Separate but equal

The Supreme Court case in 1896 of Plessy v Ferguson was the first attempt to ease the pain of slavery. The new principal was called separate but equal and was meant to maintain segregation but do it in a equitable manner. The result was that things remained separate but not equal. The white schools had the best books, buildings, teacher and equipment and the black schools had the left overs. This was corrected in the 1954 case of Brown v Board of Education and schools were integrated. There are some colleges this year, including Ivy League schools, who have reverted back to separate but equal. They are having graduation ceremonies by race, ethnicity and income. If you are a Black you can go to the Black graduation. Assuming the quality is equal we are back to separate but equal.