The arguments against the decision argue how biologically the differences of a person’s skin does not change the type of person they are or use that as a determinant on how to be treated in society.
This concept of treating everyone with fairness is seen in the bible starting with when God said “let there be light”, the Bible never mentions or implies an idea of separating races.
Biologically there is no difference between colored and white people other than the pigmentation of their skin. If everyone goes through life with the mindset of “judging a book by its cover”, it will disrupt history's path, leading to fairness, equality. These people against this unfair ruling have one simple request, racial fairness and equality. These African Americans did not choose what race they were born as, and would not choose to be treated this way if they could have any say in the issue. Everyone, even white Americans have something about them that is different from others, why are black African Americans the only ones who are forced to experience the negative treatment due to their shared differences.
From a historical perspective, history is supposed to follow a path to fairness and equality. This action that was taken by the state goes against what history should have accomplished in avoiding now.
Plessy is one eighths African American, seven eighths white, yet that still is not enough for whites to segregate him based on his historical background.
The ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment should have given African Americans the right of being free from slavery. This ratification did not help fix what it was intended to, if African Americans are still being racially segregated as if they are still slaves.
Some highly popular figures such as Martin Luther King Jr, and Rosa Parks were against this ruling and took action in the Civil Rights Movement to further petition their opposite views.
The economic arguments for desegregating whites and African Americans are big arguments when it comes to the education system. The segregation of kids receiving their education at public schools makes it a lot more costly to have two schools instead of putting all of the kids in one building. Additionally, tax payers contribute to quality education for all kids, not just white students. The white and black taxpayers money would be put to better use if the two schools joined as one school where all of the kids could be together to learn the same education. This segregating for no real reason leads to limiting access to education, which ultimately affects economic success in the long run.
Public transportation would be a lot easier if we had one transportation system without having to deal with the separating of both races and let everyone sit where they want and ride on whichever bus they need to in order to get to where they want.
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The support for the verdict of the Plessy Vs. Ferguson worked to outweigh the disagreeing arguments for the decision.
Starting with the justice system is it important to respect laws that ensure peace and justice. This shows how integration threatens stability and social hierarchy. It is not mentioned either in the constitution that blacks and white are supposed to live together.
In a way that if everyone is considered the same, there will be more competition. It is more beneficial to have sort of a more extreme hierarchical system in society in order to keep peace.
Businesses will experience the negative effects of everyone being considered equal by the law because of the people who still do not agree with the law. Businesses that are open to everyone, including people that might scare off other customers, would lose business more easily and not profit from this switch.
There are facilities and businesses that provide for both white and black Americans, so if everyone has a way of getting what they need, society can still operate the way they do right now, without complicating the system by disrupting the norms.
With the two different points of view on changing societal norms, calls for higher tensions which we know from history can easily lead to rebellions, which eventually have a high chance of turning into a war. We have seen rebellions from the initiation on white mobs and from black slave rebellions without anything changing, these will only escalate with the coming changes to what people are used to, and no one likes wars. Wars not only disrupt peace, but they are also very costly.
Other than war, keeping these norms in place will help keep public order by respecting norms. These norms are essential for stability.
The religious standpoint of this, the Bible explains how God put two separate races on earth for a reason. He assigns a specific place and role for each race, and the mixing of races as equals, violates the boundaries set by God's plan.
Some organizations and efforts such as the Black Codes, Ku Klux Klan, The New Orleans Riots, Civil Right Cases, and Reconstruction vs. Redemption highlight how important it was for some people to keep society the way it is.
Starting with the Black Codes, they were put in place to successfully restrict laws to make difference between slavery and freedom as close as possible.
The Ku Klux Klan was a major association in attempts to put African Americans in a place they believed they belonged. They were made up of all white people, from poor whites to police officers. They would attack Black communities, schools, and places of worship mainly.
Similar to the actions of the KKK, the New Orleans Riot took place in Louisiana and was made up of the same kind of diversity as the Klan. It was further, as destructive as the Klan also, as forty-two people died during the attack.
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