In a letter from a Birmingham jail, dated April 1963, Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote, "We have waited fore more than three hundred and forty years for our constitutional and God-given rights." He made great strides to achieving those rights for African Americans during his life, but what would he think about today? What's the status report on Dr. King's dream?
             It would be hard to argue that things have not gotten any better for African Americans in the United States. Things such as African American History Month, MLK day, equal opportunity employment, and many other steps have been taken that are obvious examples of how much "fairer" and less discriminating America has become since Dr. King's day. But does that mean racism is gone? Of course not. White cops are more prone to shooting black criminals, there still has not been a black president, and underlying prejudices from people in power still keep African Americans away from the same services that caucasians can receive.
             However, it is this writer's belief that it is possible that the pendulum has swung too far. In the name of political correctness, many white people now find themselves harder pressed to find jobs, as employers will lean towards minorities when selecting a new employee so no one can say they are racist. Suddenly African Americans have gone from not being able to having a much better chance than their white counterpart to receive the same job.
             African American rap music includes violence, drug use, womanizing, etc., yet there has been no major campaign outside of labeling CD's inappropriate for children. However, when a white rapper (Eminem) becomes popular to white kids, he's suddenly labeled a pop music anti-Christ, even though his lyrics are no worse than the typical rap music that was already out there. I suppose this could be argued that this is mostly because he is popular to white suburban kids, whose parents control the m
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