Brown V Board of Education MOCK TRIAL #2

Through this MOCK Trial, both sides were discussing Brown v. The Board of Education. The topic specifically going to be discussed is the side of Brown and how there was a social-economic effect on this case. In 1951, Mr. Oliver Brown was trying to enroll his daughter in the public school district in Topeka, Kansas. However, the Board of Education refused to enroll Mr. Brown's daughter and was required for her to be taken to the bus to a segregated African American school. What occurred to Mr. Brown and his daughter was wrongful and clearly racist. The racially segregated school were inherently discriminatory and violated the 14th amendment to the United States Constitution guaranteeing, "all citizens equal protection of the laws." Additionally, from the economic perspective, there was a legal basis that attacked all forms of legally sanctioned racial segregation and the isolation that denied millions of Americans access to quality education as well as jobs, housing, public facilities, and services of all types. All of those decisions played a key factor in fueling the modern Civil Rights Movement. 

Continuing with civil rights, as previously stated the social-economic perspective of the case affected the public. The goal was to better schools because school desegregation was raising the earning of the southern-born African-Americans. For example, there are two societies, Society A and Society B. If Society A increases an economic inequality it would result in an increase in economic segregation because the rich would move to a more suitable comparable area of the neighborhood suited for them. While Society B is trapped in the poor neighborhoods because it "suits" them and is equal to them and their living style. In Society B, nobody moves when the economic inequality grows.

Relating to the example discussed with segregation of whites and blacks. Most times there is talk about how people say "we are all one" we live among each other. However, there are two separate groups because even in the case is was about a white school and a black school. If there was a mutual decision to come together that would help benefit the economy. Eventually, as time would pass the two different groups would need to start to rely on each other. Going back to 1787 there was an important document that talked about the togetherness of the United States. 

"We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice,                                insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and posterity, do ordain and establish this constitution for the United States of America." (Constitution)

As the reader reads over that insert does not say me, myself, or I. It says "we the people." While the reader continues to read further into it talks about having a perfect union. In Webster Dictionary a perfect union is stated "as a club, society, or association formed by people with a common interest or purpose." (Webster Dictionary) So even though the Constitution was stated about better ourselves and having the country unified. While having segregation there are different places where people are allowed to go, different schools (like in the case of Brown v Board of Education) are not going to guarantee what our creation of the United States was intended for or will help a thriving economy. Going off the social impact of the case with Brown v Board of Education because theoretically, it would: 

1. it would help establish the idea of "separate but equal"

2. it ruled segregation violated the rules 

3. it would create laws to make separate facilities equal for all races

If the civil rights movement would never happen African-Americans would still be segregated. The United States would not be going in the right direction to benefit itself. Additionally, the United States would not be respected by many other countries which would hurt them from developing even more in the future. 

Throughout all of history, the nation's children have been promised a free and quality public education, but as is all too well known, the promise was not fulfilled during that time period. The case of Brown v Board of Education was trying to help ensure the civil rights protections and help benefit our economy including the people and to help ensure there would be a turning point in the United States of America. 

 

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sources:

https://tcf.org/content/facts/the-benefits-of-socioeconomically-and-racially-integrated-schools-and-classrooms/

https://saveourschools.com.au/equity-in-education/the-benefits-of-socio-economically-and-racially-integrated-schools/

https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/constitution-transcript

Webster's Dictionary