I Had A Dream

[Road_Runner]

"Ali bhaiya, I had a dream last night .... "

"What was it about?"

"Well before I tell you about my dream Ali bhaiya, do you know who Martin Luther King Jr. was?"

"Yes ... he was a prominent leader in the American civil rights movement, and the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for his work to end racial segregation and racial discrimination through civil disobedience and other non-violent means."

"Yes ... and do you know that he too had a dream, way back in 1963, the year papa was born?"

"What dream Sidak?"

"You know those days coloured people or 'negroes' were not treated equally like the white people, so Martin Luther King, Jr. had a dream on 28th August, 1963, which he told to a crowd of almost 300,000 people gathered to hear him."

"And what was that dream?"

"He dreamt that one day America will rise up and live out the true meaning that all men are created equal, and that they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character."

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"He dreamt that one day the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slaveowners will be able to sit down together and be like good friends or brothers and that black boys and black girls could one day be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls and go to schools and collages together without looking down and discriminating them for the origin that they have."

"Very good."

"He dreamt that one day the injustice and oppression that the black people are made to suffer, will one day be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice."

"Wow ... what a great thought."

"He also dreamt that one day all men/women would be given the same opportunity to work and serve regardless of their race, culture or colour."

"Yes ... yes ..."

"And look Ali bhaiya, a big part of his dream has come true today after 45 years."

"How?"

"Didn't you hear Ali bhaiya, 'Barack Hussein Obama', an African American, who has had part of his education in a muslim school in Indonesia registered as a muslim, but truely being a christian was chosen to be the 44th President of America regardless of his colour, culture or religious background?"

"Yes I heard and saw that news and I am sure Sir Martin Luther King, Jr. would be very happy to see that his dream that every Negro in America or for that matter in this world .... will be judged on the basis of the content of his character rather than the color of his skin.... but tell me, what does it have to do with the dream that you had last night?"

"Well, Ali bhaiya, the dream that I had last night would surely displease Sir Martin Luther King, Jr. if it came true."

"And what would that be?"

"Ali bhaiya, I dreamt that the first alteration that 'Mr. Barrack Hussein Obama' did after taking charge from the outgoing President 'Bush, Jr.' was to redecorate the 'Oval Office' according to his choice, and painted his 'New Residence' and renamed it :"

" 'THE BLACK HOUSE' "

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