T H E     RI C H E S S     O F     F R E E D O M

Nothing worths more than liberty, there is no money that can buy it yet the richess it brings is priceless.

The 28th in August, 1973 during the Lincoln Memorial in the capital if the United States, Washington DC, Dr. Martin Luther King's words rumbled in the hearts of over thousands of people, Anne Moody, a black activist would later recall that there were not precisely liders in the multitude but ´dreamers´.

This encouraging event could be the start of the begining of the black nationalism, one of the seeds who would later bloom as recognition of a big sector in the american population to our predent days. The magnitude and repercusion  of "I have a dream" would become a motto in the future geneterations and a references in the fight for the black sector.

A     M I N O R I T Y

The social phenomenon of minorities has happened during the whole history due the social nature of groups generating traditions, stablishing bonds and ideas resulting in an identity, a need and right to be recognized, in this case, -back then- a minority with no more patience left consequence of a hollow promise of equality. The 31th January, 1865 proclamated by Abraham Lincoln the 13th Amendment, had abolished slavery in the United States but for over a century there was no change but discomfort which grew bigger and wider. 

An interesting event happens when a certain group does not relate to each other. As a  consequence of the differences, they exclude themselves and naturally when there is not an identity shared a distancement occurs.

However,  little by little they discover others like them, for this to go further they start to notice the other similar's presence needs. Next is, they unite forces to grow bigger in their cause. As black and whites this in this case. This is also the descriptive form of multiculturalism where in a colletive way two groups persue an end. 

“One of King’s most trusted aides, Andrew Young, told me. “The country was in more turmoil than it had been in since before the second world war. People didn’t understand it. And he explained it. It wasn’t a black speech. It wasn’t just a Christian speech. It was an all-American speech.”

Gary Younge, 2013, Martin Luther King the story behind his "I have a dream.

U N I T E D     F O R     E Q U A L I T Y

The phenomenon of multculturality has been present un the United States during all the development and foundation of the country. Both black and white, direct and not direct victims of segregation put in practice the identity politcs which along multiculturalism  have in common the demand for recognition and redress for post inequities. 

Here is a shared identity of participants rather than on a specifically shared culture, all in an attempt to further the interests of their group members into the public spheres, as in this case, were they demand the recognition as their rights as humana.

In the normative sense, multiculturalism implies a  positive endorsemen of communal diversity typically based in either the right in different cultural groups to respect and recognition,

The culture of the United States is a mix where many authors have referenced as The Melting Pot,

The american culture as any culture can be defined as patterns of human activity and history filled with the symbolic structures that give such activities significance and importance, "I have a dream" by Martin Luther King is a perfect example of such.Multiculturalism is a pilar in nowadays society.

Bibliography:

L. Eagan, J., 2022. multiculturalism - Challenges to multiculturalism. [online] Encyclopedia Britannica. Available at: <https://www.britannica.com/topic/multiculturalism/Challenges-to-multiculturalism> [Accessed 9 September 2022].

L. Eagan, J., 2013. multiculturalism - Challenges to multiculturalism. [online] Encyclopedia Britannica. Available at: <https://www.britannica.com/topic/multiculturalism/Challenges-to-multiculturalism> [Accessed 9 September 2022].