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They're deciding that their work, their possessions, their diversions, their sheer busyness, is not enough. It's not consistent with our traditions of justice and fairness. It is easier to blame others than to look inward; to see what is different about someone than to find the things we share.
I understand you switched venues at considerable expense and inconvenience because of unfair labor practices at the place you were going to be having this synod. And although she can no longer travel, I know that she's watching tonight, and that tonight is her night as well. But it was not violence that won full and equal rights. It is time for us to act on what everyone knows to be true.
And yet, it has only been in the last couple of weeks that the discussion of race in this campaign has taken a particularly divisive turn. On one end of the spectrum, we've heard the implication that my candidacy is somehow an exercise in affirmative action; that it's based solely on the desire of wide-eyed liberals to purchase racial reconciliation on the cheap. Of course, recognizing our common humanity is only the beginning of our task. Denying that fact is baseless, ignorant, and hateful.
It is easy to point fingers - for Palestinians to point to the displacement brought by Israel's founding, and for Israelis to point to the constant hostility and attacks throughout its history from within its borders as well as beyond. But all of us must recognize that education and innovation will be the currency of the 21st century, and in too many Muslim communities there remains underinvestment in these areas.
Universities and states, including Illinois, are taking part in a divestment campaign to pressure the Sudanese government to stop the killings. To the Joshua generation, these challenges seem momentous - and they are.
Thank you.