Civil disobedience is the refusal to comply with certain laws or to pay taxes and fines as a peaceful form of political protest. Civil disobedience is used to get an unjust law to change without being violent. Protesters tend to violate the laws which they find to be unjust by breaking the law, such as people of color using white bathrooms during the time of segregation. Some who have influenced history using civil disobedience were Thoreau, Gandhi and King. Those who are against civil disobedience say it is unnecessary in a democracy and is unethical. When a government fails to make to make just, ethical laws in a democracy, civil disobedience is the necessary method to remind the government the people have a say in how they are ruled.
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Those against civil disobedience have said, “The existence of lawful channels of change makes civil disobedience unnecessary.” Laws in a democracy are not always fair to all of its people. For instance, Jim Crow laws were laws of segregation influenced by racism, which were forced until 1965, in the southern states in the United States. Racial segregation in public places began in the late 19th century along with the saying “Separate but equal.” However, the conditions of colored public places opposed to white public places were nowhere near equal. The white public places, such as movie theaters, and bathrooms, were much cleaner and nicer than those of the colored ones. The lawmakers during this time were obviously not fair to all of its members of society. If people of color are living in a society with racist whites controlling the laws, going to the lawful channels will do little to no good. Civil disobedience is clearly a more than probable, and in this cause, more effective
Those against civil disobedience have said, “The existence of lawful channels of change makes civil disobedience unnecessary.” Laws in a democracy are not always fair to all of its people. For instance, Jim Crow laws were laws of segregation influenced by racism, which were forced until 1965, in the southern states in the United States. Racial segregation in public places began in the late 19th century along with the saying “Separate but equal.” However, the conditions of colored public places opposed to white public places were nowhere near equal. The white public places, such as movie theaters, and bathrooms, were much cleaner and nicer than those of the colored ones. The lawmakers during this time were obviously not fair to all of its members of society. If people of color are living in a society with racist whites controlling the laws, going to the lawful channels will do little to no good. Civil disobedience is clearly a more than probable, and in this cause, more effective