"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. When we let freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, 'Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!?" Martin Luther King, Jr
It is a sign of the times that today we are both celebrating the advancement of African Americans and the inauguration of a President with one of the most white, least diverse cabinets in history...A man that is of racist ancestry and who denied minorities access in many past business dealings... a man who repeatedly said racist things in the campaign and vowed to erase diversity from public education to teach the white point of view, only.
But, what we need to remember is this. When MLK said those things, it was not real in his day. He had a dream.. a vision.. for the future and preached to share that vision and inspire that rise. On this day, may we be inspired to maintain that vision and drive, no matter who is in office.
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