Question

December 1st marks the day that in 1955 Rosa Parks, a black seamstress in Montgomery, Alabama, got on a bus to ride home from work. She was tired and her feet hurt, but there were no seats available at the back of the bus where the black people were supposed to sit. So she sat down in the front part of the bus. When a white man asked her to get up and move, she decided that her feet hurt too badly and refused to move. The bus driver drove the bus to the police station where she was arrested. This was one of many events that gave rise to the Civil Rights movement. Black people in Montgomery boycotted the buses for more than a year after her arrest. After the boycott, racial segregation on city buses was outlawed. Pretend that you are Rosa Parks. You have worked all day and are tired. The law says you must sit in the back of the bus, but all the seats are taken. What would you do? Would you break the law? Why or why not?

Answer 1

I would have broken the law because it was obviously a very political movement which escalated to a point of breakage that led to the outlawing of segregation on public transportation.
I certainly would have broken the law because it would set an example for other people of color to rise up and rebel against such acts of discrimination. It would inspire others to rebel against the unjust system of inequality and it unequivocally would lead to a future of bravery for others to speak up against what is wrong.
If it meant I had to sacrifice my freedom by being arrested because I chose not to follow the laws of racism and discrimination, and if it meant that it would lead to minimized oppression, then yes, I would indeed break the law.