Brown V. Board Of Education Case Study

The ability to create an enforceable law is an important part of the case, but the major significance lies in the cultural understanding of race and racism. The case makes a previously accepted theory of white supremacy and reduces it to segregation. Segregation is farther reduce to social customs that were largely ignored in society during the time that require a change and thinking about race, leading to changes in law. The trail is the first signs of a majority seeing Jim Crow laws as an evil. The verdict of the trail shows the concept of legally structured racism is unjust. The case rejects the constitutional legitimacy of Jim Crow laws. The case is the beginning of the concept of a color-blind justice despite the nation being far away

A major issue in American politics today is the issue of school funding and how schools should be funded. In the current funding system for American public schools, nearly half of the funding comes from local property taxes. This causes disparity among schools in wealthier areas compared to poorer areas. The faults in this system has caused a large group of people to fight for equal funding in public schools to allow for fair and equal public schooling. In the article “Unfinished Business: The Legacy of Brown v. Board of Education”, written by William C. Hubbard, he states that “We have to stop tolerating separate and unequal schools in this country today, and we must reenergize public education in America through equitable funding. If we don't take that step, we will not only have not fulfilled our obligations under Brown, we will threaten the very underpinnings of our constitutional democracy” (Hubbard). In the trial of Brown vs Board of Education, Thurgood Marshall is arguing for the desegregation of schools, to allow for equal opportunity for children in public schools. The schools for colored kids were not funded nearly as much as the schools for whites which is a cause of disparity in conditions for the schools. The same can be said about public schools in poor areas compared to wealthier areas. Schools in areas of poverty have lower funding and lack the programs, supplies, and funding than public schools have in an area with higher property tax. This cause a huge divide in the quality of education in different public schools. Brown vs Board of Education is a huge influence for the argument for fair and equal funding for public schools in today’s American