I wish Martin Luther King was alive today. I would love to sit and talk with him and pick his brain. I wonder what he would think of how things are today in the United States of America? What do you think Martin Luther King would say about our society?
When I think of 1963, I don’t think of racial justice, a thirst for freedom, dignity & discipline, and the physical violence that black people all over the United States endured. I don’t think that I was even thought of in 1963. I don’t think my parents had even married in 1963.
God didn’t grace the world with my presence until 1970. Throughout my growing up years, I was always taught that we are supposed to love our neighbor and that God sees us all the same no matter what color we are. I was raised in a military household and was taught to believe that all the people in this nation are worth fighting for no matter what color their skin is OR where they come from. That’s what I grew up to believe, still do.
Martin Luther King speaks of a thirst for freedom. Do black people still have that thirst? Aren’t we all free to live in harmony in this day and age? What about the bitterness and hatred Martin Luther King talks about in his “I have a dream” speech?
Black people that I see in person and on the news continue to act as if they have never been free, even in 2009. And the bitterness and hatred that Martin Luther King speaks of doesn’t seem to be coming from people that are racist. In fact, it seems to be coming from the mouths of those that Martin Luther King was fighting for when he spoke his famous “I have a dream” words.
Martin Luther King spoke of how “we” should act but are “we” doing what Martin Luther King said? I wonder what Martin Luther King would say about it today? When are people going to be satisfied? I personally do not believe for a second that Martin Luther King intended for any of us to live in the victim’s roll, do you?
As I was watching the video, I spanned the crowd and the camera did zoom in via more than one spot on the crowd. There were white people mixed in with black people. White people marched with black people. Abraham Lincoln was a white man who saw the injustices that were being done towards black people? So why is it that in the year 2009, white people are still the enemy? I don’t get it? I was told that as long as I am a white person, I will never understand what black people have been through OR are still going through. Still going through?
Yes, but I was also born in 1970 AND I happen to be white. So I guess that’s a double whammy for me and I will always have to wonder why can’t we all just get along? Why are black people still going through something?
So what are the difficulties of today and tomorrow if today is not good enough for black people living in 2009? Living in a nation that doesn’t judge by someone’s skin color but by the content of their character… it’s what Martin Luther King talked about… are people choosing to live how Martin Luther King said we should live?
What does God have to say about how we should live? From what I could see, Martin Luther King believed in God. He said in his speech that the glory of the Lord could be seen together. I think he even, at one point, mentioned believers both black and white. He said something about a symphony of brotherhood. Where is it? So when are we going to let that freedom ring once and for all and stop with the racism, the whining, and the complaining?
Free at last
Free at last
Thank God Almighty
We are free at last…
Galatians 3:28
There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
Read what others are saying today about Martin Luther King
Has Martin Luther King’s “Dream” been fulfilled?
MLK’s unfinished legacy
I was actually kind of surprised at how many bloggers out there had not already blogged about MLK today. Oh well, maybe they are waiting until they get home from work. Or maybe they are so caught up in all the Obama hoopla that they forgot about Martin Luther King, what he said, and how we are supposed to be conducting ourselves.
Seriously, what do you think Martin Luther King would say about today and how we are living? How black people are living? Do you think he would still have the same dream or would it be a slightly different type of dream?
I don’t think bloggers have to blog about every holiday or event. I chose not to blog about MLK because I knew that so many others would already be doing it. I don’t really have anything to add to the postings. He was a great man.
“What do you think Martin Luther King would say about our society?”
I think the poor man is rolling over in his grave in disappointment and shame. African Americans of his time could only DREAM of the opportunities that their posterity have today. But I personally believe, as do many black sociologists and political pundits, that black people are worse off today, than they were back in the 50’s and 60’s.
The schools were still segregated back then– they were in older buildings, using the older, worn out textbooks and materials that the white schools no longer needed because they had new ones. Black teachers teaching in black schools were paid far less than their white counterparts. But despite all the disadvantages, the children were well behaved and were good students.
Their parents worked their butts off doing some of the same work as whites, but making less money.
But no matter what the work, there was pride in having a job and providing for one’s family and being self-reliant.
Of course, there ARE those who have maintained those solid values and who have achieved incredible things. They work hard and are good, God-centered people who do well in school and whatever other interests they pursue.
But having worked in an inner city school district as soon as last year, and having seen the statistic of the black community as a whole, I can tell you– they’re worse off now than they were back then, even though the opportunities are so much greater, and the money is so much greater. They’re FAR less educated and far more dependent on welfare and other government and community resources. Self-reliance is practically out the window. Superficial “respect” based on fear and intimidation has taken the place of true respect based on honor and integrity. The “image” of money and wealth has taken the place of honest work to EARN money and wealth. And the desperate desire granted for an equal chance at education and opportunity has been wasted and squandered, replaced with a with basketball and beatboxing. Phenomenal role models like Martin Luther King and Thurgood Marshall have been replaced by Snoop Dogg and Ludacris. Let’s hear it for progress. Yipee.
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