Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.s analysis of The Dream, reflecting on the movements superficial optimism. MLK, 1967: I must confess that, uh, that dream that I had that day has in many points turned into a nightmare. Now I’m not one to lose hope; I keep on hoping. I still have faith in the future. But I’ve had to analyze many things over the last few years and I would say over the last few months I’ve gone through a lot of soul-searching and agonizing moments and I’ve come to see that, uh, that we have many more difficult days ahead and some of the old optimism was a little bit superficial. And now it must be tempered with a solid realism, and I think the realistic fact is that we still have a long, long way to go, and that we are involved in a war on Asian soil, which if not checked and stopped can poison the very soul of our nation. But here is King in his own words, reflecting on the movement’s “superficial optimism” (via NBC). https://youtube/watch?v=sHhJYKPWb8k
Posted on: Sat, 24 Jan 2015 21:46:32 +0000
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