Civilized? Disobedience
Civil disobedience is the refusal of certain groups of people in the society to refuse to conform to certain laws, among them being refusal to pay fines and taxes with the view of staging a peaceful political protest. I also like to add Kimberly Brownlees’ view of civil disobedience in her literary piece, Is Edward Snowden a civil disobedient? “Civil disobedience is a constrained, conscientious, and communicative breach of law that aims to raise awareness about a cause and bring about lasting changes in law and policy.” In understanding American history, the call to end segregation in the country led to several civil disobedience occurrences that were organized and supported by Martin Luther King Jr. The main intent
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“We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.”- King. Martin Luther King outlines that on the occasions when dialogue fail, there is need for the oppressed to stage peaceful nonviolent demonstrations to pass out their messages and show the urgent need for action to end social injustices. When King answers the question, why direct action, why sit ins, marches and so forth? Inst negotiation better? I fully understand his reply, of course negotiation is better, if you would have been willing to negotiate with them in the first place they wouldn’t have to result to these extreme measures. That’s the very reason for direct action! Nonviolent direct action creates so much crisis and tension that the community that has constantly refused to negotiate, is forced to deal with the issue. This is apparent in the way the African American in America have advocated for equal rights in the society and the need to end segregation in the society to create a platform where both the whites and the colored can work freely in the society without any cases of discrimination. So, they can live together in