Has the promise of Dr Kings you have a dream speech been realized?

Answer 1

Many of the things Dr. King referred to in his "dream speech" have come to pass. The following practices don't exist any more and haven't for a long time:

• Jim Crow laws have been repealed.
• "We can never be satisfied as long as our bodies, heavy with the fatigue of travel, cannot gain lodging in the motels of the highways and the hotels of the cities." -- No longer true.
• ". . . our children are stripped of their self-hood and robbed of their dignity by signs stating: "For Whites Only." --Such signs, separate drinking fountains, and restrooms no longer exist.
• [the] "Negro in Mississippi cannot vote. -- No longer true."

He spoke of vague, indefinite, undefined concepts. For example, he referred several times gaining justice and ending racial injustice. He does not define his meaning. Given the circumstances of his time and the rest of the context of the speech one can assume this is a reference to the elimination of Jim Crow laws which was done shortly after his speech. The prejudice against interracial marriage has all but disappeared. We have a black president, etc. But, his indefinite terms are subject to many interpretations, especially today where conditions for blacks are radically different than when he made his famous speech.

Answer 2

Yes, it's been realized after a long history of there being slaves, and discrimination etc., now we don't do that and it's against the law to have slaves and such.

Answer 3

Yes, Because now people don't judge you by your color you are now judged by your personality.