The Supreme Court’s ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson was problematic because

The Court’s 1896 ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson upheld racial segregation under the “separate but equal” doctrine. This was problematic because it treated segregation as lawful if facilities were supposedly equal, even though they were often unequal and the doctrine reinforced racial discrimination. The correct choice is “it was based on the belief that segregation was permissible as long as the facilities were equal.”

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