In honor of MLK

I was watching a clip of Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1963 "I Have a Dream" speech today on ifilm. I don't know how many times I've heard him speak these words, but they never get old for me, maybe because it's forty years later and I think his dream has yet to be fully realized. And seeing him deliver the speech in front of all those gathered in front of the Lincoln Memorial that day - something I don't think I've done before - actually brought a tear to my eye. Then I noticed the advertisement that ran alongside ifilm's video viewer. It had three pictures of muscled men, shown from rib cage to mid-thigh, sporting man-thongs in leopard, zebra and fruit prints. That made me want to weep for real.

2 Comments:
You think that all his dreams were about freedom and people uniting?
I thought that Get on the Bus was exceptional -- and the visit to Lincoln Memorial particularly moving.
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