Brown Vs Education

On May 17, 1954, the united states supreme court rule in the of Brown vs. Board of Education. This historic time period would overturn Plessy vs. Ferguson, which would get rid of segregation schools and replace it with integrate schools. With it the historical case it helps lead to what some historians would a breakthrough in the Civil right movement and also to issues because of it. First, “Could Brown has done more harm than good” a question by Fuller and reply with “No…but with qualifications.” The author state that until 1954 the “separate but equal” doctrine defined the laws for black people place in society. Fuller argues that the various forms of prejudice and discrimination had huge effects on the black community. Besides the statistics
being the stack against the blacks when compare to white is what the author call “rules of separation” was two separate areas one for blacks and one for whites. Fuller give a story from Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot, which help see what the black community was feeling when the United States was finally going through a social change on the issue of race. Fuller note that because of the struggle that African American faced that today generation of African American are able to have achievements same as white people. Fuller believed the Brown decision did more good than harm, but not without its flaws. The flaws being one it did not stop “white privilege” from taking place nor did it help blacks children get a better education. The author gives quotes that explain that black children being taught in segregated school tend to have a degrading effect on them. Fuller give studies that state that in today modern world that the black community is still struggling in school, income level, and poverty level when compare to white. He ends by arguing that Brown decision sent a power message to the country, but believe that their still work that needs to be done. Next, Simmons describes the changes of going to and integrated white school after the Brown vs. Education decision. From the teachers’ and classmates’ negative views on blacks and Latinos to try to hide own seat back made him felt that being in an integrated school was a place where he needed to hide own poverty. Simmons was tired of trying to keep up going to an integrated school and trying to keep in touch with his roots, so he decides to go lower income school predominantly black and Latino. Simmons explain in his paper that how he was one of few students of color that benefited from a new integrate school system. Due integration he was able to enroll in Cornell, but unlike most children of color the promise of Brown was unreached able, instead minority were prey for drugs, crime, and violence. Simmons believe that Browns made a big chance in education, but Brown would take a while for states to integrate to eases transaction for the whites. He states that the integrate school were heavy hostile to black children and would often find ways to separate them from the white student. Simmons make a bold statement by saying that to some level segregation is still alive in school by comparing low-income schools with schools in wealthy areas. He believes if anything could be learning from the brown case it is that inequality can be found in education, social, government, and culture. Lastly, Robert explains that due two ruling of Brown vs.
Board of Education that school in the South choices one of two option; one become integration or fight back. The author even gives information from African American disagreeing with the ruling as well. Robert state that Brown was not hundred percent successful due to the fact that it did not bond itself legally to lower courts. Robert believe that it was not Brown who ended segregation in school instead it was the behind force the Civil Right movement the desegregate school. He believes that brown failed by not fully overcoming segregation as one whole. Throughout the paper Robert seem to be agreeing the idea of Brown, but did not like how it was executed. Robert finish by stating that Brown vs. Board of Education had very little effect on races and believe that it should have been done different. Overall after analyzing the three article it clear that the Browns vs. Board of Education case had an impact on children of color. The ruling did help color children get a better education. However, it also created more of a heated environment in the south to color who was not being treated the same of white children. The Brown vs. Board of education brought up the call of race as a nation in school that needed to be fixed while making some new problem and also help get the jump start on the Civil right
moment.