Plessy V. Ferguson Case Analysis

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The majority decision in the Plessy v Ferguson case was morally based on racial bias and discrimination due to the demonstration of unjust racial disparity in the criminal justice system. The ruling of the Plessy v Ferguson case led to civil war and gave legal standing to the idea of separate but equal.

In the first opposition, the justices rejected Plessy’s argument that the Louisiana law conflicted with the Thirteenth Amendment because it was believed to be “ too clear for argument” (78 Plessy v. Ferguson) . According to page 79 of the Plessy v. Ferguson primary document, the Thirteenth Amendment was used to abolish slavery and involuntary servitude, except as a punishment of crime. This amendment was intended to prohibit the use of …show more content…
For instance in the parable “Two Men and a Bargain” , Mr.Rich White and Mr. Poor White share a bargain in demanding control of the blacks and “southern tradition”. One quote that stands out in relation to the Plessy v Ferguson case states “ Best thing you can do, seems to me is to Jim Crow everything. It’ll be easier for us to that way to keep the niggers out of the unions and down on the farm where they belong...so go on and Jim Crow you want...it’ll make you feel good that you're sort of bossing things around.” This quote works well in summarizing the morals behind the majority's decision. The Jim Crow laws were made in effort to promote the belief that African American’s were inferior to whites. It was believed by many people that these laws must be removed or changed because the government could not allow the seed of race hate to be planted under the sanction of the law. And to many others, these laws continued the efforts of allowing superior, dominant ruling of class

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