{"id":4110,"date":"2008-01-23T06:50:17","date_gmt":"2008-01-23T13:50:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogbullet.wordpress.com\/2008\/01\/23\/kings-dream-a-reality-yet-to-be-achieved\/"},"modified":"2008-01-23T06:50:17","modified_gmt":"2008-01-23T13:50:17","slug":"king%e2%80%99s-dream-a-reality-yet-to-be-achieved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=4110","title":{"rendered":"King\u2019s Dream: A Reality Yet to Be Achieved"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/p>\n<p>Shark-Fu <a href=\"http:\/\/angryblackbitch.blogspot.com\/2008\/01\/reality-yet-to-be-achieved.html\">blogs<\/a> on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Today, nooses are hung on high school campuses and arrogantly displayed on the cover of national magazines\u2026media critics discuss how even racists will vote for an <i>\u2018acceptably black\u2019<\/i> candidate and fashion editors chastise women of color for wearing natural hairstyles in corporate environments\u2026the achievement of thousands is credited to the system they struggled against\u2026the historic campaign of Shirley Chisholm is scarcely mentioned in an election year where a woman and a black man are trying to do separately what she strove to do as one in 1972\u2026white supremacists plan to march in Jena Louisiana even as the language of immigration reform is laced with bigotry and fear\u2026and education is still separate and unequal.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Now is the time to honor the King legacy through action and unite in the struggle for what <i>I know<\/i> is possible\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2026no longer a dream, more a reality yet to be achieved.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/categories\/blogbullet.wordpress.com\/585\/\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/tags\/blogbullet.wordpress.com\/585\/\" \/> <a rel=\"nofollow\" 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