Martin Luther King Jr. on Mutuality

"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly affects all indirectly. Never again can we afford to live with the narrow, provincial "outside agitator" idea. Anyone who lives in the United States can never be considered an outsider anywhere in this country."

Martin Luther King Jr's emphasis on inclusiveness holds lasting pertinence today, especially in relation to the integration of minorities throughout the world. As globalization accelerates, the movement of people, both involuntary and freely is increasing like never before - we must continue to undo the separatism of the past, and understand how to flourish together. America, a Nation committed to its tagged 'unity' is ever-divided.

King's wording of "outside agitator" prompts my feelings of the recent immigration debate.
In America one recent proposed federal legislation, that was not successfully voted in is The Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act, known as the DREAM Act.

This bill would provide certain illegal and deportable alien students who graduate from US high schools, who are of good moral character, arrived in the U.S. illegally as minors, and have been in the country continuously and illegally for at least five years prior to the bill's enactment, the opportunity to earn conditional permanent residency they complete two years in the military or two years at a four year institution of higher learning.

On December 18th 2010 the DREAM Act failed to pass its reintroduction to the House of representatives, which, in my opinion is a glaring disavowal for this Nation's people and state of affairs. Taking away opportunities from youth who have been schooled in America is a disservice to the country's future and our economy. We should all be allowed to Dream big.