After Homer Plessy (who was one eighth black) sat in a whites only railroad car, he was arrested for breaking Louisiana state law. Although Plessy argued that this violated the 13th and 14th amendments which prohibits states from denying "to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws." However, the courts ruled 7 to 2 against plessy concluding that as long as both races have "separate but equal" facilities, no laws are broken.
Today it is almost impossible for anybody to argue that the Supreme Court made the wrong decision. Even during the time period, the separate facilities were definitely not equal. In my opinion, it is impossible to consider someone an equal if they are restricted to separate facilities. Therefore, it is impossible to have separate and equal; for something to truly be equal, it must be accepted fully.
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