I remember in history class that we learned about a speech given on August 28, 1963 on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C.. In this speech a man by the name of Martin Luther King Jr. said that he wanted people of all colors, creeds, nationalities, and religions to be able to live together in peace and harmony. He wanted to help create a world where people saw right through the color of ones skin and accepted each other as equals. He didn't care about what had happened in the past and he prayed for the future. He died for that speech.
I have heard him invoked alot lately but I really don't think he would like it. I have heard him invoked by a president who made an inauguration about race when the election that led to it supposedly was not about race. I have heard several prominent people that were supposed to be carrying on Dr. King's legacy sounding more like David Duke. Sure they preached unity but it was only for those who's skin was darker then notebook paper. They took wounds that had started to heal after 45 years and slashed them open again. And as the blood poured from those wounds they still blamed everyone but themselves. It was still the whites who were not doing right.
Have we really become a country where it is no longer safe or fashionable to be caucasian? When did the Chiefs of the Gimmie-Gimmie tribe get more rights then people who bust their asses for a living? Instead of the strong and proud nation we were in the 40's and 50's we are now a nation of handouts, bailouts, and dropouts. We are not working towards unity. We are working towards the destruction of the middle and upper classes. What we will be left with is a society where the workers that have kept this country strong will be replaced by welfare queens and racist idiots who don't have a solid relationship with the English language. The only way to get ahead in the age of unity will be to sit on your ass and do nothing and use enough bronzer to hope you can pass. If this is the age of unity I am scared as hell and don't want to live in it!
