Martin Luther King Jr. And Race Equality

Martin Luther King Jr. envisioned race equality for all human beings. This ideal was his dream for America. I believe that Martin Luther King Jr. would be ecstatic with the progress that the United States has made in race equality. Today, we have an African American president, and during Martin Luther King Jr.’s era, that was implausible. Still, in some inner cities, racial tensions are high. The Black Lives Matter campaign gives the illusion that racial issues have not been solved since Martin Luther King Jr.’s era. However, looking back, progress has been made with racial equality and can only continue to get better. While blacks, and every other race, need to be treated as equals to whites, they should not be tip toed around and treated like infants. If an African American or another minority breaks the law and a white police officer arrests them, it …show more content…
No one is allowed to use race as a reason or excuse to not give something or treat someone as an equal. In universities, sometimes black people with lower test scores would get in over whites with great test scores. People may argue that is what Martin Luther King Jr. wanted, but they fail to see that whites are then not treated the same. That rule changed back to whatever race the person is does not matter. That is another example showing how Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream is being lived out today: fair acceptance into colleges for whites and blacks. I believe that Martin Luther King Jr. would agrees with En Vogue when she sang “Free your mind and the rest will follow. Be colorblind, don't be so shallow.” While I also agree with that saying, I believe that there is a difference between equality and being equal. Equal opportunities should be given to all, but everyone has strengths and weaknesses. We cannot take away someone’s strength to make the playing field “equal.” That is why I do not believe in everyone being “equal,” while I do believe in