Comment 8- We all have a dream

  Racism is something that I´ve never understood and that I will never understand either. Why is the colour of a person's skin important? It´s completely ridiculous. The only thing we should take into account in people is if they are kind or not and how they treat others, that is the important thing. Martin Luther King was a great reference in the fight against racism, as were Rosa Parks or Nelson Mandela.

Martin Luther King's speech left everyone shocked since he asked for something that seemed so simple, so it looked strange that he asked for it. His speech, in which he described the abuses and injustices that black people suffered every day, was very emotional and will always be remembered because he simply asked for freedom, justice and equality.

But talking about his dream wasn´t something that he had planned… While he was reading the script, the singer Mahalia Jackson asked him to tell them about the "dream". It was then that MLK left the speech that he had planned to start speaking from his heart. This act seems very brave to me, since speaking in front of approximately 250,000 people doesn´t have to be easy at all, since you can get nervous or become speechless... Imagine doing it without a script!

Right now, I'm sure we all believe that we can't do it, but if you think about it, King was just talking about his dream, just as if he were doing it with his friends. In fact, as the text says, people felt like he was speaking to them directly. Martin Luther King was familiar while he was sharing his dream with people, and this has made him become so well-known and appreciated as he is now. I totally agree with the text, it was without a doubt one of the most inspiring speeches of the 20th century.