Mock Trial Brown v. Board

    Ladies and gentlemen, your Honor, we are gathered here today to discuss the case of Brown v. Board of Education. I stand before you all to detail how the economy of our beloved United States of America is in support of segregation between the prosperous whites and significantly poorer African Americans. To explain, we start back in 1921, thirty-three years before this case when down in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the largest public disturbance since the Civil War occurred. Dick Rowland, a shoeshiner, was accused of attacking a white female, resulting in his arrest. Mobs gathered to display their displeasure at Rowland's arrest, leading to a horrific massacre involving the first aerial bombing in American history. Three hundred people were killed that day, and another eight hundred were injured, along with thirty-five city blocks destroyed. In those city blocks was Black Wall Street.

    Tulsa was heavily populated with African Americans with high economic success. Therefore, this mass destruction of their homes, businesses, and cities left devastating effects on the African American population in our nation altogether. In essence, the already majority of lower-class African Americans grew exceedingly poorer as a whole. 

    Due to the work of a Black man, their society and social class have been destroyed with little to no chance of being repaired. We must not let this trend continue up our distinguished social classes, which could lead to devastating effects on our economy. The average wealthy white man has already been targeted enough by the less wealthy Black men through loss of jobs. Why take this opportunity away from those who have the money to spend on prestigious schools leading to high-level wage professions, which in turn benefits our economy? 

    Instead, these opportunities are being handed out like souvenirs to the poor Black men of our society, who make on average seven times less than white men. Those who have not worked for certain opportunities, such as a degree from prestigious educational institutions or high-paying positions, should not be entitled to those opportunities. Those who have worked their entire lives and dedicated much time and money should be rewarded with those opportunities to avoid an economic collapse in our nation. In turn, there are positions for poor Blacks to work in, such as day laborers, barbers, waiters, and others, as they will have a place in our economy. However, with their lack of education and experience in the high-up parts of our economy and nation, there is no role for them to be allocated resources that can be entrusted to an experienced and wealthy white man.

    In addition, by separating communities by race along with income level, a sense of stability can be achieved in our economy. As explained prior, the racial wealth gap is a bolded example of the difference between whites and blacks in our economy. A seven-to-one ratio is one of quite extreme imbalance, so why entitle African Americans to take the seats in our public schools that they cannot afford? Especially when there are schools in place for African American children that are of equal level to their import into our economy. If the white schools are of equal value to their import to our economy, why argue against that fact when African Americans do not work and profit enough to be entitled to schools of a higher level?