The America I See

The America I know in my heart may not be the America I see today but I, too, have a dream as passionate as that of the late, great, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. I see the America I want to leave to my children and grand-children in a picture I just viewed on Facebook.


Here is the West Point graduating class. These are some of the best of the best young people of our American society.

They are white, black, brown, and all shades between. They are male and female, intelligent, proud, willing to serve Americans. National origins, color, nor culture does nothing but add to the beautiful tapestry of American society. They are proud, but not prideful, different, but united, similar, yet unique. They are America as it was meant to be.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said, ". . . even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream. I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: 'We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.' I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood. I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice. I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream today!

Well, I, too, have a dream today! I dream of a day when parents will quit teaching their children to see color. I dream of a day when parents will stop teaching their children to hate. I dream of a day when church and government leaders will stop breeding division to maintain power. I dream of a day when love will prevail and dignity and respect will be extended to all equally.

Yes, I, too have a dream.