We as a country have come a long way. We went from Slavory, Racism, and Segregation to a land of equal oportunity and equality. This country has seen many changes in the past century. During Dr Kings time, Racism, and segregation was a common part of every day life. But from that point until now, many things have changed. We as a country have elected our first Black President, President Barack Obama. Even though many things have changed, there are still remnants of the past that haunt us today.
At the beginning of Dr Kings time, Racism and Segregation was commonly seen through out the comunnity. Blacks weren’t allowed to attend the same schools as Whites. There were even seperate drinking fountains designated for Blacks. Blacks weren’t allowed to eat in certain areas and voting rights wasn’t a previlage that they had. Even working wages for the Black American was less than average. All this Hatred and Segregation inspired Dr Martin Luther King Jr to push for equality.
Dr Martin Luther King Jr. was a great man. He lived in the 60′s where segragation and discrimination was an everyday occurance, as it was apart of everyday life. Dr King was inspired to write a speech. This speech was known as the “I have a Dream’ speach. This speech was given in August of 1963. Many Black Americans marched on this fine day to here Dr King’s speech. In this speech, Dr King talks about how Blacks were treated unequally and looked down upon. Some of his quotes were, “America has given the Negro people a bad check” and ” The Negro People is languishing in American society and still finds himself an exile in his own land”. Quotes like these inspired many Blacks to push for equal rights using non violent protests.
Since that time America has learned that such hatred amoungst our own can only bring dispair. We as a country have slowly begun to except one another as equals. But not all things are perfect. We still see today remnants of discrimination and racism within our society, not just amoung blacks and whites but between all races. Although things are moving forward, since the time of Dr King, hatred is still apart of everyday life. Nonetheless we are one step closer to uniting all citizens of America. By electing our very first Black President, we move one step forward to creating a better Nation.
President Obama shares many views as Dr King. Obama was born from a interacial couple. He knew the hardships between each race and was able to share with us in a speech “A Perfect Union” Although the times have changed, Obama still adresses the issues that we still have in society today, that has been seen in the past. Some of the issues that Obama speaks of is discrimination and unequal policies towards the middle class and upper class. Like Dr. King, Obama is Pushing for equal righta for all Americans. What I meen by equal rights, Obama is pushing for health care and schooling for all Americans. Obama states that statistics show that Minorities, not just blacks, have the lowest education level. The views shared by Dr. King and President Obama are very much the same, the both are pushing for equality.
Many things have changed since the 60′s. We went from a Nation that discrimnated the B;ack communtiy to electing our very first Black American President. Yet racism and hatred still exists, even with the election of a Black American President. Although racism and discrimination is still apart of society today, we are still attempting to make changes as a nation. The truth of it all, no matter what we do to improve equality, there will always be some form of hatred in this world we live in. But we canall do our part b setting aside our differences and moving forward to creating, not a perfect, but a better Nation.
