Injustice In Letter From Birmingham Jail By Dr. Martin Luther King

Issues of Injustice Not every law is designed around justice. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is one of many who acknowledges this type of corruption among our system. Dated back in 1963, King had composed a document called Letter From Birmingham Jail. This letter was written from a prison cell after being arrested for participating in a nonviolent demonstration against segregation. It took more than three hundred and forty years to justify issues of segregation. This was not the only law where injustice was identified. A contemporary issue where injustice is identified is the rape culture of the United States. The U.S. society influences its members to consider the victims of rape to be reliable for their adversity. On average, out of every one

A prominent point was when he expressed that “We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed”. A law addressing an injustice sometimes does not become justified until it is overdue. Another notable statement from the text is “An unjust law is no law at all”. King questions our corrupt system where breaking some laws is advocated while others require conformity. The statements cited from this document are authentic points for issues of the present and the past. Throughout King's letter he asserts an honest point of view of the injustice in our system. He continues to illustrate that there are two types of laws: just and unjust laws. King notes, “A just law is a man-made code that squares with the moral law, or the law of god.” An unjust law is a regulation that lacks fairness. One final point is where King signifies that “justice too long delayed is justice denied”. Overall, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. annotates his advanced perception of injustice with many significant

It is prevalent for victims of rape to be told they are reliable for the situation. Those who misconcep this topic are ignorant to the factual data. The reason a criminal had convicted this type of crime has no relation to actions of the victim. Victim blaming influences the attitude of society which alters how rape victims are perceived and contributes as false support for the criminal. A simple example of victim blaming comes from the article The Offenders, “She must have provoked him into being abusive. They both need to change.”(“Rape culture, victim”). There are multiple statistics that argue against victim blaming. Statistics exemplify that 82% of victims were assaulted by some they knew. It is inaccurate for the assaulter to claim that attraction, lack of clothing or skin revealance is a prominent factor for their crime. If those were accurate contributions then rapes would commonly occur in a setting where the victim's attire corresponds among the example principals. Sexual assault can happen anywhere and at any time. “The majority of assaults occur in places ordinarily thought to be safe, such as homes, cars and offices.”(“Rape culture, victim.”). It is estimated in the U.S that rape or attempted rape occurs every five minutes. It is documented that 46% of criminals charged for rape become apprehended within three years of being released for different criminal activity.