In this research journal we find some of the advantages and disadvantages of desegregation in schools. According to the research, there is only a slight improvement academically for minorities in desegregated schools while there is a noticeable improvement in self-esteem among those minorities when they are placed in desegregated schools. Results of the research performed also found that a student’s race or gender influences the teacher’s view and actions towards the students. Another finding in the article was that there are still struggles for defining leadership roles between minorities and Anglo students.
The way this related to Plessy and Brown is because in the Plessy case, there was a problem defining leadership and those that really did not have power to segregate were still doing so. This happens in many schools. The students and teachers themselves are segregating by the way they approach minorities and minorities are unable to understand their potential because of this.
Brown wanted the schools to be desegregated to provide equal opportunities for all races. If the schools were desegregated, he felt that minorities would have a better opportunity to be successful and reach their potential. In the journal I studied, it talked about how minorities’ social lives improved in desegregated schools, but academically they slightly improved. The desegregation of schools has so much potential, but it won’t be very effective if the teachers are treating minorities as if they have less potential.