James Farmer's Argument Against Unjust Laws

According to James Farmer Jr.’s final argument, it is acceptable and necessary for citizens to protest unjust laws due to the equality every human being deserves. It is acceptable to fight unfair laws because everyone has the right to speak for themselves and claim what they deserve. All humans deserve the same treatment and if they are not receiving that ,they have the right to protest until they get what they want. It is even necessary to protest unjust laws because future generations will suffer the consequences if we do not stand up for current events. Everyone needs to be treated equally and fairly, just because we are somehow different, that does not give anyone the right to treat someone harshly. Every single human being in this world has to right and deserves to be treated fairly. In Farmer’s argument he states that not everyone is receiving the same treatment, “But there is no rule of law in the Jim Crow South, not where Negroes are denied housing, turned away from schools, hospitals-- and not when we are lynched” (Farmer). This provides evidence that being different causes unjust treatments and that even for being a

I have every right to break those laws because my family will always come first. I would rather suffer temporarily consequences of breaking the law than losing a loved one. In Farmer’s argument he provides an important point, “But the law did nothing - just left us wondering why..” (Farmer). The law sometimes does nothing to protect the people around you, and since it is a law and you are told to obey it. We all wonder why things have to be like that and what would happen if we break the law? I believe that if a law is hurting your family or someone close to you, you should break it and not follow anything regarding what you have been told. Some laws are meant to be broken so might as well break them before they end up breaking