Plessy v. Ferguson- The Dissenting Opinion

When Justice Harlan made is decision in Plessy v. Ferguson it was not the majority opinion. Also known as the "dissenting opinion" he believed that the ruling in the court case was not correct, that the idea of separate but equal was a violation of the 14th Amendment. Personally I believe that he wrote out his losing argument so that he could try and spread that this was a 14th amendment violation as well as to try and gather supporters who believed the same thing he does. By keeping his opinion to himself he would of suppressed the thought that would be a huge step in the fight for civil rights. I believe he made a good argument which I think that  people in 2016 would react the same as I did, the times have changed since that era and I feel that if this verdict were to happen now there would be a larger group on the side of justice Harlan. However in the year 1896, due to the fact that slavery had ended very recently,the public opinion would be different; especially if you were in the south. As a country the U.S. come a long way from these days and I believe occurrences like this did nothing but help everyday people to see how wrong slavery and discrimination actually were and still are. Had Judge Harlan and others been too afraid to speak their minds, who knows how long it would've taken our country to get where it is today. I believe his opinion shed light on the path of the law because it brought up the fact that separate but equal was not in fact what it pertained to be- equal.