My Dream - In memory of MLK

[jakerz]

My Dream


that one day, our faith in our leaders will be built on hope for a better future,
instead of simply fear, of one that is worse.

that love, empathy, and respect will know no religious or cultural bounds.
that one day we will be able to view mothers, daughters, sons, husbands, fathers, lawyers, docters, and lovers
above thier nationality, and as people first, instead of mirrors of over publisized national ideaologys.

that one day people will realize that God is love, and love is incompatible with hate, and hate is corrosive to both the source and the target.

that one day, peoples purposes will stretch beyond the mirrors, who they see when they leave thier room, beyond the streets,
beyond the confines of thier citys, the borders of thier countrys,and beyond thier imagination, and to realize that no one is an island, and we're all waves in the same sea.

[Favpack]

Well said J...

What would MLK say today as it relates to the state of race and sports?

In coaching; administration; graduation rates, etc.?

In his words:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbUtL_0vAJk&eurl=

[wide-e-wide]

Happy Birthday Dr. King...you were truly a great man that was taken away from us far too soon.

[stevefoxsc]

great person fought for people of sex's and races.

[dada]

I just think Dr.King would be dissappointed in us today. I heard people say it was too cold to go to the MLK parade yesterday. What if Dr.King thought it was too cold....or too far to march. Think of all the things he endured and went through for us to be able to even go downtown to see a parade without police escorts and being pelted with objects.

[Miss Kitty]

I just think Dr.King would be dissappointed in us today. I heard people say it was too cold to go to the MLK parade yesterday. What if Dr.King thought it was too cold....or too far to march. Think of all the things he endured and went through for us to be able to even go downtown to see a parade without police escorts and being pelted with objects.

Did you go to the parade?

[dada]

Did you go to the parade?

He would be dissapointed in me too....I had to work....lol

[Miss Kitty]

He would be dissapointed in me too....I had to work....lol

I can't imagine anyone being disappointed in you. I also can't think that he would be disappointed that you are working at a job that he worked so hard for you to be able to get. I think he would have been more proud of you for doing that and being a good husband/father/supporter for your family than he would have for you taking off work to go to a parade. You honored his memory much more by doing that IMO.

[dada]

I can't imagine anyone being disappointed in you. I also can't think that he would be disappointed that you are working at a job that he worked so hard for you to be able to get. I think he would have been more proud of you for doing that and being a good husband/father/supporter for your family than he would have for you taking off work to go to a parade. You honored his memory much more by doing that IMO.

Wow...thanks for the kind words Miss Kitty. I just wish yougun's appreciated history more

[CyFallsMom]

just think Dr.King would be dissappointed in us today. I heard people say it was too cold to go to the MLK parade yesterday. What if Dr.King thought it was too cold....or too far to march. Think of all the things he endured and went through for us to be able to even go downtown to see a parade without police escorts and being pelted with objects.

That's for sure. People will sit at a football game in subzero but complain about the weather at the parade. This man did indeed endure a lot for civil rights - I think so many young people (not all but some) don't realize the horrors that went on back in the day. They should be thankful each day that they (black, white, Jewish, Middle Eastern, Russian, Hispanic, Asian, etc) can hang out with one another without someone harrassing them or in some cases hanging them just for looking at someone. I started school when segregation was still going on but we lived across a creek from the nicest black family you could ever imagine. My parents didn't teach us to ignore them or hurt them (and it did come from parents and society in general). When they were finally allowed to go to the same schools as we did, those kids excelled like you wouldn't believe. They were just like the rest of us. My dad figured if he could fight in a war with them, then they deserved the same treatment he would would want them to give him.