The dream did not die on that fateful day. The dream was not fulfilled on that triumphant day. The dream is more so alive at this moment. The dream will live on forever.
That fateful day referred here is the assassination of a man who dared to share his dream of a brighter future. The future he envisioned was not limited to a single point in time. The vision was that one day all people would be seen as equal.
Although we are closer than ever before realizing this goal, we have also seen that we are not as close as we may want to believe.
In these times, we have injustice for all people. Black, Mexican, Indian, mainly anyone who has darker skin. I can not speak to the injustice of others, but my experience had proven that hate comes in all shades. I have seen hate from the same race and outside of the race.
It is rarely shared, but at one point, black people made other black people their servants. To make light of this or make it easier to understand, take a look at the 80s hit movie coming to America. The king had a host of black servants. In a homogenous society, there will always be an upper and lower class of individuals that will not be only classified by their skin color.
It is easier to discriminate based on color in a mixed society because those who hold privilege will do whatever it takes to hold on to their perceived notion of superiority.
Hate in America is much more complicated than skin color. If we explore the hatred white people have towards blacks, it appears that they feel that they are entitled to the best of everything because they were once the owners. However, to add an element of discussion, how do we classify the hate that is spread within the black race on the black race. As others have deemed this phenomenon, black on black crime. To take this idea even further I am sure there is white on white crime.
When taken to this level I begin to question why must we take race into consideration? The question of race is a mechanism to help establish a baseline to someone elses level of perceived hate.
No one can really understand the motives behind someone elses hate. Even if the individual performing the hateful act acknowledgd all his motives for the act this can be misleading or misdirected by the perpetrator.
The hate of a nation can not be resolved or explained in clear terms without exploring the complexity of the subject.
The triumphant day referred here is the inauguration of this nations first Black President. Are you curious to read more?
Credit: Dr. James D. Washington, DBA