Thursday, May 14, 2015

Brown v. Board of Education

Linda brown  8 years old little black girl have to walk crossed  Topeka, Kansas to go to grade school daily, while white kids  only walk few blocks to get to school. The school system was segregated between blacks and white. The declaration of independence stated that “All men are created equal” but this doesn’t applied to the slaves.
There are other similar  cases before Linda brown, All five cases are different from each other the law suit was mainly to fight equal right for all human kinds. Cases such as McLaurin v. Oklahoma board of Regents of higher Education case, he was admitted to the University however, he had to sit away from the whites kid, even in classroom, Murray v. Maryland case another ,blacks were rejected  to attend the Law school, mainly because of their race. The list goes on.

 The cases were combined and called brown v. board of education the main “issue of these cases was the constitutionality of state-sponsored in public schools” is concerning the issue with the segregation in public Schools. The brown vs Board of education of Topeka, this case was basically about outlawed blacks from attending public schools For example New York city public School System is primary example of this type of  segregation still in full affect in our today societies. In New York City school system is set by Zone, meaning your child can not attend school in the white neighborhood if you don’t reside there as a resident of that Zone.

The Minority neighborhood doesn’t have the best education system, the schools are not well maintained, and the resources provided to the Minorities communities are limited to the student. We can said American equal right applied to all but in reality the law was created to benefit the creators not us the minorities.  Segregation maybe something that was obvious during slavery, however  I do believe that segregation is fully active in our generation, despite all the freedoms that one may think they have, there are so many lop hole that are prevent us the minorities to succeed in the America.
Yes, Granted we have black president but that doesn’t changes how minorities are being treated from all expect in America.

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