2014. I have a dream. It’s that MLK’s dream someday happens in this country. The most famous line of his grand speech delivered at the Lincoln Memorial is “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.” Yes this great man was the leader whose movement dismantled the racist South but something since has happened. That great train of equality somehow derailed. Now instead, most of the judging is done by skin color. Some might even say it’s all about race these days. How did this happen? This sad ironic switch often by King’s biggest admirers did not just appear. Certainly because of America’s racist past blacks could really use a leg up. They got it with Affirmative Action. This was a useful policy to correct a wrong. But the great lesson of inequality was somehow forgotten. A post-surgery crutch became a permanent one and knocked the feet of others. Many did want to give up their special treatment. Others in collusion insisted they needed it. Once again promotion and demotion because of race became status quo. They traded Martin Luther King’s vision for one with people’s hands out, a skin so thin and a landscape peppered with defense mechanisms that made discourse very difficult. The victim mentality had been ingrained. People now WANTED to be judged by their skin color. Others insisted they needed to be. Move over Martin Luther King make room for George Orwell. King’s words had gone right over peoples’ heads. America had forgotten that treating one race differently from another can only breed resentment and division. The proof of that is everywhere. America finally got our first black president. Unfortunately he was only half black but people in their zeal for Affirmative Action decided that was enough. Not once but twice. Forget about his past or his character, he’s black (well ½) and that’s enough. And what happened? Did racial tension ease? Of course not. The national delusion that you can fix racism with more racism brings its inevitable ill effects but still people clamor for more. This is a new era of racism where if you did nothing wrong you’re still guilty. And if you did something wrong you’re still innocent. Now it’s not obvious any longer but a psychological pathology. This mind cancer must be removed if there is to be true equality. The great and true Negro leaders of today all say the same thing Dr King said “don’t judge people by their skin, judge them by their character” Most of the Caucasian people who read this who have a strong reaction won’t even say anything. They fear to talk about race except in the Politically Correct way using all the accepted words, not using the disapproved ones. Most of all it means not to scrutinize anything that questions any minority. They are sheep. Others might not say anything because I’ve put forward a case that is hard to argue. I’m saying let’s do what Martin Luther King said he envisioned. Why we all celebrated him. Finally King said “It would be fatal for the nation to overlook the urgency of the moment. This sweltering summer of the Negros legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality.” Has that autumn come and passed? It has, but it went quickly to winter where it has stayed. When society decides to treat everyone equally without thought to their skin color King’s Dream will materialize and autumn he dreamt will be here. I’m a believer.
Posted on: Tue, 21 Jan 2014 00:17:50 +0000
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