What is the main purpose of this passage? Legislation is powerless to [eliminate] racial instincts or to abolish distinctions based upon physical differences If the civil and political rights of both races be equal, one cannot be inferior to the other civilly or politically. If one race be inferior to the other socially, the Constitution of the United States cannot put them upon the same plane.
A) To criticize Louisiana for its segregation of railroad cars
B) To argue against those who oppose segregation
C) To defend segregation as an acceptable practice
D) To deny that legal segregation is necessary