Jan 20 2009
Martin Luther King’s Dream Finally Comes True
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 the table of brotherhood.
I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.
I have a dream that my four little 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.
- Martin Luther King Jr.; August 28, 1963
I only wish that Martin Luther King, the man instrumental in advancing black civil rights in the 1960s, would have lived to see today. I wish that he could see what his hard work and sacrifice yielded in the end. Unfortunately he did not live to see his dream realised but so many others did and, not to be too melordramatic, today is the day that the world changed forever. The most powerful man in the world is now a black man, and African American, and deservedly so. He doesn’t deserve to be President because he is black, no more than previous presidents merited election because they were white, but Barack Obama does deserve to be President because he is incredibly intelligent, hard working, honourable and has the best interests of the American population at heart.
Barack Obama is now the 44th President of the United States and I think he will be incredible in the role. I believe he will make history in more ways than one and I also believe that he will help to make the world a better place, far more than his predecessors have. Now that George W Bush is finally out of office, I’m suddenly feeling hopeful. Although the world will not change overnight, I believe that I will be blogging in 4 years reflecting on the positive steps that have been taken by Barack Obama. If his inauguration speech is anything to go by then I think the world will be a better place.
His health care reform plans are long overdue. It comes to something when someone in the advanced stages of cancer has to go to a free emergency clinic just to get something to alleviate the pain. The rich in America that believe that their health system is the best in the world are right because it is… as long as you have money. If you don’t then you are basically left to fend for yourself and that is fundamentally wrong in a First World country. Everyone has a right to health care regardless of their bank balances. As such, I welcome his proposals and hope he can fend off the greedy pharmaceutical companies to pass a fairer system for all.
I also welcome his Presidency because I feel that he is far better placed to put the world economy back on track, end the persistant and wasteful wars, create a fairer and more equal society and at least alleviate some of the prejudices that still exist in society. Maybe I am being too optimistic. Maybe I am looking to one man for more inspiration than I should. However, the fact that he got elected in the first place, something that many African Americans thought impossible, shows that the world is ready for change. It gives me hope, which is something I feel the world has lost. Now is the time to regain that hope and leave the past behind. It’s time to move forward and contribute to a better world.
One minor problem.
Obama is being celebrated directly BECAUSE of the color of his skin.
Not MLK’s dream at all.
http://poorrepublican.today.com
MLK didn’t want people judged by the color of their skin, but by their character.
Secondly, Obama is 43% Arabic 7% african and 50% caucasian.
He comes from the Chicago mob. so, where is his character?