Question 6
According to Martin Luther King, the local white clergy don’t seem to care about the Negro being treated unfairly. They believe that the movement should fight through the courts, rather than protest on the streets, seeing as it was creating an immense amount of tension. The local white clergy see the Negro community as “outsiders coming in”. Martin Luther King says “the ‘moderate’ is more devoted to ‘order’ then to justice”. By this he means that, the people of America know that the Negro are being treated unfairly however they do not do anything about it. Afraid that the government will treat them like Negros, they follow orders. Lawyers are an example of people being devoted to order rather than justice. A lawyer’s duty is to …show more content…
He states that a just law is a man-made code that corresponds with moral law or the law of God; an unjust law is out of harmony with the moral law (3). Simply put, an unjust law is a law that dehumanizes a human’s personality; a just law uplifts a human’s personality. Martin Luther King justifies breaking segregation laws owing to the fact that it is an unjust law. Forcing separation of different racial groups is the very definition of segregation. Segregation is seen as an unjust law owing to one’s personality being damaged. “Hence segregation is not only politically, economically and sociologically unsound, it is morally wrong and awful (4). I agree with his criteria for distinguishing a just from an unjust law. Moral laws are laws that should apply to everyone. For example, murder, theft and other behaviors, which are labeled immoral, are illegal. Dehumanizing people is morally unsuitable; to make someone feel unwanted and stripped from freedom is unmoral. Similar to Negros, homosexuals were treated unfair. Until recently, homosexual acts were criminalized in democracies; majority found that homosexual acts were unacceptable, thus treating homosexuals, the minority, unfairly. Homosexuals were dehumanized and disrespected. Much the same as the laws created toward African-American, the majority against homosexuals created laws. St. Thomas Aquians states, “An unjust law is no law at all” (3). It is laws …show more content…
MLK fought against discrimination towards black people for over a decade. Laws were created in order to achieve racial equality, however black people are still being stereotyped. Majority of black people are seen as underclass, drug lords, homeless, unintelligent, murderers, thieves, etc. People continue to disregard laws that go against discrimination. The president of America, Barak Obama, is an African-American, yet people still believe that African-Americans are a threat to society. For instance, if an African-American is dressed in a black hoodie and is walking around at night, people think of them as murders and become afraid. Additionally, there are places that will not hire African-Americans in fear that they will steal things, thus causing many African-Americans to become unemployed. With no income, they do not have the means to send their children to school nor can they cannot afford to buy their child what ever they want. Numerous African-Americans feel targeted by the police due to their race. For example, the shooting in Ferguson, Missouri; Michael Brown, an 18-year-old African-American was shot Darren Wilson, a white Ferguson police officer. The police officer shot Michael Brown because he was black. Brown was unarmed and could not have attacked Wilson, however, he shot him regardless. The wrongful death lawsuit against Wilson is pending, however many
According to Martin Luther King, the local white clergy don’t seem to care about the Negro being treated unfairly. They believe that the movement should fight through the courts, rather than protest on the streets, seeing as it was creating an immense amount of tension. The local white clergy see the Negro community as “outsiders coming in”. Martin Luther King says “the ‘moderate’ is more devoted to ‘order’ then to justice”. By this he means that, the people of America know that the Negro are being treated unfairly however they do not do anything about it. Afraid that the government will treat them like Negros, they follow orders. Lawyers are an example of people being devoted to order rather than justice. A lawyer’s duty is to …show more content…
He states that a just law is a man-made code that corresponds with moral law or the law of God; an unjust law is out of harmony with the moral law (3). Simply put, an unjust law is a law that dehumanizes a human’s personality; a just law uplifts a human’s personality. Martin Luther King justifies breaking segregation laws owing to the fact that it is an unjust law. Forcing separation of different racial groups is the very definition of segregation. Segregation is seen as an unjust law owing to one’s personality being damaged. “Hence segregation is not only politically, economically and sociologically unsound, it is morally wrong and awful (4). I agree with his criteria for distinguishing a just from an unjust law. Moral laws are laws that should apply to everyone. For example, murder, theft and other behaviors, which are labeled immoral, are illegal. Dehumanizing people is morally unsuitable; to make someone feel unwanted and stripped from freedom is unmoral. Similar to Negros, homosexuals were treated unfair. Until recently, homosexual acts were criminalized in democracies; majority found that homosexual acts were unacceptable, thus treating homosexuals, the minority, unfairly. Homosexuals were dehumanized and disrespected. Much the same as the laws created toward African-American, the majority against homosexuals created laws. St. Thomas Aquians states, “An unjust law is no law at all” (3). It is laws …show more content…
MLK fought against discrimination towards black people for over a decade. Laws were created in order to achieve racial equality, however black people are still being stereotyped. Majority of black people are seen as underclass, drug lords, homeless, unintelligent, murderers, thieves, etc. People continue to disregard laws that go against discrimination. The president of America, Barak Obama, is an African-American, yet people still believe that African-Americans are a threat to society. For instance, if an African-American is dressed in a black hoodie and is walking around at night, people think of them as murders and become afraid. Additionally, there are places that will not hire African-Americans in fear that they will steal things, thus causing many African-Americans to become unemployed. With no income, they do not have the means to send their children to school nor can they cannot afford to buy their child what ever they want. Numerous African-Americans feel targeted by the police due to their race. For example, the shooting in Ferguson, Missouri; Michael Brown, an 18-year-old African-American was shot Darren Wilson, a white Ferguson police officer. The police officer shot Michael Brown because he was black. Brown was unarmed and could not have attacked Wilson, however, he shot him regardless. The wrongful death lawsuit against Wilson is pending, however many