Times of separatism was the guiding force of racism, and Martin Luther King Jr. understood and visualized his journey. King preached of nonviolence, equality, peace and love.
My parents -- despite having to drink from separate water faucets, shop at the back door of grocery stores, called racial names -- believed in King's "dream" and taught me to love my neighbor.
I believe the only thing that separates us as a people is culture. As an African American, I'm the prime example of King's "I have a dream" and changing times.
I'm the father of two bi-racial daughters -- not a new race, but a combination of cultures. They have the best of both worlds, and they have the right to embrace both races. I pass the torch to them to keep King's dream alive.
Racism is a never-ending issue. King knew of his fate as a visionary. God allowed him to go to the mountain top and see the Promised Land. He knew he would not make it here with us, but as a people we will get to the Promised Land and King's memory will live on.
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We are all God's children. If the world was one race, imagine how boring life would be.
Graves, formerly of Fargo, is an inmate at the North Dakota State Penitentiary
