The Dreamer

I happened into a meeting the other evening and to my amazement I saw a gathering of powerful and influential black folk discussing how to better our people. I saw politicians, clergy, business and community leaders. It seemed that they all had checked their personal agendas and they genuinely were concerned about all of us. They weren’t fussing and fighting. They weren’t sniping at each other and putting each other down. They were not being disagreeable. They actually seemed as if they loved each other and they had been able to put aside their personalities, politics and pride and put black people first and foremost. I just knew that we were about to make some progress. I was so happy. Then I woke up.