Topic > Do we still dream in the 21st century of Martin Luther King?

"We Still Dream" America is the land of dreams for so many people. Every immigrant who sets foot on American soil with a dream in his hands and a great aspiration for a better life. Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “one day this nation will rise up and live the true meaning of its creed” (King 277). King implied that Americans would one day live in equality, far from any kind of discrimination. However, has King's dream come true in the 21st century? Many people have argued about this topic over the years. There are those who believe that America is the embodiment of King's dream. On the contrary, it is an unrealized dream, because of which Americans continue to have racial inequalities. Racism is clearly non-existent. His speech on August 28, 1963 gave many of his audience hope for a life without racism. It was not only his dream, but also the attempt to make America the home of all human beings without racial discrimination. As one of the largest protests in the history of America, King overcame many obstacles to bring equality to everyone in this nation. He dreamed that his four children would one day live in a nation where they would not be judged by the color of their skin (Kings 275). While some parts of King's dream came true, few Americans were able to live in harmony and brotherhood without problems of inequality in terms of class, color, and gender. Furthermore, Thomas Clayton Wolfe, a prominent American novelist, also believed that “every man, regardless of his birth or his shining golden opportunity; he has the right to live, work, be himself, and become whatever his manhood and vision can combine to make him." (Wolfe). In other words, everyone has the right to live without facing discrimination. In the twentieth century , many people were aware that rasicm was wrong and needed to be eliminated to make the United States a source of inspiration