It is possible that their accommodations are as good as they would be able to occupy, if left free to choose throughout Rome and Frankfort; but this compulsory segregation from the mass of citizens is of itself an inequality which we condemn.
Sumner critiques the compulsory segregation of Jews in Rome and Frankfort, highlighting it as an inherent inequality.
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