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 Many people believed that segregation was the best way to be able to create a civil environment. A main reason for this was that people had very strong opinions on different racial stereotypes. People believed that certain races were inferior to others. They thought segregation was a way to maintain what they thought of to be called a “white way of life”.  A big reasoning for pro segregation has been the “states rights” argument. 


     This has often been used by people who agree with slavery in the south especially during the 1950s, and the 1960s.It has been argued that the 10th amendment to the US constitution shows that it allows different states to make their own decisions about segregation.


 The founding fathers of Louisiana originally thought to have the right of making their own laws specifically segregation. They intended for each state to have local control. They believe that the federal government shouldn't get involved in things that should be run by the state. Although the federal government tried to challenge segregation through many ways such as, the civil rights act, and Brown V board of education, many people still believed that it was up to the individual state, and not the government whether or not they choose to participate in segregation.


 They believe that states should be able to have the authority to be in charge of their own choices about delegation and discrimination. While the “states rights” argument was a way to show pro segregation, it was very looked down upon at times because of the discrimination. Some important principles when it came to issues of discrimination consist of the civil rights movement, federal legislation, and court decisions. 


In today's day and age,the argument of  “states rights' ' is very often looked at with a lot of suspicion especially when it is involved in areas that show discrimination and the violation of one's rights. 

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