Rules are meant to be broken; but should “Unjust” laws be broken, if those laws target a particular group? Given that rules and laws have a similar meaning, rules are more like instructions whereas; laws are more of a system that regulates and ensure that individuals or a community adhere to the will of the state. While some laws are justifiable, some are clearly unfair therefore, causing controversy. Both Martin Luther King. Jr and Dwight Okita sheds light on unjust laws, that are created to degrade specific groups in America. In Martin Luther King. Jr. essay “Letter from Birmingham Jail” he addresses a few statements made by, a clergyman about his “Unwise and untimely” activities. King explains that actions had to be taken because of unjust
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For African Americans they have come along way, from slavery to the abolishment of slavery. Even though slavery was abolished, they groups were still segregated from whites in America. Likewise, the Japanese were being sent to relocate to internment camps away from other groups in America. King and the African American community were tired of separate water fountains, separate schools and bathroom, etc.… they wanted to be treated the same as whites and have the same rights and opportunity as they did. Waiting around solves absolutely nothing and action must be taken order to solve the problem. Frustrated kings say “This wait has almost always meant never. We must come to see, with one of our distinguished jurists, that justice too long delayed is justice denied” (154). In other words, waiting around serve no justice. Though in Okita poem, segregation wasn’t as detailed as king essay; but the effect of segregation between the fourteen-year girl and her best friend was expressed through her tone. “I have her a packet of tomato seeds and asked her to plant them for ne, told her when the first tomato ripens to miss me” (140, 21-24). Having no other choice but to leave the ones you love and care about behind can be painful. For many they are left without a voice to say or do anything. They are locked away and are treated as if their …show more content…
Along with those laws already preventing them from obtaining their rights; they also lack support. Without support; chances of an event or a cause is pretty much slim when it comes to-----. Both King and Okita lack support in their journeys. Though white churches welcomed negros into their services without segregation and integration. A few years earlier on the bus protest in Montgomery Alabama. King was disappointed with the white churches and their lack of support towards the protest. “I felt that the white ministers, priest and would be among our strongest allies. Instead, some have been outright opponents, refusing to understand the freedom movement and misrepresenting its leaders” (King 160). The churches have turn their backs and on king. As a religious leader he thought the churches would see that discrimination is wrong and unlawful; but instead they were warned to comply with desegregation because it the
For African Americans they have come along way, from slavery to the abolishment of slavery. Even though slavery was abolished, they groups were still segregated from whites in America. Likewise, the Japanese were being sent to relocate to internment camps away from other groups in America. King and the African American community were tired of separate water fountains, separate schools and bathroom, etc.… they wanted to be treated the same as whites and have the same rights and opportunity as they did. Waiting around solves absolutely nothing and action must be taken order to solve the problem. Frustrated kings say “This wait has almost always meant never. We must come to see, with one of our distinguished jurists, that justice too long delayed is justice denied” (154). In other words, waiting around serve no justice. Though in Okita poem, segregation wasn’t as detailed as king essay; but the effect of segregation between the fourteen-year girl and her best friend was expressed through her tone. “I have her a packet of tomato seeds and asked her to plant them for ne, told her when the first tomato ripens to miss me” (140, 21-24). Having no other choice but to leave the ones you love and care about behind can be painful. For many they are left without a voice to say or do anything. They are locked away and are treated as if their …show more content…
Along with those laws already preventing them from obtaining their rights; they also lack support. Without support; chances of an event or a cause is pretty much slim when it comes to-----. Both King and Okita lack support in their journeys. Though white churches welcomed negros into their services without segregation and integration. A few years earlier on the bus protest in Montgomery Alabama. King was disappointed with the white churches and their lack of support towards the protest. “I felt that the white ministers, priest and would be among our strongest allies. Instead, some have been outright opponents, refusing to understand the freedom movement and misrepresenting its leaders” (King 160). The churches have turn their backs and on king. As a religious leader he thought the churches would see that discrimination is wrong and unlawful; but instead they were warned to comply with desegregation because it the