On today's date, April 4th, in 1968, the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Was assassinated. The reverend Dr. MLK was a powerful man, he was a wise and knowledgeable man. He was someone that thought before reacting, he listened before speaking, he was a man that didn't take violent approaches or acts to get his point across, and most importantly he was a man of God. Dr. King was one that was quick to listen, slow to answer and slow to get angry. Because of his actions, loyalty, integrity, and vision, we have overcame the obstacles that our mothers, fathers, and ancestors have went through. As Dr. King fought for our rights, races coming together, being one and so forth, one thing that he spoke on in his speech that I question is EQUALITY!
He wanted us to be equal! Not just looked at as all these different races and still be denied of a job or the right to be in school. We are to be equal in all areas and aspects of life. We are to be ONE, a total sum of equal, rights, values, policies, standards, and so forth. Just as Dr. King spoke on equality and us coming together, now is the time to apply equality and work towards the same vision, goal, or mission, how we can better ourselves. As Obama's goal is to turn this government/world around, we to come together as equals and work towards the same desires of Dr. King and Obama.
Besides what has been stated, think about it, are we looked at as equals, are we equals? Rather it be ethnic backgrounds, status, gender, etc...are we equal?
Rosemary
Faith, Love, & Hope.
Dear Rosemary,
ReplyDeleteWe are definitely not equal according to society's standards. But I can't help but be grateful at how far we've come since Dr. King's day. I think in some ways he would be very excited to see the strides his people have made...and then I listen to some of these rap songs and ignorant things we say AND stand for and he would be very upset at the lack of progress. If we don't unite and all stand for something we will undoubtedly FALL for anything...sad to say the "Fall" may happen sooner than we think if we keep walking in ignorance.