Loving Vs. Virginia Case Analysis

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The level of racial equality in today’s society has positively increased compared to previous decades, though there are still many fallacies that are occurring in today’s society. As time progressed in the 1950s, segregation began to suppress, and black people were no longer segregated by white people in schools. A vital court case, the Brown v. the Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas case revolutionized the racial equality in today’s society. Before the case was settled, the “separate but equal” doctrine was still active due to the Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) case that authorized segregated schools that had “equal” services for the attenders. The result of Brown v. the Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas was, “Chief Justice Earl Warren declared, …show more content…
Loving and Jester challenged Virginia for the constitutionality of the miscegenation law, and the Loving v. Virginia case ruled that the miscegenation law violated the 14th amendment, thus making the law unconstitutional. The Loving v. Virginia case has enabled both black and white people to marry whoever they desire, and it gives them more rights to their choices in life. Although most of the society in the 60’s advocated that interracial marriage were unethical, the court case promoted racial equality, giving them more rights and allowing people to marry others outside of their own race for their consent that is now prevailing in today’s society. Despite the positive outcomes of racial equality that has developed throughout decades, there is still injustice in the society, prevalently with the shootings of black people. Though many people are iniquitously killed by police officers, a substantial amount of innocent black lives are terminated due to racial inequality. Freddy Gray, an African American man, was arrested for running away from the police, although he did not commit any …show more content…
Graham, “Though he'd had scrapes with the law before, there's no indication he was wanted at the time” (Graham) While he was being arrested, Freddie Gray (being asthmatic) couldn’t not breathe and ordered for his inhaler, though the police officers did not facilitate him. Before Gray arrived to the police station, he perished from the wounds that afflicted him because of the altercation with the police officers. Even in today’s society, black people are racially stereotyped and are wrongfully executed based upon prejudice. Although Freddie Gray was perceived to be felonious black man due to him running away from the police and was previously convicted of crimes before, it does not that he committed a crime once again. In addition, the police officers didn’t assist him when he needed medical attention which led to his demise. Though police officers are allowed to “murder” the victims in particular occasions, Gray was an unarmed man who was innocent but was killed because of prejudice and racial inequality. Racial equality in today’s society has strengthened as the society progresses, although there are still inconsistencies in our current
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