Now, more than ever, we see in America a dissipation of disunity, and yet I wonder, would Mr. King be satisfied with our America if he were still alive? Sure, there are still racists out there, people who are proud and think more highly of their own flesh than they should, but we all 'drink from the same cup' so-to-speak and abide together as one nation under God... not as white people and lesser people.
Yet the pendulum always swings. From one extreme it comes and now it seems to be pushing towards another. The issue still deals with the color of skin, although like a kaleidoscope, the colors have shifted places and we see a new perspective. This time it is an ironic celebrating of differences at the same time as expecting equality. It's all very well and good in theory but in practice we are experiencing problems stemming from the same root and yet with a new twist: Equal Opportunity.
Two words that have begun to wreak havoc in the practicalities of everyday life. For an example, in the business world, Mr. Majority may more qualified for the job but Mr. Minority must be hired for fear of being accused of discrimination. Walter E. Williams wrote, "I’ve asked students whether they plan to give every employer an equal opportunity to hire them when they graduate. To a person, they always answer no. If they aren’t going to give every employer an equal opportunity to hire them, what’s fair about forcing employers to give them an equal opportunity to be hired?"
I wonder if someday Caucasian folks will start filing for a disability because they are white?
I enjoy reading articles by Walter E.Williams. He's a black professor at George Mason University and doesn't appreciate the progressive viewpoints that do more to hold back the success of black minorities through projected victomhood and disparity. He's not too keen on equal opportunity either,
Mr. Williams says, "I’m guilty of gross violation of equality of opportunity, racism and possibly sexism. Back in 1960, when interviewing people to establish a marital contract, every woman wasn’t given an equal opportunity. I discriminated against not only white, Indian, Asian, Mexican and handicapped women but men of any race. My choices were confined to good-looking black women. You say, “Williams, that kind of discrimination doesn’t harm anyone!” Nonsense! When I married Mrs. Williams, other women were harmed by having a reduced opportunity set."
The point is this: Is not equality in rights is enough? Or must we be made to be people of equality in everything?!
Mr. King said, "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."
That day has come.
Mr. King said, "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."
That day has come, too, here in America at least.
Mr. King said, "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."
We thought this day had come, but I wonder now if it really ever did... for equal opportunity, progressive propaganda, the demand for diversity and unity in the same breath seem to cry out that this day has not come. Until our government, our teachers and our leaders can let us just all be colored people we cannot say this day has come.
Walter E. Williams wrote,
"Western values are superior to all others. Why? The greatest achievement of the West was the concept of individual rights. The Western transition from barbarism to civility didn’t happen overnight. It emerged feebly -- mainly in England, starting with the Magna Carta of 1215 -- and took centuries to get where it is today.
One need not be a Westerner to
hold Western values. A person can be Chinese, Japanese, Jewish, African or Arab
and hold Western values. It's no accident that Western values of reason and
individual rights have produced unprecedented health, life expectancy, wealth
and comfort for the ordinary person.
Western values are under ruthless
attack by the academic elite on college campuses across America. They want to
replace personal liberty with government control and replace equality before
the law with entitlement. The multiculturalism and diversity agenda is a cancer
on our society, and our tax dollars and charitable donations are supporting it."
The truth is, there is only one body in which we can all be unified. A body in which there is no distinction between black or white, no male or female, no slave or free... this is the body of Christ. The one new man.
(Galatians 3:26-28, Colossians 3:10-17)
Yes, I have a dream, too. It was a dream that Mr. King shared, that gave breath to his dream of equality in America. But this dream.... this dream is big.
Mr. King said, "I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight, and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together.
This is our hope. ..."
(Isaiah 40:4, Luke 3:5)
As Paul the Apostle wrote in 1 Timothy 2:1-6, "I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour; Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time."
Yes, this is my hope. This is my dream.
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