“Let us all hope that the dark clouds of racial prejudice will soon pass away and the deep fog of misunderstanding will be lifted from our fear drenched communities, and in some not too distant tomorrow the radiant stars of love and brotherhood will shine over our great nation with all their scintillating beauty.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
All these many years later, the dark clouds of racial prejudice seem very much still with us.\u00a0 Latinos, Muslims, illegal immigrants are but the latest reasons given for Americans to be fearful, by those who would hold us back from the promise that is uniquely American.\u00a0 An America in which “all men are created equal” and the “only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”\u00a0 May God’s will be done here in the United States of America.\u00a0 May today bring us a day closer to a time in which we no longer look to blame others for what ails us.\u00a0 We need to look within ourselves as individuals, and as a nation, and more clearly discern what it means to be American.\u00a0 We must overcome our fears and renounce those who would divide us.\u00a0\u00a0And we must learn forgiveness, and civility, if we are to love one another.\u00a0 An America like that would be a wondrous place indeed; a place that would look very different than America does today.<\/p>\n
When Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968, I was a twelve year old child, living just north of Harlem in New York City.\u00a0 The neighborhood we lived in was about half African-American, and a little less … Continue reading
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