The Ethical

Dilemma
By Stanley Green

The Ethical Dilemma

The Ethical Dilemma is not so much about racial disparity. Rather it is more about making a choice between the lesser of two evils. In the following excerpts cite Supreme Court Civil Rights cases that have come to trial to settle citizens disputes regarding Separate but Equal. Racial disparity of superiority vs. inferiority was highlighted as the legal and/or moral basis prompting cause of action. Yet, the ethical dilemma of choosing between the lesser of two evils has been neatly camouflaged beneath the surface of the superficial coloring of racial disparity. As such, lets examine our decision making process.

Will Power is My Name

Volition is the will power to make a decision and carry it out regardless of the repercussion. Civil Rights Activists are persons, who have the training and/or innate talent to defy state laws that affect racial disparities. He or she has contemplated his or her crime shall without fail lead to jail time and/or fines. Despite the evil fate that lies ahead for being arrested, he or she is willing to accept going to jail, rather than to sit idly by and allow the state to inflict social injustice upon his or her minority classification.

Plessey vs. Ferguson

Homer Adolph Plessey was confronted in New Orleans, Louisiana with the ethical dilemma of whether to obey the Separate Car Act that separated railroad passengers by race or break the law under protest. Homer was born a free man one eight percent (1/8%) Black and seven eight (7/8%) White. Under Louisiana State law of 1890 he was still considered a Black man. The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld its ruling in favor of the State of Louisiana. As a result, Homer lost his appeal and finally paid his fine.

Brown vs. Board of Education

Oliver Brown was confronted in Topeka, Kansas with the ethical dilemma of whether to register his child to attend a White segregated public school. September 1951 he and a group of Black parents filed a Class Action Civil Rights Lawsuit against Topeka Board of Education. Dr. Kenneth B. Clarke and Dr. Mamie Phipps Clarke presented the results of their doll test studies to the U.S Supreme Court. The latter was sufficient evidence for justices to overturn Plessey vs. Ferguson and Brown won his case.

Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks was confronted in Montgomery Alabama with the ethical dilemma same as Homer Plessey had faced in Louisiana. December 1, 1955 Parks refused to be seated on the back of the bus and was arrested. Rosa was a Civil Rights Activist and legal Secretary for the NAACP. She had been trained to protest. She later relocated to Detroit, MI and worked as secretary for State Representative John Conyers. She died suffering from dementia.

Separate but Equal

Separate but equal, in itself, may not be perceived as an ethical dilemma. On the contrary, it may be construed as a political or legal issue for debate in Congress. Political parties may vote in favor of or opposition towards. Congress may enact laws to carry out its vote or repeal laws to rescind its earlier vote. So, it becomes apparent that the ethical dilemma extends beyond the boundaries of political legislation. In fact the ethical dilemma transcends itself into the sanctity of God authority and ones own conscience. In essence, it is held sacred and absolute.

Lesser of Two Evils

Lesser of two evils means you get to choose between more evil or less evil. A person finds him or herself caught betwixt two choices that may lead to a disastrous outcome. He or she is compelled with urgency by the circumstances to choose one or the other. In other words damn if I do or damn if I dont. It is like being caught between a rock and a stone. Either way is a crushing blow.

American Revolutionary War

The American Revolutionary War was the ethical dilemma of the early British colonies deciding whether to continue paying usurious taxes to Great Britain or to revolt against the crown. Either choice was a damning decision that compelled an urgent answer. The Declaration of Independence has recorded the sacred and moral grounds that have justified the decisions of the Founding Fathers to defy Great Britains law and go to war. Henceforth, America is the father of the ethical dilemma.

Confronted with the Ethical Dilemma

Confronted with the ethical dilemma to break the law is always a damning choice to make. However, when the law is unjust and one has exhausted all legal remedies to settle disputes, then persons have a sacred and moral duty ordained by God to exercise his or her will power to stand up for justice. In the eyes of many it is unforgivable to break the law. Yet, one must weigh in the circumstances and situations that have compelled his or her decision. If breaking the law were done to resolve the ethical dilemma, then according to American jurisprudence breaking the law is both a duty and a mandate. It is legally supported under our American Declaration of Independence.

