Official Start Time: 12:30 a.m.
Date: 1/19/09
Official End Time: 1:30 a.m.
Today is the day we celebrate MLK's birthday. His real birthday is on the January 15, 1929. Each year we celebrate his birthday on the third monday in January to commemorate all that he has done through the civil rights movement for colored people alike. It wasn't till his assassination in 1968 that America realized the path they were setting for themselves if racism continued.
The words of MLK and his belief that man should be judge not by the color of his skin but by the content of his characters still live on today but to only a certain degree. We longer persecute a man by the color of his skin. All men are basically given the same amount of freedom but many are still stigmatized their race and by their religious beliefs. many still are seen as thugs and terrorist. The issue is that our definition for our fellow man has is constricted by definition. We are unable to see our fellow man for the dynamic character that makes him unique.
The fact of the matter is that we are longer white, black, yellow, or purple. We are really just human. Life in the 21st century if anything has taught us to respect the person next to us even if we do not respect his culture. For instance, you wouldn't make fun of your muslim classmate even though you might make fun of his culture for wearing turbans. This sort of thing isn't that common now a days but is still a curse we are faced with from our parents generations.
In retrospect its more about fear; fear of change amongst social classes and often ethnic groups. The introduction of different races and religions to different, typically homogeneous, groups can often be interpreted as unwanted change. Your use to hanging out with people of your own kind and the introduction of something different can mean the lost of your ways. Your culture may become subordinate to this new, mysterious one that you know so little about. What we as people in the 21st century have come to accept is that it isn't a battle anymore. No one is fighting for dominance over their fellow man and we are really now learning to work together as humans who aspire for a better life not constricted by the definition of our father and fore fathers.
Sincerely, Hector Guzman
Date: 1/19/09
Official End Time: 1:30 a.m.
Martin Luther King "I Have A Dream"
Today is the day we celebrate MLK's birthday. His real birthday is on the January 15, 1929. Each year we celebrate his birthday on the third monday in January to commemorate all that he has done through the civil rights movement for colored people alike. It wasn't till his assassination in 1968 that America realized the path they were setting for themselves if racism continued.
The words of MLK and his belief that man should be judge not by the color of his skin but by the content of his characters still live on today but to only a certain degree. We longer persecute a man by the color of his skin. All men are basically given the same amount of freedom but many are still stigmatized their race and by their religious beliefs. many still are seen as thugs and terrorist. The issue is that our definition for our fellow man has is constricted by definition. We are unable to see our fellow man for the dynamic character that makes him unique.
The fact of the matter is that we are longer white, black, yellow, or purple. We are really just human. Life in the 21st century if anything has taught us to respect the person next to us even if we do not respect his culture. For instance, you wouldn't make fun of your muslim classmate even though you might make fun of his culture for wearing turbans. This sort of thing isn't that common now a days but is still a curse we are faced with from our parents generations.
In retrospect its more about fear; fear of change amongst social classes and often ethnic groups. The introduction of different races and religions to different, typically homogeneous, groups can often be interpreted as unwanted change. Your use to hanging out with people of your own kind and the introduction of something different can mean the lost of your ways. Your culture may become subordinate to this new, mysterious one that you know so little about. What we as people in the 21st century have come to accept is that it isn't a battle anymore. No one is fighting for dominance over their fellow man and we are really now learning to work together as humans who aspire for a better life not constricted by the definition of our father and fore fathers.
Sincerely, Hector Guzman
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