Brown vs. Board

    The Brown Vs. The Board of Education case originated from the two differing viewpoints on whether racial segregation in schools should be sanctioned as a societal standard. Using facts from this website we can conclude that based on society's norms, customs, and traditions, it should not even be able to be argued whether this societal norm should still be in place or not. 

Desegregationis a long procedure of people crossing their swords with the people who disagree with them to solve a problem that has been around for too long at this point. The norms seen with other cases fighting for desegregation of slavery have the pattern of contending against segregation in places such as restaurants and businesses. 

    Life for black Americans was exasperated by the Jim Crow Era. Some normal forms of segregation were separate facilities, limits for renting and buying accommodations, schools, and public transportation. 

    Starting with the norms to the contributions that African Americans presented to society were their service in war. African Americans have taken part in every single war that the United States has been involved with and held highly respected positions and jobs such as infantrymen, pilots, tankers, medics, and officers. They acted as huge contributions, as there were one million African Americans that helped participate in World War II, which makes up for ten percent of the total.     

    Some more norms were the work ethics of the African Americans, described in this article, and how they display strong motivation while working that is rooted from the effects of slavery. Regardless, over seventy five percent of African Americans had jobs such as janitors, porters, cooks, and machine operators. 

    The obvious norm that schools were segregated is a big issue that needs to be addressed. There were resource restrictions such as outdated textbooks, overcrowded classrooms, teacher shortages, less funding, and limited subjects available to be taught. 

    If schools were not segregated, African American children would be exposed to better resources which can cause outcomes of a brighter education and more options as they grow older. 

    Some regular customs at the Black schools were the discipline factor. Black teachers held their students to very high standards and expected excellence from all the students. This would mean the African American kids will know how to behave and respect the school's property if converted into a non-segregated schooling system. 

    Many African Americans were uneducated and illiterate. Many of them did not know how to read and write very well. On the opposing side, many white people and young children had enough knowledge to read and write. Forming a unity and letting black students share a school, classes, and education with white students, would solve this norm of why so many African Americans were illiterate. 

    We can see with examples such as James Weldon Johnson how important a good education is, especially for the less fortunate black community. With a good education offered by the white schools, African American students can grow and do great things with their skills for the world. 

    These African Americans have the capability of accomplishing great things, and integrating schools will give them the abilities to learn and break these norms, to form a union of this society for the better.