MLK Day

"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."

This was in 1963. in April of 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King, was shot and killed on the balcony of a motel. 1968. I was born in 1973. A mere 5 years later. I know my parents were around. Unless they were 5 when they had me.

How much longer would things have continued the way they were if he had not been killed? 10 years? 15 Years? 20 Years? 1988, in the midst of metal excess, and motley crue, and poison, and all the coke, would black people still be turned away from jobs? Would black people still have been turned away from poll places? Would people in America still turned a blind eye to the situation in the US?

We still have problems today. Even near 40 years later. People say we don't need affirmative action. Yet, people still attack minorities in this country, becuase they ARE minorities. Is affirmative action sort of a double edged sword. Yes. People who areon't qualified do get jobs they shouldn't. The qualified ones find ways to get things done. Some minorities in this country are given more than enough opportunity to repair damages done, and still complain. People will always complain.

I can't even imagine a world in the early 80's or late 80's where black people would still be treated like they had been in the 60's. Sitting in the back of restuarants. Sitting in the back of busses.

If you have never heard the full 'I have a dream..." Speach. American Rhetoric
Check it out there. Great speach.