I Have a Dream Too

One time I was shocked by the world we like in was when I was in Berlin. My grandfather and I were cycling around the city and he was pointing out monuments and buildings he thought were interesting. We passed the embassy building and, of course, the Brandenburg Gate. All these buildings were beautiful and interesting but the one that stood out to me was a synagogue. This synagogue was small but beautiful. It had two towers and a dome, decorated with delicate friezes and pediments. But as I admired this building I noticed two police officers standing outside the gate. I asked my grandfather what they were doing and why they were stationed there. He responded saying they were always there, to him it was obvious that there would be police officers stationed outside a synagogue. But it would not have been obvious to me, there were no police officers stationed outside of the various churches in the city. My grandfather said that there were hate crime attempts on synagogues regularly in Berlin.
This whole experience shocked me, it was almost like I was blinded from the truth of the world up to that point. When the blind fold was taken off I was made aware of the harsh reality of the world and the hate crimes that occur.

The harsh reality is that 8,263 hate crimes against Jewish people took place in America in 2020. Two-thirds of gay people have experienced a hate crime. Sixty-one percent of hate crimes are against black people. In America, 266 transgender people suffered from hate crimes last year. 8,052 hate crimes occured last year in the US. That’s almost a thousand more than in 2019.

Maybe because taking off the blindfold is too hard. It might require too much effort from the majority, it would require them to step out of their comfort zone and actually try to solve the problem.

Our country has a problem. A problem that is bigger than we might realise. A problem that had been going on for years and that people might not realise is a problem because it is not white, straight, christain people that are suffering but the minorities. The minorities are suffering from the problems but the majority is not caring. Maybe because taking off the blindfold is too hard. It might require too much effort from the majority, it would require them to step out of their comfort zone and actually try to solve the problem. It would require the majority to defend the minority. The minority that is already weak since it has been beaten by this problem for days, weeks, months, years and decades. The majority would have to give the minority a leg up. They would have to hold the minority up high and show them off. The majority would have to be proud of the minority, which is not something that they want to do. The problem cannot be solved easily but it is not being solved any faster by the majority ignoring it just because it is not a problem to them.

The problem needs to be solved. I have a dream that one day this problem will be solved. I have a dream that one day the minority will walk hand in hand with the minority. That the majority will not care that the minority is black, Jewish, gay, transgender, disabled or Muslim. I dream that hate crimes will no longer be a problem for minorities. I have a dream that there will be no hate, just peace. In my dream, peace will benefit the minority and the majority. The peace will teach everyone to love, work and hope together. My dream is beautiful but it will stay a dream. It will stay a dream unless we work together, the majority and the minority to make the peace.