Comments on: Casting Fresh Light On A Quiet Civil Rights Hero http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2006/06/casting_fresh_l.html The Law, the Universe, and Everything Tue, 14 Feb 2012 05:18:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Ken Arromdee http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2006/06/casting_fresh_l.html/comment-page-1#comment-58515 Ken Arromdee Mon, 12 Jun 2006 17:09:17 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2006/06/casting-fresh-light-on-a-quiet-civil-rights-hero.html#comment-58515 She didn't risk anything in the suit (unlike a black person who chooses to sit in the front of the bus and get arrested, it was not her choice to be subject to internment), and she clearly stood to gain from suing. How is this heroic? (Though I suppose you could argue that a lawsuit leads to unwanted expense and publicity, and being willing to endure that is heroic.) She didn’t risk anything in the suit (unlike a black person who chooses to sit in the front of the bus and get arrested, it was not her choice to be subject to internment), and she clearly stood to gain from suing. How is this heroic?

(Though I suppose you could argue that a lawsuit leads to unwanted expense and publicity, and being willing to endure that is heroic.)

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