Have we reached the Promised Land? Can you live in peace? Do you own your property? Are the schools really integrated? Do all children have access to the same quality of education? Are minority basic needs being met such as food, clothing, and shelter? Can minorities and the poor receive the same quality legal representation as to the Rich? Is clean water free? Is electricity provided at a cost where every citizen can receive it without being in the dark because they did not have money to pay? Can minorities socialize with the wealthy?
Is freedom really free? God left the earth for us free, why do we have to pay the wealthy to enjoy these natural resources? Does every member of society have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?
Right here in Ocala Florida in 2019, we have magnet schools. They say the schools are integrated but the rich children, the gifted children attend the same school as the average children; yet, they do not interact with each other. We now have class segregation. Segregation and discrimination in any form are detrimental to society.
All that being said, we may have reached the promised land, but many have not been able to enjoy the promise because of gatekeepers. Gatekeepers-of all races are still preventing equality in America. I do not have to look outside of my County to see the failures. Homes in the community that could be restored for the poor, people living on the streets because they cannot afford to pay rent, pay electricity, and buy medicine for sustaining their health. 50+ years and minorities are dying, being incarcerated because they cannot afford legal representation. The government provides public defenders and they defend the public not the accused to the best of their abilities. Are we as minorities and the poor better off?
Our President gets the best legal representation that the taxpayers can buy, our a Congress-get paid by the taxpayers to lie, cheat, steal and manipulate the very people who pay their salary while the taxpayers do does not receive pay, Why? The government by the people for the wealthy. The Bible says, ‘when the wicked are in power the righteous suffer” Aristotle says, “Absolute power corrupts. The book of Proverbs says, “get wisdom, get knowledge, but above all get understanding. The poor man, I say is his worst enemy. Education is the ticket to freedom. Our ancestors died lost body parts to give us the right to learn. What do we do? Drop out of school, fail to study, seek rapid wealth, the end of this is death and destruction, We celebrate his death in vain. Dr. King martyred himself for us to use the weapons created to annihilate a people, to kill each other. Are we in the promised land? I would rather be free than existing. What good does it do you to reach the promised land if you cannot enjoy the benefits of being there? Wake up, Shape up, get involved, time to “teach a new way” we are afraid of our children. Leaders take the easy way out. I would have said something but nowadays, children do not…… the Bible said, rebuke, chastise, even when it is difficult. Fear of the white man has converted to fear of the child, fear of death, step up and make differences in the lives of the young. Dedicated to Dream of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.