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Our trials and triumphs became at once unique and universal, black and more than black; in chronicling our journey, the stories and songs gave us a means to reclaim memories that we didn't need to feel shame about...memories that all people might study and cherish - and with which we could start to rebuild." Board of Education, and the inferior education they provided, then and now, helps explain the pervasive achievement gap between today's black and white students. The reality of gun ownership may be different for hunters in rural Ohio than for those plagued by gang-violence in Cleveland, but don't tell me we can't uphold the Second Amendment while keeping AK-47s out of the hands of criminals. For instance, in the United States, rules on charitable giving have made it harder for Muslims to fulfill their religious obligation.
Our trials and triumphs became at once unique and universal, black and more than black; in chronicling our journey, the stories and songs gave us a means to reclaim memories that we didn't need to feel shame about...memories that all people might study and cherish - and with which we could start to rebuild." Legalized discrimination - where blacks were prevented, often through violence, from owning property, or loans were not granted to African-American business owners, or black homeowners could not access FHA mortgages, or blacks were excluded from unions, or the police force, or fire departments - meant that black families could not amass any meaningful wealth to bequeath to future generations. I understand those who protest that some countries have weapons that others do not.
Because whether it's poverty or racism, the uninsured or the unemployed, war or peace, the challenges we face today are not simply technical problems in search of the perfect ten-point plan. Now Ashley might have made a different choice. And I will not settle for an America where some kids don't have that chance. And that's what we have to restore. I am also proud to carry with me the goodwill of the American people, and a greeting of peace from Muslim communities in my country: assalaamu alaykum.
And right here in the UCC, we're hearing from God about what it means to be a welcoming church that holds on to our Christian witness. We are the party of Roosevelt.
And it's a testament to what we can achieve when good people with strong convictions stand up for their beliefs. So let us agree that patriotism has no party. The men and women who serve in our battlefields may be Democrats and Republicans and Independents, but they have fought together and bled together and some died together under the same proud flag. Not with so much work to be done.
Thank you, God Bless you, and God Bless the United States of America.