A Dream for All—His speech\'s rhymes vibrate like Heaven\'s spir

Muhammad Ahsan • 1st

commodity trader , Media ,carbon credit broker, carbon credit trading

15h

I have a dream, become dream of every man who believes in freedom

Adrian Wright, MSc, PMP • 2nd

Founder | Clinical Research Innovator | Entrepreneur | Business Analyst | Project Management Consultant at ACW CONSULTING COMPANY

12h

«not be judged by the colour of their skin, but by the content of their character»

This is neither a statement on nor a speech in support of 'colour'/race/ethnicity blindness--just a vision to not judge a person through the superficiality of social constructs.

Seeing someone's identity is fine. In fact, it is more than fine. More than ok.
We should be able to walk and chew gum at the same time.

Karl Blirando (He/Him) • 2nd

16h(edited)

60+ years on and this dream is still very much a dream. Despite having been an African American leader with the painful heritage of his community, Martin Luther King Jr did not adhere to a gregarious vision of humanity.
This famous quote talks to us about our double identity. An animal one we don’t choose which ties us to our ancestors and ethnicity, and a spiritual one which reflects our character, value system and beliefs. Although education and culture influence one's character, I believe it is mainly the result of an individual's life experiences, reflection on life, and importantly value choices.
Values such as Freedom, Equality, Fraternity, and the respect for others' lives they imply are the core values of modern civilisations, which I believe are consensual to most people in Western societies. But there are the values we believe in and those we live by, the latter being much more accurate markers of one's character.
The sad truth is that often, even people sincerely believing in humanistic values support awful leaders, in a gregarious reflex, by fear, or simply gullibility, leading to very detrimental outcomes for society.
Values are the fault line in humanity, not ethnicity because we are more than animals we are humans!

The Culture Workshop

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18h

We live by his dream!

Agustin Garcia • 2nd

EB5 Projects in United States

15h

But we still live in a nation where Latinos are in many cases judged by their color, accent, etc. We all are still working 56 years later working to have people judged by their character. Not a dream but a social reality.

Dr. Barbara Hanson • 3rd+

Assistant Professor of Rhetoric and Composition

17h

Would that humanity could focus on universal values, ideals and strategic understandings appropriate for all regardless of religious belief, identity or political stance; MLK’s messages were masterfully aimed at unification.

Marko ?ima • 3rd+

Freelancer, GRADUATE ENGINEER OF TRAFFIC

11h

It is sad that the USA was built on African slaves, and, even though they were given freedom and independence, the racial issue is still standing over some right oriented characters and people. It is more likely the police will draw a gun on a coloured man than a white one.

Prasun Chakraborty (He/Him) • 2nd

Founder,Innovator and CEO

17h

Whatever Martin Luther King Jr said was a dream and not a reality. This is true in every country of the world. There are and will be distinctions between minority and majority as we have not progressed mentally.

1 Comment on Prasun Chakraborty’s comment

Karl Blirando (He/Him) • 2nd

14h(edited)

Prasun Chakraborty Indeed, a famous far-right leader sharing his vision of life simply said: “I prefer my children over my siblings, my siblings over my first-degree cousins, my first-degree cousins over my second-degree cousins, and so forth and so on.” That’s a very gregarious, even caveman kind of perspective on life which completely ignores important human values such as equality, justice, truth, merits etc. Unfortunately, many people still live with this mentality causing unnecessary conflicts and struggles.