The 14th Amendment prohibits states from abridging "the privileges or immunities of citizenship" or depriving "any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law." The U.S. Supreme Court has interpreted that to mean that separate is never equal (Brown v Board of Education overruled Plessy v.Ferguson). With this in mind, is affirmative action a natural successor to Brown v. Board? Why or why not?