Realizing the Dream

Today is the 50th anniversary of MLK's brilliant speech at the Lincoln Memorial. The most memorable line for me defined his dream, and that was his plea for a society in which each person is judged only on the content of his character and not the color of his skin. If we hope to achieve this truly American goal, we must not only reject racial discrimination in all its forms, we must end all government sponsored programs designed to divide us into ethnic, racial and tribal enclaves. A truly race neutral society would not abide discrimination in the form of affirmative action programs, set asides and the myriad of other government sponsored, race-based mandates. There would never be a Black Caucus or Hispanic Caucus or White Caucus in the Congress of the United States. In MLK's America, a person could criticize a black president's policies without being accused of being a racist. In King's America, an immigration policy would be based on the needs of our nation and not the exploitation of racial politics for short-term partisan advantage. In MLK's America, there would be no fear of talking about black on black violence with the purpose of trying to find a solution to this national disgrace. In short, in MLK's America race would never be exploited by politicians to obtain or retain power. On this anniversary, I, for one, pray for Martin Luther King's dream to come true.
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