Martin Luther King I Have A Dream Speech

Martin Luther King Jr. was, and is still, a very influential person in today’s society. In his speech known as, “I Have a Dream”, he highlights the themes of freedom, justice, and brotherhood/sisterhood to show the problems that he saw during his time, and his hopes for the future. If Dr. King was alive today, he would still be working towards his dream for the nation. Consequently, there are many events that happen today that oppose King’s themes of freedom, justice, and brotherhood/sisterhood.
For starters, Martin Luther King greatly highlights his hopes for freedom in his speech. A direct quote from, “I Have a Dream” is, “I have a dream that one day down in Alabama-with its vicious racists, with its Governor having his lips dripping with
King would also say that America is unjust today. Firstly, Mr. King’s statements on justice in his speech, “I Have a Dream” include, “Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice" and, “We will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream.” Knowing this, a recent event that took place in America has a quote that states, “Nearly 200,000 people from El Salvador who have been allowed to live in the United States for more than a decade must leave the country, government officials announced Monday.” In the article, Veronica Lagunas says, “We had hope that if we worked hard, paid our taxes and didn’t get in trouble we would be allowed to stay.” This shows that even though the people that are seeking protection are working hard and staying out of trouble are being pushed aside. The Trump Administration is showing lack of justice because the government allowed them to live in the United States, but now they are ending the program without any knowledgeable or stated reason. Comparatively, there is another article that is titled, “Death Penalty Case Heard by Racist Juror Is Reopened by Supreme Court”. Within this article the alleged racist juror states “Because I knew the victim and her husband’s family and knew them all to be good black folks, I felt Tharpe, who wasn’t in the ‘good’ black folks category in my book, should get the electric chair for
Some of the statements include: “ 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 together at the table of brotherhood,” and, “Again and again, we must rise to the majestic heights of meeting physical force with soul force.” On the other hand, a news article talks about a man attacking a gay couple and screaming, “You live in Trump country now.” Not only does this display the lack of brotherhood America’s society has, but it also displays the United States President, who is supposed to be someone who represents the roots of our country and create a positive and unified nation. However, he doesn’t try to end the negativity. In fact, sometimes he is found supporting discrimination on things like his Twitter account, and saying many other offensive things about all sorts of topics. For example, one of Trump’s tweets stated, “the overwhelming amount of violent crime in our cities is committed by blacks and Hispanics.” This ultimately goes against what Martin Luther King Jr. was standing for. With this in mind, MLK would not think of America as a place of brotherhood/sisterhood, unless it is exhibited by all races and people joining together, then he would not be satisfied.
Once again, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stood for the themes of freedom, justice, and brotherhood/sisterhood.