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And it's a lesson we need to remember today - as members of another Joshua generation. And yet, to wish away the resentments of white Americans, to label them as misguided or even racist, without recognizing they are grounded in legitimate concerns - this too widens the racial divide, and blocks the path to understanding. But I have asserted a firm conviction - a conviction rooted in my faith in God and my faith in the American people - that working together we can move beyond some of our old racial wounds, and that in fact we have no choice is we are to continue on the path of a more perfect union. Because next week, in Minnesota, the same party that brought you two terms of George Bush and Dick Cheney will ask this country for a third. These things we share.
Not with so much work to be done. Israel must also live up to its obligations to ensure that Palestinians can live, and work, and develop their society.
If you're working forty hours a week, you shouldn't be living in poverty. It's not consistent with our traditions of justice and fairness. 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." For the African-American community, that path means embracing the burdens of our past without becoming victims of our past. But if we see this conflict only from one side or the other, then we will be blind to the truth: the only resolution is for the aspirations of both sides to be met through two states, where Israelis and Palestinians each live in peace and security.
But there's a story I want to share that takes place before Moses passed the mantle of leadership on to Joshua. But the failure to respond is a direct result of a broken politics in Washington and the failed policies of George W. Bush.
He was a good-looking kid, six two, six three, clear eyed, with an easy smile. But as Americans, we also know that this is a nation of laws, and we cannot have those laws broken when more than 2,000 people cross our borders illegally every day. King's birthday at his home church, Ebenezer Baptist, in Atlanta. Now let there be no doubt. When a new flu infects one human being, all are at risk. This is important because no development strategy can be based only upon what comes out of the ground, nor can it be sustained while young people are out of work.
Thank you. And may God's peace be upon you.