Do we still have the dream?

Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, I'm sure my stating this hasn't enlightened anyone. Hopefully the rest of this post will.

I called my mom just to chat and see how things were going this weekend. I was shocked and a little pissed off at what she had to say. She told me that my brother had to have his number changed because some kids were harassing my nephew. His new best friend is black. My nephew is being bullied because he isn't prejudice. Nice right. It gets better. She then goes on to tell me that the school has extra guards because some one has threatened to shoot up the place targeting the black students. Now my rational head knows this town and the kinda shit people like to do to scare other people. It is a racist town and that is sad. The emotional side of me wants to find these fuckers and kick them in the head for scaring children and parents and breeding hate. A seed doesn't grow unless someone nurtures it, feeds it, and pushes it along. What kind of seeds are we starting in our world. I'm gonna leave this post at this because I don't really want to soapbox, it's not just a black white thing anyway. Hell just ask a woman if you have to be black to be discriminated against, ask a gay person, ask a special needs person. I just feel like we should all know better, myself included...

"I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality.... I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word. " ~Martin Luther King, Jr.