During today's trial, we heard arguments from different points of views from the brown v board education case. The first person's presentation I will touch on is Gabbys. She put forth an argument that the “separate but equal” clause was morally unjust. She argued that it perpetuated a society where people are treated like they are inferior based on what race they are which can be an extremely harmful message to children.
Next, Joshua presented A religious argument against segregation in schools. He cited Proverbs 14:31 which condemned unfair and inhumane treatment based on someone's race as an insult to god. He explained that this kind of discrimination goes against the cristian beliefs of unity and the effort to bring people together. He was in support of the brown case and stated that he would rectify this movement to religion and would encourage positive changes in the world.
Grace Ann made an argument from the economic standpoint. She explained that school segregation can lead to unfair education opportunities to different people and can jeopardize taxpayers money. She argued that consolidating resources and getting rid of similar expenses would not only result in better quality of education, but also better transportation to students. In her eyes, segregation was a financial drain and deprived students, no matter their race of higher quality education.
Brad made an argument from the legal standpoint of this. This involved the 14th amendment which guarantees equal protection under the law. He touched on the inherent issues in the separate but equal concept and talked about how it violates the 14thy amendment overall. He spoke about how separation can ever be truly “equal”. Even if places had similar qualities (which they did not). The differences in the quality of the buildings, resources provided, and teacher salary had a more significant impact on the graduation rates of white and black students. This showed that the conditions were not equal.
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