To separate [African American children] from others. . . Solely because of their race generates a feeling of inferiority. . . That may affect their hearts and minds in a way unlikely ever to be undone. . . . The impact is greater when it has the [approval] of the law, for the policy of separating the races is usually interpreted as denoting the inferiority of [African Americans]. A sense of inferiority affects the motivation of a child to learn. â€"Chief Justice Earl Warren Opinion of the Court Brown v. Board of Education What is the purpose of this passage? To provide legal support for segregation To note that segregation calls for the separation of races To defend the motives of those who favor segregation To assert that legal segregation is harmful to children.

To assert that legal segregation is harmful to children.

Explanation:

This purpose can be backed from the following lines from the excerpt:

Quote, "... their race generates a feeling of inferiority... for [because of] the policy of separating the races is usually interpreted as denoting the inferiority of African Americans".

To create artificial separation creates artificial rifts between what the students of different races may distinguish between the possible as well as that which they cannot achieve. In this, if there is a outwardly limiting factor that is not controlled by the student itself but by the state, it would create a societal boundary that would, quote, "affect the motivation of a [African American] child to learn".

observing traffic laws in exchange for driving on the highway.

- three-quarters or two-thirds..

- "the constitution provides that an amendment may be proposed either by the congress with a two-thirds majority vote in both the house of representatives and the senate or by a constitutional convention called for by two-thirds of the state legislatures."

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