Dreaming

Monday will be the 25Th anniversary of the observation of MLK holiday. So how much progress have we made? Yes we have a Black president now, but some of the comments that I hear about him let's me know that nothing has changed. The Blacks that we see with power are entertainers and athletes. Corporate America has many Black CEO's, even one that campaigning for a the presidency in 2012, albeit on the Republican side. I wish I had emoticons on here. Anyway, more positive images would help here. Everything is not all good in our community, but it's not all bad either. The economy is bad, but it's bad for everybody no matter the race. So we have to be better than anybody else. We're already behind strictly because of our skin color. Anybody who thinks there is a level playing field is naive. We have to take some of the blame there too. To me it all starts with education. The importance of an education was beat into my head. When I graduated high school, not going to college was not an option. Well, it was an option. But if I didn't want to go to school, I had to get out the house. Plain and simple. I'm proud of the people that I know that are doctors, lawyers, veterinarians, students, and so many others things. We have much more control over our own destinies. We have taken advantage of that too. But everything is not wonderful. For now the dream is yet to be realized, but we are slowly waking up to our brighter futures.