On this 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I have a dream” speech, it is more important than ever to reassert our collective belief that the value of a man is measured solely by his character. Ignore the false idols and political agendas that have some believing that there are values and issues determined by the pigmentation of one’s skin or country of origin. The value of hard work, and the importance of an education which provides the key to the door which opens up to our American Dream, are not black or white values but American values. Finally, it is vital that we never ignore the very real history of government sanctioned discrimination in our country. There are many alive today who have suffered the indignity of being treated as second-class citizens in a separate and very unequal past. We honor their fight for change and their refusal to accept anything less than a better tomorrow. America was never and never will be perfect, but it is the best this world has and ever will have. I thank God every day for a country which refuses to accept yesterday’s mistakes as a measure of our collective worth […]
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