“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”
This tribute is from last year’s Martin Luther King Day.
Today is Martin Luther King Day. These are excerpts from Martin Luther King’s speech delivered on August 28, 1963 at the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington.
“And so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.”
I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.
I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.
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.
I have a dream today!
And this will be the day — this will be the day when all of God’s children will be able to sing with new meaning:
My country ’tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing.
Land where my fathers died, land of the Pilgrim’s pride,
From every mountainside, let freedom ring!
And if America is to be a great nation, this must become true.”
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January 21, 2019 at 1:53 pm
Sadly it’s 2019 and we are still plagued with racial, ethnic and religious prejudice. Trump’s supporters are at the forefront of going backwards to pre 1964 before the civil rights and voting rights acts were signed into law. Here’s a link about Senator Lindsey Graham accidentally revealing during the Attorny General conformation hearings that a goal of the Republican Party is to stifle and repress minority’s voters.:-)
https://thinkprogress.org/lindsey-graham-just-accidentally-admitted-that-suppressing-black-voter-turnout-is-a-core-gop-goal-9737e804bf27/
Dr. King is rolling over in his grave. 😦
January 21, 2019 at 3:06 pm
It seems that racial inequality and religious prejudice are alive and well and their proponents are growing. No one doubts the stand the republicans take, whether open or hidden. It is true but beyond belief
January 21, 2019 at 10:44 pm
I’m a Republican and many of my friends are. I tithe 10% and in all goes to a black church. My friends are not racists. And we live in Alabama. Maybe it’s that way where you live, but I seriously doubt it. And things are getting better all the time. Stop watching TV news and talk to people
January 21, 2019 at 11:57 pm
Spaceman,
I talk to people, read two newspapers and watch a variety of TV programs, including news: national and local. I see schools and churches painted with racist graffiti, including here on a black church on Martha’s Vineyard. I don’t believe that political persuasion or geography makes someone a racist, but racists exist and seem bolder. I want condemnation, and I don’t heat it nearly enough. That’s what I was referring to in my comment.
January 21, 2019 at 2:44 pm
Winter showed up
The air was -11F and the wind chill -24F as I clunked my way in to the office. The car claims all my tires are under inflated – not exactly surprising in the current conditions
Today was my lunch with my daughter. She and her husband are Brady/Pats Centric. I am not. I generously asked her why Brady had so many teeth and could not talk and why the coach is such a crankypuss. You can imagine the response. They are looking for tickets for Atlanta. I did not mention that I would be cheering for Suh and the Rams
At the end of the day I was genuinely sad that the Prince, who is 12 going on 13, would not be heading down to watch his Uncle play in a Super Bowl. That would have been an extraordinary experience for him. Eric is headed to the Pro Bowl next weekend but it isn’t the same and I don’t think that the Prince is going
Blue Monday indeed
January 21, 2019 at 3:00 pm
My Dear Hedley,
Even letting the dog out makes me cold. I stay by the door so I can let him in right away because Henry would stand by the dog door looking in if I didn’t open the door.
I suspect your daughter knows your football allegiance does not include the Pats. You have to admit that teeth and crankiness don’t matter. It is football acumen and both of them have it. Your daughter is wise in her choice.
I am also sad about the prince though his presence would mean my boys failed in their quest. You have to admit that was one heck of a game. I didn’t watch the earlier game, but I understand it too was one heck of a game.
January 22, 2019 at 2:23 pm
“Condemnation” is a journalist ploy and one of their favorites for politicians. Has anyone asked Pelosi to condemn Democrat congress people calling the President of the United States a racist, a m——f….er, a Russian agent, and any number of equally profane things. Now Trump may call Pelosi a dummy, which she is, and Schumer a weasel, which he is, but never with obscenities. See how easy it is to call people names with no back-up. Pelosi isn’t dumb – but I have a harder time disputing Schumer not being a weasel.
Tell me one thing that makes you think Trump is a racist. If immigration comes up recall Obama deported 3 million “brown”people. Who called him an out of control racist?
Look at results, millions of people have returned to work force, unemployment is down, wage growth is up. Black and Hispanic unemployment is at record lows. Jobs are the great equalizer. If you are employed, you have means to pursue a decent living, go do something else, get out of poverty and so forth. Talk is cheap.
Smashed ISIS in Syria and getting us out. Getting America out of a 16 year expensive unwinnable war in Afghanistan. Making some progress with North Korea. Made the US energy independent. Taking on the chief sponsor of terror in the world, Iran. Giving people some their hard earned taxes back instead of shoveling more and more money to government. Yes, there policy things people don’t like, but that’s always true. Are there still problems; yes. Do I believe the much anything the media says, no. Two major media disasters in the last week. Par for the course.
January 22, 2019 at 2:58 pm
I lived in an African country with a large Muslim population, one of the s***hole countries. It is almost impossible to get a visa there to the US despite recommendations, family ties in Ghana, savings and income. Seven people, some former students, were turned down. No reasons had to be given. A couple were Muslims which right away was cause for the denial of a visa.
Name calling is an insulting Presidential tactic. Though there is fake news, the term has become any news which the President doesn’t agree or presents him in an unfavorable light including such things as the inauguration picture of the size of the crowds, the attack on Obama’s birth certificate, his not wanting the “Mexican” judge hearing cases and much more. His comment that Mexican undocumented immigrants are criminals, rapists, or people who bring in drugs. But that’s enough.
I have voted many times for republicans but mostly on the state and local levels. It is this president whom I can’t support in anything.