The exact text of the "equal protection" clause of the Fourteenth Amendment says that "no State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."

Originally, the clause was written to protect black Americans from unfair treatment but since has been expanded to cover many other groups of people. Name two groups of people, past or present, who might be affected by this clause and describe what unfair treatment they might otherwise receive.