Which of these ideas would supporters of the Plessy v. Ferguson ruling most likely have agreed with?

In Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), the Supreme Court upheld racial segregation under the doctrine of “separate but equal.” Supporters of the ruling would therefore have agreed that this doctrine was legally valid. Choice D says the opposite, while the ruling did not require race-blind interpretation of the Constitution.

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