The movie entitled Separate But Equal is about discrimination and inequality in the 1950's. In the 1950's there was segregation in the schools upheld by the Supreme Court decision, Plessy vs. Ferguson. This decision stated that blacks and whites were to be separated in most cases as long as things were equal for both races. In 1952, black schools were quite inferior to white schools. A South Carolina school teacher went to the superintendent of schools and asked if some changes could be made to equalize the schools. The superintendent refused. The South Carolina teacher was outraged and decided that he wanted to take them to court to achieve equal education for the black children. He did not think that it was fair that the school board spent $179 on education for every white child and only $43 on education for every

The U.S. Supreme Court case, Plessy vs. Ferguson separated people according to race under the conditions that things would be equal. This still made many black people feel inferior because they did not have the same opportunists as white people did despite what the law stated. According to the movie which was based on a true story, the South Carolina school board refused to fund a black child's education equal to a white child's education. On average the school board willingly paid $179 per white child's education and only $43 per black child's education. Many white people in the 1950's felt that their children were academically and socially superior to black children so they felt that the distribution of educational funds was fair and made perfect sense. Many white people in the 1950's believed that segregation was a good thing. They did not believe that white people and black people would get along well together. Others liked segregation because they felt that black people were dirty and they did not want to have to come into contact with them. For example, many did not want to drink from the same water fountains or share the same restrooms with black people. In the movie, Separate But Equal, a black chauffeur was forced to sleep in the car because there was no hotel for him to stay in within a twenty mile radius of his bosses hotel.

The movie Separate But Equal tells about a myth that dates all the way back to the slave days. This myth is that the black race was inferior to the white race. I totally disagree with this myth. I do not believe that there are inferior races in the world but I do believe that there are inferior people. The color of someone's skin is not a very accurate measure of superiority of any kind. Some people believe that black people are stronger at sports by nature. This has not been scientifically proven. No one can prove that black people are superior in this category simply by looking at their skin tone. I have seen many sporting events in which black people have lost to white people. Another popular myth

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