I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.
In 1964 , a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Food Stamp Act. . This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of blacks who had been seared in the flames of witheringwork. It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of personal responsibility.
But now, the Black still is not free. Now , the life of theBlack is still sadly crippled by the need for more Free Shyt. Now the black lives on a lonely island of free section 8 housing in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity. Now, the Black is still languishesby choice in the corners of American society and finds himself an exile in his own land becuase he voluntarily subscribes to the culture of poverty. . And so we've come here today to dramatize a shameful condition.
In a sense we've come to our nation's capital to ask for yet another govt check. When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir. This note was a promise that all men, yes, black men as well as white men, but espcially Black men would be guaranteed free shyt. It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory note, insofar as her citizens of color are concerned, and the Obamaphone does NOT have a free data plan! Instead of honoring this sacred obligation to bow down and give the black man anything that he wants while he chooses to play the victim, ,America has given the Negro people a EBT card , a card which has come back marked "insufficient funds." to buy all of the smokes and drugs he is entitled to.
But we refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. We refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation. And so, we've come to Up the levels on the EBT, a new EBT that will give us upon demand the riches of freedom stolen by force from white men and the security of justice deptarment that won';t prosecute us for our crimes.
We have also come to this hallowed spot to remind America of the fierce urgency of Now. This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism. Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy. Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice. Now is the time to lift our nation from the quicksands of racial injustice to the solid rock of government owned slaves.. Now is the time to make justice a reality for all of God's children, and enslave the white man as his ancestors enslaved us!
It would be fatal for the nation to overlook the urgency of the moment. This sweltering summer of the Blacks legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality in which whites are prosecuted Nineteen sixty-four is not an end, but a beginning. And those who hope that the Black needed to blow off steam and will now be content will have a rude awakening if the nation returns to business as usual. And there will be neither rest nor tranquility in America until the Black is granted his rights to play "the knockout game" and form looting flash mobs with impunity. The whirlwinds of revolt will continue to shake the foundations of our nation until the bright day when all Whites are victims of blacks.
But there is something that I must say to my people, who stand on the warm threshold which leads into the palace of justice: In the process of gaining our rightful place, we must not be found guilty of wrongful deeds. Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for revenge by being held responsible for what we do. . We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline, and drink ice tea and eat skittles. We must not allow our violent protest to degenerate into recriminations against us . Again and again, we must rise to the majestic heights of dealing out physical force against innocent victims who can't fight back.
The marvelous new militancy which has engulfed the Black community must lead us to a distrust of all white people, for many of our white brothers, as evidenced by their presence here today, have come to call 911 and get us arrested. Realize that their destiny is tied up with our destiny. And they have come to realize that their fate is inextricably bound to letting us pummel them against concrete.
We cannot walk alone. People like Zimmerman will profile you.
And as we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall return to our homes, and call our girlfriends.
And then turn back.
There are those who are asking the devotees of civil rights, "When will you be satisfied?" We can never be satisfied as long as the anyone thinks a man like Zimmerman is the victim of the unspeakable horrors of black brutality. We can never be satisfied as long as our bodies, heavy with the fatigue of beating the crap of of elderly crakers, cannot gain absolution in the courts. We cannot be satisfied as long as the Blacks basic mobility is from a section 8 housing in the ghetto to section 8 housing in White Suburbs.. We can never be satisfied as long as our children are stripped of their self-hood and robbed of their dignity by their being forbidden from ruling the streets . We cannot be satisfied as long as a Black in Mississippi can vote only once and a Negro in New York can vote seven times . No, no, we are not satisfied, and we will not be satisfied until "justice rolls down like waters, and righteousness like a mighty stream."ยน
I am not unmindful that some of you have come here out of great trials and tribulations. Some of you have come fresh from narrow jail cells. And some of you have come from areas where your quest -- quest for freedom left you battered by the storms of prosecution and staggered by the winds of police doing their jobs. You have been the veterans of creative suffering - suffering you created yourselves. Continue to work with the faith that deliberate suffering is redemptive. Go back to Mississippi, go back to Alabama, go back to South Carolina, go back to Georgia, go back to Louisiana, go back to the slums and ghettos of our northern cities, knowing that somehow this situation can and will be changed by the graft and corruption of the Obama adminstration
Let us not wallow in the valley of despair, I say to you today, my friends.
And so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all Blacks are immune to criticism"
I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves will rob sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table provided for on the the backs of the slave owner's sons.
I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an entirely black state free of any crackers.
I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where blacks they will not be judged by but by the content of their character but by color of their skin !
I have a dream today!
I have a dream that one day, down in Alabama, with its vicious racist blacks, -- one day right there in Alabama little black boys and black girls will be able to kill and abuse little white boys and white girls with impunity!
I have a dream today!
I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, and every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight; "and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together."2
This is our hope, and this is the faith that I go back to the South with.
With this faith, we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a statue of Obama. With this faith, we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood by killing all those who disagree with us. . With this faith, we will be able to force those crackers to work for our benefit, to pray for what we tell them to, to struggle to advance our petty agenda, to go to jail for the crime of opposing us , to stand up for the freedom to persecute others not like us , knowing that we will all get the free shyt we deserve one day.
All Shyt Free at Last!
