It was almost 100 years after plessy v. Ferguson that the government stepped in and made it so businesses couldnt keep discriminating, if the government didn't step in then we'd still have de facto segregation
@@CHill-qn3kr "... Was starting to sort out...". My point was that Homer Plessy was recruited by the railroad to put himself in that position so that he could challenge the law. The railroads, being greedy capitalists (of course), didn't want the law, presumably because it cost them money... ie the free market, due to their profit motive, were aga st the discriminatory law. Free markets don't "initiate policy" they just work.
@@kennethalbert4653 only the railroads because they had business in north and south, but the majority of southern business like restaurants, hotels, gas stations would continue to segregate until the civil rights acts were passed
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Very informative but also kind boring
Wow he's from New Orleans he looked European but was a mixture of European and African. They had me writing about Homer Plessy in High school
How folks are aware this case was heard after passing Chief Justice John Marshall.
Eric Garner's case in N.Y. is not that much different than this Plessy case.
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Booker T Washington father was white so he's not that much different than homer Plessy.
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Louisiana is still very Racist. Back then if u looked black u would be lynched. So that's the state I'm from. It's very important to know who u are
not very attention grabbing, very informative but boring
History is like that sometimes
Seems to me that the free market was starting to sort out the discrimination issue... until the government stepped in.
It was almost 100 years after plessy v. Ferguson that the government stepped in and made it so businesses couldnt keep discriminating, if the government didn't step in then we'd still have de facto segregation
@@Tundramonkey5: it was a privately owned railroad that put Homer up to it, paid for the lawyers etc.
The GOVERNMENT ENFORCED the segregation laws.
How so? What policies did the free market initiate ?
@@CHill-qn3kr "... Was starting to sort out...". My point was that Homer Plessy was recruited by the railroad to put himself in that position so that he could challenge the law. The railroads, being greedy capitalists (of course), didn't want the law, presumably because it cost them money... ie the free market, due to their profit motive, were aga st the discriminatory law.
Free markets don't "initiate policy" they just work.
@@kennethalbert4653 only the railroads because they had business in north and south, but the majority of southern business like restaurants, hotels, gas stations would continue to segregate until the civil rights acts were passed
It's true, I was plessy