The Antithesis of MLK's Dream

"I have a dream..." So begins what is essentially one of the most famous - and possibly most important - phrases ever spoken by anyone, anywhere. We all know it, and I believe most of us strive to live up to it ever since Martin Luther King Jr. first spoke those words, 50 years ago. And yes, I truly believe that.

What I can not believe, even though I've heard it countless times, especially in the buildup to last year's 50^th anniversary celebration at the Lincoln Memorial, is that Obama is the embodiment of that dream. In fact, I submit to you that he is the very antithesis of Dr. King's dream.

Think about it. In the last election, he received somewhere in the neighborhood of 93% of the black vote. A staggering amount of those votes were based solely on the color of his skin. Several black people I know who voted for him for precisely his skin color, as well as many blacks who said they voted for him because he is black interviews I saw on news stories. Would you not say that is the opposite of MLK's intent?

 

Everything Dr. King worked towards, his dream of a truly color-blind America, is quickly being dismantled by Barack Obama and people in his administration:  From the Attorney General Eric Holder refusing to prosecute the New Black Panthers for voter intimidation to the President of the United States - an office, by the way, that should automatically place the occupant above stupidity like this - saying that having to carry a picture ID to vote is somehow racist, while making those remarks at an event whose attendees were required to show - you guessed it - a picture ID to enter.  Can't you just taste the irony?  And the hypocrisy?  After all the progress this nation has made in race relations, and attempting to redress legitimate grievances, this administration is setting all of it back decades.

 

Don't get me wrong, racism does exist, and I will do whatever small part I can in defeating it forever.  The true racism in this country comes from the Left, as it always has.  It's merely a less obvious form of it.  Believing that one race needs special considerations, special help just to "level the playing field" - well, that just smacks of racism to me, and I believe MLK would think the same.  All he wanted was an equal opportunity for his people, an end to the discriminatory practices that kept them from enjoying the full greatness of American life.  He wanted a hand up, not a hand out for the black community, and the chance to prove to white America that blacks are just as smart, resourceful, and productive as anyone else.

I honestly believe that Dr. King would be deeply ashamed of what has become of the black community as a whole, and how his dream has been corrupted. I doubt very seriously that the man who told junior high school students in Philadelphia, several years after his famous "Dream" speech, to work hard and be known as the best at whatever they did, would approve of the professional victimhood and sense of entitlement that those who took over his mantle of leadership have forced upon their own community. ~ Hunter