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Common Sense from Legacy Lady on Tuesday, October 27, 2009 2:25:53 PM
“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.”
The now famous speech of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. “I Have A Dream” has been touted as being fulfilled by the election of our Nation’s first black American President. For weeks after the election of President Obama, the news stations played continuous coverage of footage from Dr. King’s message and compared it to this unprecidented election.
At first, even I was caught up in the historical significance of the election. It clearly demonstrated just how successful Americans had been in maturing in their acceptance and respect for all persons of this Country.
However, as we are fast approaching the end of the first year of this President’s term in office, I question that Dr. King would have viewed this election as a “victory.” First, the fact that race was and is still a focual point of evaluatioln of Mr. Obama’s administration of his duties shows that we missed the mark on Dr. King’s dream….that “a man would not be judged by the color of his skin” - and yet, isn’t that what the main stream media and Congressional leaders continue to hold up as the “standard” against which all dissenters are held?
There is no debate on the meits of policy disagreements. Instead, all those who see this Administration’s policies as a threat to the very freedoms established by our Constitution are dismissed as being racists against blacks. Is that all that the media and Washington elites see in this man? An African-American? A black man? The fact that they cannot see beyond the color of his skin to address his policies shows that in this area, we have failed the Dream’s potential.
(Stay tuned for PART II)