As seen in the works of .
Martin Luther King Jr.'s "Letter from Birmingham Jail-, and "Civil Disobedience- by Henry .
David Thoreau disobedience is vital to society. The letter and essay, respectively, support the .
claim that an individual is justified and should engage in civil disobedience if he or she feels they .
are violating their conscience by obeying a certain law. .
Growing up decades after the civil rights movement and creating laws that .
state everyone is equal I never thought I be caught in unjust situation where I would have to take .
a stand for unjust situation. Growing up in Hawaii I never really experienced an unjust situation. .
In Hawaii Asian Americans are the majority and other races like African Americans an .
Caucasians are the minority. .
In my sophomore yearat La Pietra, the school offered a spring break trip to London. I .
thought this was an opportunity that I couldn't possibly pass up. I signed up along with some of .
my friends. When we got to Londo,n we were greeted by our tour guide Mark and he took us on .
a walking tour of part of London. Being in London was a great experience except for one point .
in the trip that changed my life. .
Part of the time during the week we could go off on our own and go shopping or tattend .
an art museum if we wanted. My friends and and I decided to go to Harrold's which is a huge .
well known department store in London. I was walking around the store with my friend Nicole .
just looking around and we came to the level with the different dinning accessories and I wanted .
to buy some shot glasses for my brother since he collects them. I waited for a sales person to .
come to by help us. No came so we stood in line to ask for help and when we got to the front .
and a Caucasian lady cut in front of us. So I tap her on the shoulder and said excuse me Miss I .
was in line. She turned around and said why would you be in line what can you buy in here? I .
said a lot of things and I turned and walked away.