Civil Rights Act of 1871

The Republican Party has passed the Civil Rights Act of 1871 (aka The Anti-KKK Act). Yet, one hundred years later Civil Rights Activists such as Homer Plessey, Oliver Brown and Rosa Parks were still being denied equal access to public accommodations. In other words laws were already on the books to protect African Americans, but members of the KKK have always managed to deny police enforcement.

Civil Rights Act of 1964

Civil Rights Act of 1964 is actually a joke for African Americans who celebrate its legislation. The reason its a joke is that Blacks dont understand that police have to enforce the law to become effective. Throughout American history the police have never enforced Civil Rights. So what makes Black persons think that he or she is better off now than he or she was one century ago? Nothing has really changed. Discrimination is the same. This why we have witnessed Black and White together marching for Civil Rights during the decade of the 1960s after Civil Rights were already on the books since 1866. The problem is Blacks have never been properly educated to understand African American History. As a result, state lawmakers have continued to enact Black Codes. All of this is done under color of state law in blind purview of Blacks.

What are Black Codes?

Black Codes was a name given to laws passed by southern state lawmakers established during the era of President Andrew Johnson. These laws imposed severe restrictions on freed slaves such as prohibiting their right to vote, forbidding them to sit on juries, limiting their right to testify against White men, carrying weapons in public places and working in certain occupations. The modern-day Black Codes have been concealed under our 13th Amendment.

Stanley Greens Epilogue

The 14 and 15 Amendments are how African Americans have acquired American citizenship and equal voting rights. Each guarantees equal protection under the law. Yet, police and prosecutors have never enforced our 14th or 15th Amendment Civil Rights in the United States. African Americans have exhausted all recourse of law through our judicial process to compel equal protection of our Civil Rights. The judicial process has failed to th th uphold our 14 and 15 Amendment Civil Rights. This has lead African Americans to the ethical dilemma of what course of action shall we chose? We have two choices and either choice is evil. The first choice is we can sit idly by and allow police and prosecutors inflict us with social injustice or we can revolt against our American government and declare our sovereignty. It is a horrible decision to make. No African American wishes to engage in war against his or her own nation. Then, again no African American wishes to be treated with indignity and disrespect of his or her Civil Rights. Proponents of segregation may argue, Why dont African Americans just go back to Africa? Our reply is, We didnt ask to come to America in the first place; Instead your ancestors smuggle our ancestors on slave ships against their will! African Americans have as much right as European Americans to remain in America as free people. The racial disparity of our criminal justice system is too far imbalanced against Blacks. The latter has served as credible proof that social justice reform is necessary and imminent. Otherwise, America is on the course of a Revolutionary War. Please visit our website below Social Justice Reform to learn more about Post Civil War Amendments: http://stan145.wix.com/sjr
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Division of Civil Rights is a Hoax

Division of Civil Rights (DCR) in Washington DC is a hoax for African American People. Congress has enacted 42 USC Section 1983 as deprivation of any rights, privileges or immunities secured under our United States Constitution of laws. The hoax is the White House has appointed our U.S. Attorney General legal authority to enforce 42 USC Section 1983 in behalf of Civil Rights Plaintiffs. However, DCR will only investigate Civil Rights Plaintiffs who have suffered police brutality or murder. In order for Civil Rights Plaintiffs to qualify for police protection of 42 USC Section 1983, then he or she must have been brutalized or murdered by police. Supposed the Plaintiff has been murdered by an off-duty Security Guard such as George Zimmerman. According to DCRs guidelines that isnt sufficient legal grounds to merit investigation. Trayvon Martins mother is living witness that DCR has played a hoax on African American Civil Rights Plaintiffs. She and her family are confronted with the ethical dilemma that Black parents must sacrifice to protect their children from social injustice in the United States. There are two sides to every story. On the flip side proponents of George Zimmerman may argue that he had been confronted with the ethical dilemma of defending his life or taking the life of Travon Martin. Choosing between the lesser of two evils may always lead to disastrous outcome. Lets put the shoe on the other foot. Flip the photo with a picture of you and your child. Who then is more evil?