Muhammad Ali On Civil Disobedience

The beginnings of empires and dynasties had created this shift of status and consequently caused the creation of a social hierarchy. Additionally, social hierarchy is a way of separating groups of communities based on race, sex, age, and status (whether economically or politically) that leads to forms of rebellion to fight against the hierarchy in order to close a gap in society as a result. Mohandas Gandhi explained in his “On Civil Disobedience essay, “No country has ever become, or will ever become, happy through victory in war...it only falls further...either our act or our purpose was ill-conceived, it brings disaster to both belligerents.” (Gandhi, 1916) Instead of using war, he used a method called Satyagraha which was a way to peacefully …show more content…
Gandhi finally came to compromise with the government after seven years successfully. Furthermore, it positively impacted them into a more free society. It is the power of progress in peaceful resistance to the law that makes it impactful in a society or country in a positive way.

Muhammad Ali, a professional boxer, was involved in very controversial news when he admitted he refused to go into the military draft for the Vietnam war, stating, “Just take me to jail.” Many named him a “Draft dodger” as a derogatory towards Ali. Other than the fact that Ali was a converted Muslim which was a main justification for refusing to be involved in the war, he labeled himself to believe in the principal of a libertarian “non-aggression” principle, which started the tours of protests against the Vietnam war. In addition, his boxing title was terminated and Ali was sentenced to jail with an aftermath of: …show more content…
Martin Luther King Jr. was thrown to jail after organizing a peaceful protest. In his letter, he explains himself after hearing comments that his protests were “unwise and untimely” by the clergymen. He makes some insightful statements about the growth of distance and hatred that segregation forms between us. He stammered about how the children, the future of our world, were already trained to grow hate for the other and King spoke out on the matter. “...when you suddenly find your tongue twisted and your speech stammering as you seek to explain to your six year old daughter why she can't go to the public amusement park...and see tears welling up in her eyes when she is told that Funtown is closed to colored children...and see her beginning to distort her personality by developing an unconscious bitterness toward white people.” (King Jr., 1963) If people are being limited in life for being a minority, hate is the obvious emotion of stepping back into society. King’s I Had a Dream speech was about confronting these issues and coming together as brothers and sisters. If Rosa Parks had to go to jail because she refused to move seats for another person, even though the facts say, “Parks had taken a seat near the middle of the bus, just behind the “whites only” section.” (Korpe, 2015) That goes to show that justice was and