Brown Vs Board Assignment

For hundreds of years millions of people have suffered at the hands of immoral practices which dominated the social scene in American history. Ever since the foundations of this nation, political powers have been proficient in assembling excuses and practices which favors a stratum of people. The Anglo-centrist concepts were widely accepted and a national paradigm was birthed. In the following dissertation I will be commenting on the details which highlighted the “Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka” amendment, and why do I think schools are still segregated today.

The idealism of “Segregation” depicted the devaluation of social groups according to race, and used forced to institutionalize its practices. Many legislative and local officials assumed this ideology as a common practice in United States, and masked itself behind the concepts of “separation”. Separation, in contrast, was the devaluation of social groups freely practiced without use of force, but by use of choice. This masking of words, lead to an incredible period of civil adjudication and readjustment.

In the Brown vs. Board amendment (347 U.S. 483-1954) the Supreme Court was challenged to overturn the “Plessy vs. Ferguson (163 U.S. 537-1896)” amendment which upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation in public accommodations under the doctrine of “separate but equal”. By freely separating the racial classes and offering equal accommodations the U.S. government was justifying the concept of separation rather than segregation. This notion played erroneous in the eyes of thirteen families and their twenty children. With Mr. Oliver Brown, a concerned African American parent, welder, and Assistant Pastor leading this legal precession, the United States found racial segregation a violation to the Fourteenth Amendment in the U.S. Constitution. This overturned all earlier adjudications set forth by the “Plessy v. Ferguson” decision, and paved the way for integration and the Civil Rights Movement.

“Reform” has always found herself banging at the doors of society, political circles, and now education. This unmovable notion continues to be significant in the evolutionary process of socialization and its concepts. Even though society won an important decision in 1954, there are still many ideologies which continue to battle the notions of social inequality and segregation. The social stratification of the populace is a modernization concept practiced by local and political officials. By separating, stereotyping, and marginalizing individuals by their financial successes, zip codes, and last names state and educational officials may be undermining their own successes.

We have obviously seen schools in different neighbors receive additional funding simply because of the social stratum which it dwells. This biased resolution challenges the concepts of equality, equal accommodation, and equal assessment. With less funding perpetuating the accessibility, tools, and academic instruction of our schools systems, students associated with “lower class” families are being challenged to perform at the same level as “upper class” families. This categorization of funding, requirements, and assessment is questionable and can lead to an additional constitutional amendment in the future. With socialization and integration being the primary subject of interest in today’s society and the eternal clock of evolution ticking we may see a new wave of reform plunging at the footsteps of society. This categorization process undermines all political, social, academic, economic and diverse arenas.