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Jan. 18, 2006 I have no doubt Dr. King would be disappointed to hear so many use his birthday as an excuse to make political speeches. That isn’t all he would be disappointed about. He would be disappointed to see what extremes some will go to keep the races segregated. I’m not talking only about the extreme right although there are some on the right who still hold segregationist feelings. There’s more reason for many of those on the left to keep the pot of discrimination boiling. It’s for financial and political gain. There’s been enough money spent on interrogation of the races in the past forty [plus] years to make every African_American in America a millionaire. Billions perhaps as much as a trillion dollars has been allocated from the taxpaying public to make restitution for the evils of slavery. There seems to be no accountability for those moneys spent making Dr. Kings dream come true. Dr. King believed and gave his life believing all Gods children should play together as one. Dr. King wanted a color blind America. When it became obvious the times were changing politicians stepped in and turned the new race issue into a political advantage. They promised African Americans a new utopia if they’d vote for the Democratic Party. Dr. King didn’t march for public housing, welfare, food stamps, and free medical care. Quite the contrary he marched for the exact opposite. Dr. King wanted his people to be equal and [not separate.] President Johnson’s Great Society was intended to lift blacks out of poverty in reality it did the opposite. Rather than giving opportunities it made following generations even more dependent on public handouts. The black community paid a heavy price for the benefits given by the government. They stripped young black men of their manhood. While Dr. King was teaching the community responsibility government programs were stripping it away. The concept of affirmative action was placed at the wrong end of the education chain. If black children had been properly educated in the first 12 years there would have been no need to lower college entry exams to accommodate them. Color has nothing to do with intelligence, environment and public acceptance do. Perhaps I should explain that in more detail. There is an element where color makes the difference, when white man and women [the decision makers] make decisions based on their understanding and fail to consult with those affected then color makes a difference. How much different would race relations have been in America now if Dr. King had not been murdered and the black hustlers and white politicians hadn’t taken over his movement. The moneys been allocated and spent with moderate results. On the negative side family cultures have been destroyed. I think much of the drug addiction can be credited with the lack of responsibility government programs have created. Something for nothing isn’t worth much in the long run. I didn’t know Dr. King personally. As he was crossing the South making a humanitarian statement I was crossing the South making a living. I ran into many demonstrations in the years leading up to his assassination. I was in Memphis Tennessee that fateful night in April. I was several blocks away in the Downtown Holiday Inn. That night was relatively calm, sad but calm. By the time the riots broke out the following day I was on my way back to Dallas Texas and safety. Dr. King’s death had a calming effect on the entire South. Bigotry was suddenly brought out into the open and exposed for what it was, bigotry. Blacks wonder why more hasn’t been done. Whites wonder why all that’s been done isn’t appreciated more. Somewhere mixed in with all the rhetoric are the facts. Within a few years a Memorial to Dr. King will rise up on the Mall at the edge of the reflection pool facing the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D C the Nations Capital. A mere 50 years ago there were no statues of blacks to be found anywhere. The nation just honored a black woman Rosa Parks by giving her what amounted to a State funeral. There’s a movement [sans] any black participation to nominate a black, not only a black but a black woman Dr. Condoleezza Rice for President of the Nation Perhaps the Country hasn’t come all the way around but it certainly has come more that halfway in a relatively short period of time. It’s time to put Dr. King’s dream into practice. All Gods children working together to bring about the equality he gave his life for. [I have a dream,] Dr. King, Rosa Parks, and Abraham Lincoln all in heaven discussing the difficulties they faced working for civil rights. Their gone now we bid them all a fond farewell. ------------ About the author: Ken Hughes joined the Republican Party at the age of three. He hid the fact from his Liberal Democratic family for the next eighteen years. When his political leanings were discovered he was immediately sent packing. Mr. Hughes life began on a ranch in Idaho 75 years ago. He’s traveled extensively to many countries of the world and five continents. He has a keen interest in people and politics. Mr. Hughes believes in the individual’s right to hold his or her own beliefs, his sole purpose for writing is to make people think, what they think is up to them. His one original quote is, "Truth is like a coin, you must see both sides to know it’s not counterfeit." Email: ken-hughes@comcast.net Comment on this article here! ------------ All articles are EXCLUSIVE to Useless-Knowledge.com and are not allowed to be posted on other websites. ARTICLE THIEVES WILL BE PROSECUTED! |
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