Great song! I had forgotten about the movie "Freedom Writers" and this song was featured in it. So today is a great day to get your hands on a copy of the movie Freedom Writers and watch it - for the first time or again.
MLK Jr made his speech and made his moves in a time when our Nation forgot what our Nation was founded on. So primarily he was speaking about freedom or choice for the Aferican American population BUT I love this video and song because Common and Will.I.Am make it a point that it isn't JUST about the black people but it's about any person who is mistreated for their color, religious choices, culture, etc. They make it a point to highlight the Holocaust and its horrors. I appreciate that they didn't just stick with proclaiming that freedom should be for just the African Americans but for anyone who is mistreated.
Dreams inspire us to reach out to make a difference. But a dream can only take us so far. WE have to make some choices. WE have to put some effort it. We cannot nor should we expect to have things handed to us simply because way back our ancestors were mistreated. We are not our ancestors, we are us and we have a choice today. And our ancestors would be ashamed of us! They didn't ask for nor expect anything to be handed to them that was outside the realm of reality and they would be shocked that we do! So let's do our ancestors who were mistreated proud. Let's fulfill their dreams and ours by making choices that lead us down a healthier and better path. Don't join some gang and say that the mistreatment of your ancestors caused you to do that, my guess is your ancestor would smack you upside the head for saying that! Be smart. Take a cue from the jewish people who emerged from the horrors of WWII and built lives that can be admired today.
If MLK Jr was still alive today I wonder what dreams he would have continued to place in front of his people and all people?
I Have A Dream
MLK Jr made his speech and made his moves in a time when our Nation forgot what our Nation was founded on. So primarily he was speaking about freedom or choice for the Aferican American population BUT I love this video and song because Common and Will.I.Am make it a point that it isn't JUST about the black people but it's about any person who is mistreated for their color, religious choices, culture, etc. They make it a point to highlight the Holocaust and its horrors. I appreciate that they didn't just stick with proclaiming that freedom should be for just the African Americans but for anyone who is mistreated.
Dreams inspire us to reach out to make a difference. But a dream can only take us so far. WE have to make some choices. WE have to put some effort it. We cannot nor should we expect to have things handed to us simply because way back our ancestors were mistreated. We are not our ancestors, we are us and we have a choice today. And our ancestors would be ashamed of us! They didn't ask for nor expect anything to be handed to them that was outside the realm of reality and they would be shocked that we do! So let's do our ancestors who were mistreated proud. Let's fulfill their dreams and ours by making choices that lead us down a healthier and better path. Don't join some gang and say that the mistreatment of your ancestors caused you to do that, my guess is your ancestor would smack you upside the head for saying that! Be smart. Take a cue from the jewish people who emerged from the horrors of WWII and built lives that can be admired today.
If MLK Jr was still alive today I wonder what dreams he would have continued to place in front of his people and all people?
I Have A Dream
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