Posted by
GRVOORHEES on Monday, January 19, 2009 12:00:00 AM
Today, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, millions of people all around the
world will celebrate the life of MLK and the dream that he had. This
years festivities will undoubtedly be kicked up a notch or so from any
other year because today is the eve of Martin Luther Kings wildest
dream coming true. Isn't that right? Wasn't this Martin Luther King's
goal to advance the movement of blacks in society? Wasn't his hope that
one day a black man would be elected president based on his skin color
and not his character? Let's take a look at his life to find out, for
starters let's reflect on what King is known for, his legacy if you
will. I believe that when most American's think of MLK they think of
him as an inspirational speaker. MLK was a Baptist preacher whose
public speeches made him great fame during the Civil Rights Movement.
King was most noted for his "I have a dream" speech that he delivered
on August 28, 1963. King stood on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and
proclaimed, "I have a dream today, that one day my four little children
live in a world where they will not be judged by the color of their
skin but by the content of their character."
Now whether King
actually meant every word he said in that speech or any of his others
is debatable. The sad truth about King is that he is also known for his
hypocrisy. King was known to have had numerous affairs on his wife even
when the Bible that he preached out of spoke strongly against that sort
of behavior. There are also pictures of King sitting in communist
training camps and as we all know, Communism does not proclaim to judge
people according to their character or merit. But that's neither here
nor there. My point is simply this: we as Americans have decided long
ago to overlook who King really was behind closed doors and remember
him for what he preached. What King is remembered for is not that he
wanted blacks to become superior but that all men and women would be
judged by the content of their character and not by the color of their
skin. This is why tomorrow may not be as historic as we are making it
out to be. We are judging Obama by his skin color and not by his
accomplishments. In my opinion the only thing historic about tomorrow's
inauguration is the fact that we are swearing into office the most
inexperienced, socialist president this country has ever seen, and that
is nothing to write home about.
-Griffin
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