29i : "I Have a Dream"

Discussion Questions

1. What does Dr. Martin Luther King mean when he says he has a dream that the nation "will live out the true meaning of its creed"?
Martin Luther King meant that he wants everyone to be equal with one another, no matter what color skin they have. He wants people to live with the saying that "all men a created equal." While they say that all men are created equal, it is not true. He had a dream that one day it will come into effect and African Americans would not be treated unfairly, but instead like everyone else.
2. What critisisms does King level at American society?
King basically critisizes the nation when he claims he has a dream that everyone would be created equal. It is critisism because he talks about the segregation, racisim, etc in the world. Although he had a point that African Americans were not treated the same way that white people were, he was still technically critisizing the American society very much when he went against what was "set", basically meaning he stood up for himself.
3. Do you think that King's dream has been fufilled? Explain your response.
I think that King's dream has been fufilled. Today African Americans and white people are more equal than what they used to be. Even thought there are still people who are racists, the lifestyle of the nation changed as a whole. African Americans are looked at as people, and not things.