Brown V. Board of Education

While I was aware of the courts decision for Brown vs. Board of Education I thought the arguments of the board of education were far stronger than Browns. I'd like to note that while I am not racist or pro-segragation the matter at hand was not a federal one and in such it had no right to be reviewed by the US Supreme Court. Congress made no such law in which segregation of schools was required so the Supreme Court had no legal standings. The laws were passed on a state level so not government involvement was had. This being said the fourteenth amendment only applies if the government is involved and since it wasn't there was no real case and Brown had no legal standings to sue.

The ethical implications of this however make me side with Brown though. The quality of public education for black children was far worse than what white children got. It was claimed that the facilities of both races were the same but there is clear evidence that the value of each education differed tremendously. Black education was lacking in every way in the south, they didn't have the resources they need to education black children equality and frankly the states did care enough to provide them.

The inequality itself is an injustice to the race but unfortunately the arguments and basis on which they sued lacked. Since Brown won and segregated schools were legally disbanded there is no point in arguing which side had a better case but given the evidence, as much as it saddens my heart to say, the The Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas should have won.