Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X meet before a press conference. Both men had come to hear the Senate debate on the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This was the only time the two men ever met; their meeting lasted only one minute. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
America the Beautiful Country (Photo credit: Striking Photography by Bo Insogna)
Today is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Somehow, I can’t get excited about the day. Dr. King fought for civil liberties for all. Whatever he fought for, has been lost in the years he has been gone.
I hear people from other countries talk about America being a place where everyone has freedom. Where someone can become whatever he/she wants. America is a place that is not totalitarian. Well, stop living in fantasy land.
If this is true about America, then tell me where I am living? This place I live called America is none of these things.
This America where I live is not free for me and thousands of others.
This America where I live, I am a target of its government.
This America where I live, tortures me .
This America where I live, you would not want to live in.
This America is not any of the things you out there who live elsewhere think it is.
This America would depress you.
It depresses me.
This America I live in has a lot of dark secrets. The biggest secret is how it treats its citizens.
This America tortures us as much as those people who live in Egypt, Syria, Afghanistan, etc.
This America is a disappointment.
This America is not FREE!
So all of you out there who want to make America home, forget about it.
America is just a fantasy. True freedom does not exist here. And I don’t think it ever did.
If Dr. King were to come back to America, he would be disappointed with it as he was when he was alive.
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