Dreams & Promises
It's somehow fitting that today, on this 2nd anniversary of Katrina, is also the 44th anniversary of Martin Luther King's "I have a Dream" speech.
The progress that has most certainly been made in the struggle for equality pales when contrasted with the callous disregard shown to those who are (mostly black) poor in the aftermath of the Katrina disaster. I never would have believed that I would live in a country that would throw away its people so cavalierly. Makes me feel like we are not that far removed from the days King spoke of in 1963.
Robert Stein of Connecting.the.Dots observes:Forty four years ago today, more than 250,000 black and white Americans gathered peacefully at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington to bear witness to the desire for a new civil rights bill that would give equal protection under the law for all.
Still living on dreams & promises.
At a time when race in America is reflected in a range of truths from the neglect of African-American victims of hurricane Katrina to the fact that a leading contender for President in ‘08 is a man of color, we can measure how far we have come and how far we still have to go in the words of Martin Luther King, Jr. that day . . . .
(Via Kiko's House)
Photo by one of the LLWL who went to New Orleans to assist with rebuilding efforts, see Easy No More.
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