The supreme court ruling in plessy v ferguson was problematic because

It was problematic because it insinuated the "separate but equal" saying. It meant that just because the blacks and whites were separate, the blacks weren't treated any differently than the whites were treated. Which as we know was a lie.

the black night was split open like the coconut

it says that it was totally black in the mind of a person but suddenly his mind opened like a coconut with the sweetness of the coconut water and the white color inside it.

or

the black night was thrown like a coconut and it slit apart with its sweet water coming out .