experienced that day.
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