Cashing the CHECK that came back as INSUFFICIENT FUNDS!

"America has given the Negro people a bad check; a check which has come back marked 'insufficient funds'. We refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation. And so we've come to cash this check, a check that will give us upon demand the riches of freedom and the security of justice."

The "I Have A Dream" speech has always been identified as that ice breaking moment for African American history. We commonly hear that King's dream is being achieved through barriers that Obama has broken! But has the check been cashed? Are we finally viewed as equals amongst the majority!? Has our insufficient funds been reversed to sufficient funds? Can we say that the division of white and black opportunity diminished? Can we stand by our biological equal and receive the same kindness and respect??? Has there been a change?

Through the eyes of a young African American female, the moment has not occurred! We continue to break barriers and prove our equality instead of inferiority to the majority! BUT the thoughts, snickers, and reality of the division has not changed! Has justice been served? I can say it partially has because on pen and paper everything seems equal! We are repeatedly told that we are all equivalent! That we all have the same opportunity and chance! But as I observe the world around me, the disgusting truth still lives on! It breaks my heart to acknowledge reality! It hurts to see that the world has not changed! It may be concealed and kept in private but the generational cycle continues to spin on!!!!

I read this speech with a sense of realization about my surroundings but optimism about my future! This speech provides me with strength and a means to push forward. So many incidents around me concerning my fellow brothers and sisters not recognizing where we have came from! But I take this speech as a challenge! As a test to receive and accept my difference but embrace it! To live up to what I want to be and fight for what is right! To look for injustice and correct it! To be the pure definition of justice!!! I read this speech with the mindset of receiving the check and cashing it! Not only for myself, but for the world to see that like King, I have a dream! A dream that may seem blurry now but obtainable!