Freedom Dreams

In Robin D.G. Kelley’s essay, Finding The Strength To Love And Dream, I really liked his mother’s dream, the dream of a new world. From helping people less fortunate to them to different views on life is still a learning experience for everyone. Her vision of being free seems like an impossible task even in America, the land of the free. Everyone wants to live in a utopia. That’s probably why many immigrants come to America to live their American Dream. Many refugees come to America because of civil wars, like places like Afghanistan. Places like that are dangerous because they are exposed to weapons, battle, starvation, etc. If you think about it, traveling on a boat to America has less casualties. These refugees are in a search for freedom but when they come to America they are being called terrorists and many other derogatory terms. The ideologies we get from media make us really believe in these stereotypes. Instead of spreading love we are spreading racism. But what do we consider real freedom to be? Is it having a good job, driving a nice car, or having a roof over your head? Is it having all of our pleasures to be satisfied? Is it living in a world where we are all considered to be equal? I think the dream of a new world is far from our reach. To reach freedom, I believe activists truly play a big role. They inspire others to be engaged in spreading freedom and love.
-Miny