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Quotation from Plessy v. Ferguson by Supreme Court of the United States
“We consider the underlying fallacy of the plaintiff's argument to consist in the assumption that the enforced separation of the two races stamps the colored race with a badge of inferiority.”
Plessy v. Ferguson, Opinion of the Court (Justice Brown) (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource))
Justice Brown, for the majority, rejects Plessy's central claim that the statute marks Black passengers as inferior, attributing that meaning to the plaintiffs' own reading.
Citation: "We consider the underlying fallacy of the plaintiff's argument to consist in the assumption that the enforced separation of the two races stamps the colored race with a badge of inferiority." — Supreme Court of the United States, Plessy v. Ferguson, Opinion of the Court (Justice Brown) (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource)). (id plessy-v-ferguson-q1)
Portrait: Portrait of Henry Billings Brown, Frances Benjamin Johnston, Public domain.
