Blacks and Social Issues

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In this article, the writer discusses that in many ways, King's dream of a better, more equal life for African-Americans has in fact been realized. The writer offers the example that blacks and other minorities today now have many more, even if not still enough, educational and job opportunities than they did in 1963. The writer explains that a black middle class now exists in America, whereas in 1963, one did not. Further, the writer maintains that many improvements have also occurred for the disabled (e.g., more wheelchair and public transportation access). This paper discusses how life in America has improved (or not) for blacks and other minorities in America since Martin Luther King Jr. first gave his "I Have a Dream" speech in 1963.

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"In his "I Have a Dream" speech, Martin Luther King Jr. states, hopefully, that: "Nineteen sixty-three is not an end, but a beginning". Today, 42 years after King gave that speech, many aspects of day-to-day life in the United States, for blacks and other minorities, have improved, at least for a number of (if not all) minorities. Educational and job opportunities, for example, are now much better for minorities in America than they were in the past. Still, many minorities in America today face discrimination, in education, housing, jobs, etc., even though such discrimination became illegal after the Civil Rights Act, the passage of Affirmative Action laws, etc. However, many peoples' personal feelings about blacks, the disabled, and other minorities have not changed much (if at all), and that still accounts for a great deal of racial and other discrimination that lingers on in America today."

Sample of Sources Used:

• King, Martin Luther Jr. "I Have a Dream." In The Bedford Compact Reader. 9th Ed. X.J. Kennedy et al. (Eds.). New York: Bedford, 2003. 490-494.
• Mairs, Nancy. "Disability." "I Have a Dream." In The Bedford Compact Reader. X.J. 9th Ed. Kennedy et al. (Eds.). New York: Bedford, 2003.
• Staples, Brent. "Black Men in Public Spaces." In The Bedford Compact Reader. 9th Ed. X.J. Kennedy et al. (Eds.). New York: Bedford, 2003.

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