"I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal."
I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at a table of brotherhood.
I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a desert state, sweltering with the heat of injustice and oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.
I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.
I have a dream today.
I have a dream that one day the state of Alabama, whose governor's lips are presently dripping with the words of interposition and nullification, will be transformed into a situation where little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls and walk together as sisters and brothers.
I have a dream today.
I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight, and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together."
I have many a time thought what exactly did Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. mean by his words in this speech, and in his overall teachings that seem to be so paraded around by liberals and affirmative action supporters, as well as white liberal apologetics (race wise, not religious)
Was Dr. King's dream such that people should be forced to live in mixed race neighborhoods, or that society should be forced to elevate the stature of certain individuals because of the color of their skin?
Does anyone else see how racism is still very much alive and well, but has now reversed itself into a platform for those of black skin color to become superior to whites?
I had always believed and interpreted MLK's teachings to mean a man or woman, no matter what color, creed, etc has the same rights as any other person, and should have the same opportunities as everyone else.
I however do not see the connection that is so often made, that because people of black skin color were essentially treated far worse by society then any other race, that they deserve special privileges and advantages, which in the minds of liberals, would boost their stature and accomplishments to that of whites and exceed them.
This method of thinking has invaded our government and our schools. For example both I and a fellow classmate who are of white or partially white skin color were put in honors classes because the school didn't have enough whites to meet the school district requirement.
As a result I received a pretty poor education for a few years because the material was uninteresting and way above my skill level at the time. Was that worth it? Was my education worth sacrificing so the school could meet some requirement to please some politician, and give them a data point they can rattle off at their next re-election campaign rally?
The particular line that sticks in my mind from MLK's I Have a Dream speech is:
"I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character".
Funny how those of us who judge the president by his character, by his actions as a president, are thought of as racist for not supporting anything he does. Yet it was perfectly fine to blame Bush for these same reasons, despite him doing things on a much, much smaller scale.
I guess bad presidents can only be white. Black presidents, no matter what actions they take or what character they have are the best presidents we'll ever have in this country, simply because they're black.
As for any ridicule that may come of my stance, accusing my family at one time owning slaves, I'm about to dispel any thought of that.
On my father's side of the family, our family arrived in the US at the start of WWI. I believe it was my Great Great Great Grandfather who came here to avoid being drafted into the Imperial German army.
Last I checked slavery was abolished long before WWI even started.
As for my mother's side of the family, her father and all her siblings came over right before Mao Zedong began the Great Leap Forward campaign which would have killed them, considering they lived in a village of poor farmers.
So what was that about owning slaves? Sorry, no one in my ancestral lineage owned slaves, and actually more then likely my family may have at one point BEEN slaves by some Chinese land owner.
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