Brown v. Board Reax

Brown versus The Board of education was an extremely important stepping stone for America. This major case took place for nearly two years from December 9th, 1952, to May 17th, 1954. This was a huge part of society because this case revolved directly around education. Black students were being put in separate facilities from white students. This separation would have been a great solution if the facilities for both places were actually equal. African Americans then complained because their black children weren't receiving the same education quality as white kids. This led to a constant disadvantage for African American kids which always portrayed them as worthless.

As a result of these unequal facilities, blacks and whites were put into the same educational facilities once more. However white children and their parents would both complain that their children could not function with a different skin race in the same room as them. 

I found it absurd how even these children were falling into the same social norms as their parents. It was shocking to hear how even children were so disgusted to be in the same room as a black child. These kids were literally being raised in a negative environment against black people. So how is racism supported to end or how are blacks supposed to be seen even if the cycle keeps continuing? 

It was very interesting to hear many different perspectives and concepts from each of the speakers throughout the trial. One specific point of view I really liked was about economics. This case and economics directly correlate. A point made was how much money would be saved economically. If America has to continue to build separate schools, buildings, classrooms, etc, then we are going to go broke. This was an extremely well-made point, which led to the question of what about all the jobs then? The jobs would not change. The same amount of people will be employed, however, the overall concept will just divide kids up into equal amounts per school and facility. 

At the end of the day, this case was ruled unconstitutional even if segregated schools were separate but “equal”. It was crazy to think how at a time there were literally completely separate schools and buildings. This was a major issue in society especially at that time because African Americans no matter what could not be seen as equal. Since these kids never got the same equal education as the white kids this prevented them from growing. 

Another point made by a student presenting was how many black and white women created many important items we used to this day. For example, some things mentioned were traffic lights, frozen trucks, and cutting equipment. These African Americans created and improved all of these things with minimum education. What could these blacks do with the same level of education as whites? Do you think the whites were scared blacks would gain too much power? 

If this case never occurred things would be extremely different right now. Since the Browns won the case in a unanimous 9-0 decision this was huge. This signed the official end of legalized racial segregation in the schools of the United States. This overruled the “separate but equal” principle that was put forth in the 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson case. To further explain what occurred in this other case, my previous blogs cover all the material. Click this link to compare the Plessy v. Furgeson case to the Brown v. Board case.