45 years ago, a man embodied the essence of his dreams in a beautiful speech entitled: "I have a Dream." Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. spoke in front of hundreds of thousands of people about his biggest dream: "A world where black people could have the same rights as white people, a world where they could co-exist peacefully and in harmony. Time passes quickly and 45 years is a relatively short period; there are some elderly people among ourselves whom lived a bit of the injustice that prevailed in those days.
Today
Today, in the same country where Martin Luther King Jr. achieved his dream, there are more than 12 million people who share a dream similar to his: "Equal Rights" This is a problem that's been going on for a couple of decades already and has not been resolved yet. Why? It is a very interesting question! Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but I'm sure a big part of the problem lies within ourselves, because we have done little or nothing to change things. "Harsh words perhaps, but very honest I will say" There seems to be an epidemic of conformity among the Latino community.
Juarez was right!
Benito Juarez, a humble shepherd from Oaxaca, Mexico, who became president of his country once said: "Respecting other's rights results in peace" If someone's wondering what this has to do with the 12 million immigrants living in this country, the answer is: If we want to live in harmony with the citizens of this country, we need to respect their laws and customs. "Do not forget that we were the ones that came to their place of birth" Just to mention an example: "Of the more than 12 million immigrants living in this country, very few have learned the English language."
We must work hard!
With what face we can ask the government of this country to treat us as equals, if we rarely do what is expected from us to assimilate the national culture. It is among our community that we find the highest rate of school dropout among all the ethnic groups that make up this nation (nothing to be proud of). As the saying goes: As you see, they treat you "That's right, the image of our community has been that of mediocrity, and we must act quickly to change it! We are repeatedly being ignored by the authorities, because they have little or no respect for us, but respect is earned; no one gives it away. There are many of us who have learned the customs and the language of this country and all others should do so as well. There's an extensive amount of resources available to anyone who wants to learn English, there are no excuses!
The solution
The question we should ask ourselves is how did Martin Luther King and all those who shared his dream made it a reality? The answer is simple: They fought for their rights, they believed they could win, they never gave up, and they showed the world that they preferred death to jail or losing their dignity.
Gandhi, one of my greatest heroes once said: "Tomorrow we may have to sit in front of our children and tell them that we were defeated. But we can not look them in the eye and say they live as well because we dare not fight."
Rally in Washington (March 21st 2010)
There seems to be an epidemic of conformity among a large part of the Latino community. There are symptoms such as apathy and fear among the population. It seems to me that very few people are willing to sacrifice anything for getting this great dream come true. I agree with Benjamin Franklin when he said that "They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety."
Those who do not fight for their freedom are doomed to live in mediocrity. It is better to die fighting for what is right than to live in inequality; It that can be called living (Oscar Fernando Bello)
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