Today
I speak from all of the minorities groups.
How
great you were, how great you are! You left Earth recently to take a new path,
a new journey. But here the struggle
continues, and the only difference lies in your physical absence. Today, your
people need you more than ever and perhaps they feel that they have lost a
great fighter, a phenomenal woman. Nonetheless, you left us a part of you in
each letter, word, paragraph and poem of your authorship. Your writings, your
speeches, all of them reiterated our willpower in favor of equality but against
the unfair.
Even
if there is hate, you taught us that we must continue to rise. If we want to rise
we need to face adversity with courage. Oh Maya Angelou, you showed us that
slander is destroyed with truth and knowledge! Why do I have to be ashamed of
who I am? Why it is hard to accept that we are also beautiful and important to
the nation? Why they cannot accept us as equals?
Enough
of being repressed, I do not want any more abuse! I am as important as you, I
am part of patriotism and of the definition of this nation. My feelings,
culture, roots, music, everything about me are complemented with your attributes.
That makes America unique!
So,
what is the problem if we grow? Why do you insist on keeping us a level below
yours? You know what? You can do everything you want, and still we will
continue to rise. We will continue contributing to our country. I will live and
fight for a future where my kids and yours enjoy the same rights. A country free of discrimination, a country
where white, blacks, “mulatos”, and the entire minority groups love and respect
each other as the specie that we are.
You
left a huge legacy. You taught us to
fight for progress, for equality. No matter the circumstances, or how much we
should sacrifice, we can never stop. We need to keep up rising to achieve our
greatest dreams. We want a world in which we can express ourselves without
fear. I want a world where there is more
love than prejudices. I will follow up; follow up until I get to where you are.
From there, I hope to see our dreams come true. I want to see with you a sea
that ceased to be black. I want to delight a clear dawn in which we are rising
together.
Thank
you for believing not only in you, but also in all of us,
Jorge
Chéverez Ocasio
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