n addressing Plessy's 14th Amendment argument, the Supreme Court explained that the purpose of the 14th amendment was to: In addressing Plessy's 14th Amendment argument, the Supreme Court explained that the purpose of the 14th amendment was to: Enforce the absolute equality of the two races before the law, but it was not intended to abolish distinctions based upon color, or to enforce social, as distinguished from political, equality, or a commingling of the two races upon terms unsatisfactory to either. Enforce the absolute equality of the two races before the law, and to abolish distinctions based upon color, to enforce social, as distinguished from political, equality, and a commingling of the two races. Both A and B. none of the above