Someday, the family predicted, my name would be well-known throughout the united states. i laughed to myself, wondering which one i would go by. —“names/nombres,” julia alvarez combine the passage with the main ideas and events of the essay. what is the theme of the essay? your name can show what has influenced you to be who you are. your name is something influenced only by your parents. your name you fit in and adapt to new surroundings. your name is all you have, and it should not be changed.

Read the excerpt from a supporting opinion of the supreme court’s ruling in plessy v. ferguson, 1896. laws permitting, and even requiring, their separation in places where they are liable to be brought into contact do not necessarily imply the inferiority of either race to the other, and have been generally, if not universally, recognized as within the competency of the state legislatures in the exercise of their police power. how does this relate to the premises of brown v. board of education? the brown case addresses whether state legislatures are equipped to judge the quality of education offered at segregated schools. the brown case addresses whether authorities believe that one race is inferior to another when creating public schools. the brown case addresses whether these laws inherently deny certain citizens equal protection under the law. the brown case addresses the legality of using police power to monitor public places separated by race.