Blog 20

The issue that I chose was segregated schools, there was a time where where schools and other places such as a hospital were also segregated by whites and blacks. The issue was that this was racist because black students would have to go to a school where they didn't get a good education while white students got to go to a better looking building and a higher education. This made it okay so that state sponsored schools were allowed to separate schools. This would be anti-federalist because it was a state choice rather than government. "After the American Civil war (1861–1865), the government was able to provide some protection for the civil rights of the newly freed slaves." The group of people who took action took their case to the supreme sourt agruing that the board of education was violating the 14th amendment. which is that no state may deny equal protection of the laws to any person within its jurisdiction.

Interview:

1. What do you think about state government making their own laws rather than federal?

I personally believe that states having their own laws are pointless in a sense. In the end the federal government makes the final decision. Plus, many times state laws get in conflict with federal laws which just causes too many issues. If each state has different laws, i feel that they discriminate in a sense. If California doesn't allow Gay Marriage, but Arizona does, then California is a discriminating state in a sense. Of course it is up to the people to vote on what they believe, but how is a person from California different than a person in Washington? Also, another issue i have with states having their own policy is the fact that you have to pay more taxes in one state compared to another. I feel that the united states needs to be more UNITED. By letting states set all these different laws, we are not as united as we say we are.

2. When schools were seperated from blacks and whites, a team of people came up with this new law that was against the school board and they argued that it was racist and unfair that they should be seperated, so this group took this law into their own hands, what do you think of the action they took?

The people that put this law into their own hands are using a great gift we have in America. I really love the fact that they gathered people together to face the federal government about an issue they felt passionate about. This truly shows that we the people do have a voice in our government and its a beautiful thing that we have in the United States.

3. How would you relate the case of Brown vs. The Board of Education to a current issue going on today?

If I remember correctly, many people took the case of Prop 8 in their hands to prove it that it was unconstitutional.