"CONTENT OF YOUR CHARACTER"
by Gerri Gibney on 08/27/13
“CONTENT OF YOUR
CHARACTER”
The
50th anniversary of Dr. Martin King’s “March on Washington for Jobs
and Freedom” and his “I Have a Dream,” speech just passed and there was much
publicity as it should have been. In
this speech Dr. King remarked about his four little children saying; “…one day
live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but
by the content of their character.”
This
powerful speech, almost a sermon, listed the ideals and promises of America,
and the irrefutable fact that: “It is
obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory note insofar as her
citizens of color are concerned. Instead of honoring this sacred obligation,
America has given the Negro people a bad check, a check which has come back
marked "insufficient funds." But we refuse to believe that the bank
of justice is bankrupt. We refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds
in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation. So we have come to cash this
check — a check that will give us upon demand the riches of freedom and the
security of justice.”
He
uses the word “check” but he is not speaking of money, Dr. King talks of the
“great vaults of opportunity,” and the “riches of freedom and the security of
justice.” He tells everyone this is what
has been promised through the law of the United States, this is the reality of
the day, and this is what can be. He
even admonishes; “But there is something that I must say to my people who stand
on the warm threshold which leads into the palace of justice. In the process of
gaining our rightful place we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds. Let us not
seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness
and hatred.”
He
clearly states do not be bitter, do not hate, do not be guilty of wrongful
deeds.
At
the time some of the more radical leaders who were on the march condemned the
speech, saying it was too compromising.
Malcolm X in his autobiography said:
“Whoever heard of angry revolutionaries swinging their bare feet
together with their oppressor in lily pad pools, with gospels and guitars and
‘I have a dream’ speeches?”
Malcolm
X’s comment seems more in tune with the President Barack Hussein Obama, fifty
years later, than with the noble, inspiring, truth-filled words of Dr. King.
Fifty
years after this speech we have a black President, would Dr. King be happy with
this president? The opportunity Dr. King spoke of is a
reality, no matter what black racists try to tell us. The black man is judged by his character, not
his skin color. The black President Barack Hussein Obama does not believe this
is so, he is living in the world Dr. King presented to us so eloquently 50
years ago, not today’s world.
A
case in point; back in 2009 when the Harvard professor, Gates was arrested over
an incident at his home, the president was asked in a news conference; What
does it say about race relations in America?" Obama replied, "Now,
I've – I don't know, not having been there and not seeing all the facts, what
role race played in that. But I think it's fair to say, number one, any of us
would be pretty angry; number two, that the Cambridge police acted stupidly in
arresting somebody when there was already proof that they were in their own
home. And number three, what I think we know separate and apart from this
incident is that there is a long history in this country of African-Americans
and Latinos being stopped by law enforcement disproportionately. That's just a
fact."
The
words of President Barack Hussein Obama are divisive and racist. The president did not know the facts (his own
words), and yet he knew the police had acted stupidly, and that the incident
was racially motivated. How did he
“know” these things? Because he is still
in the 1960’s, and is trying his best by his words to bring the rest of the
country with him in his hatred.
Barack
Hussein Obama is filled with loathing of this country (he certainly apologizes
for us enough), he believes in class warfare (wealth redistribution), and he
believes there is no justice in America.
After all, look at his remarks about the Trevon Martin case. In Obama’s five years in office, he has done
more to set back race relations than any person or group.
The
racism that is being spoken of right now is a direct result of President Barack
Hussein Obama’s lack of leadership and his complete lack of understanding of
America. He lives in the very world that
Dr. King warned about 50 years ago. “Let
us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of
bitterness and hatred.”
Shame
on Obama, shame on him!
Is
this the America Dr. King dreamed of; where the President of the United States
defines people as to the color of their skin, not the content of their
character? Where the President sees only
race and not the facts? Where the
President talks down America instead of lifting it up?
I
really wonder if Barack Hussein Obama has read Dr. King’s speech, and if Dr.
King were alive today would he be willing to give up all the strides that he
helped to put into place by going along with Obama and his racism? I’ll answer the question; I would like to
believe that Dr. King meant what he said and would be an honorable upright man,
and not a pandering sycophant simply to satisfy a Communist street organizer.
Gerri
Gibney
August
27, 2013
