Argumentative Essay: Is Segregation Wrong?

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Have been mistreated for a certain color, race or left out because of it? Well that my friend, is segregation. The issues of segregation is wrong! Segregation has been a problem ever since which the difference of skin color and being a certain type of race. Segregation is wrong because of the following 14th amendment written in the Constitution, people 's UNFAIR rights and the equality. The 14th amendment basically states the equal rights of the U.S citizen and the its protection of the laws. From the 14th amendment itself states, “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.” (source 3). To explain, it addresses to be as a U.S citizen. This supports the claim because what race or color you are, you still a U.S citizen and should be treated right. Another …show more content…

According to the Plessy vs. Ferguson article it states,”The state of Louisiana said that mandated segregation did not suggest that blacks were inferior to whites, because the whites-only train cars and the blacks-only train cars were of the same quality. They were equal. Looking at it that way, the segregated-train mandate did not violate the 14th Amendment’s equal protection requirement. The train cars were “separate, but equal,” and therefore it was constitutional. The Supreme Court sided with the state of Louisiana and convicted Plessy.” (source 1). To make a brief statement, this was supposedly “separate, but equal” because they had the same value but just parted away from the other race. But to beg a differ, this wasn 't fair. This wasn’t as constitutional because after the Supreme Court sided with states, the blacks were getting terrible treatment from others and the states themselves. They were giving hand me downs from the whites, there was poorly education taught, and basically harassed because of

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