The question of whether the Separate Car Act violates the fourteenth amendment is absurd. Ever since slavery ended we have been working tirelessly to integrate African Americans into our society in a safe and non violent manner. I believe that we have found this medium through the separate accommodations we have created, because they are necessary for our society to remain balanced and stable.
I would love to tell you today about why our history, law, and religion support these points. However instead, I would like to use a broader approach to this topic. In a sense it is impossible for blacks and whites to live without a society with separate accommodations because fear and hate have been cemented in both sides.
To provide proof of this I would like to show some examples. The first one I would like to discuss is the factor of fear. For decades whites like myself have feared that if blacks were to live in the same society as us without divisions, it would not be safe for the general public. This is because slavery has shown us how much blacks resent and hate our community, thus why if they were to do everything exactly as us there would be a surplus of violent acts occurring in the community.
Furthermore to this point, for any society to live to its best and happiest potential it must abstain from keeping the majority displeased. If the majority of whites demand for separate but equal accommodation, then that is what must be done to keep them happy. I understand that the African American community may loathe this comment, but we are only trying to do our best in making life better than it was for them during slavery.
The next point I would like to broach is the element of hate. When discussing how to situate blacks and whites in a society as one, it would be a crime not to address the hate in both sides of the community. For centuries whites have done horrible things to the African American community, and understandably many of them hate us for it.
Now what would happen if you took two groups that hated each other and gave them the exact same accommodations in the exact same society. There would be outburst of course. I guarantee that every week we would assemble here to debate a new case on either white on black or black on white crime. This could very well change in the future, however for now we must have separate but equal clauses so that the fresh hate the two groups have does not grow further than what it is now.
In conclusion, I see no violation of the Equal Protection clause from the 14th Amendment. Both sides get to keep their right, and both sides get to live in the land of the free. What more could a society that prioritizes happiness want?
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