My girl and I spent part of the day listening to Martin Luther King’s beautiful speech “I Have A Dream” on August 28, 1963 in Washington, D.C. The words of that moving, powerful speech still ring true today. Only this time while we have removed the “Whites Only” signs and have, for the most part, eliminated segregation, racism still exists in our minds and in our hearts. In our behaviors and thoughts. We still have ghetto’s. Gangs. Police brutality. An extreme percentage of blacks in our prisons. And we now have a media that works against the people’s desire for freedom by creating lies and exaggerations to keep the division going. And while the majority used to be lulled in their slumber by their words, we at least have a growing awakening along with a President who sees their lies.
The needs in MLK’s words still have a place in our society, in our conversations with one another. For there is not a one of us that does not hold a racist thought of some sort, except perhaps for the youngest of children who have not yet been tarnished by television propaganda and public education dogma and the dismissal of bully behavior.
Love is the answer. Love through honest self-assessment. Love through our speak with others as we share our stories and love through putting aside personal judgment as we listen to the stories of others. And love through making the best choice we can make for ourselves. And lastly – love through right action which includes this plan we see unfolding and holding those putting the plan in place accountable for every promise made to ensure our total Freedom from any and all acts rules laws and behaviors of oppression and control.
Here is the speech that, for me, never gets old….
