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E pluribus unum. And we should close Guantanamo Bay and stop tolerating the torture of our enemies. But we do need to remind ourselves that so many of the disparities that exist in the African-American community today can be directly traced to inequalities passed on from an earlier generation that suffered under the brutal legacy of slavery and Jim Crow.
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. And so this will be a difficult debate next week. Not once in my conversations with him have I heard him talk about any ethnic group in derogatory terms, or treat whites with whom he interacted with anything but courtesy and respect. So let me spell out exactly what that change would mean if I am President.
And if we walk away now, if we simply retreat into our respective corners, we will never be able to come together and solve challenges like health care, or education, or the need to find good jobs for every American. America, we cannot turn back. These are not opinions to be debated; these are facts to be dealt with.
Even for those blacks who did make it, questions of race, and racism, continue to define their worldview in fundamental ways. Not this time.
We will all have to make concessions to achieve this. And if we can do that - if we can embrace a common destiny - then I believe we'll not just help bring about a more hopeful day in America, we'll not just be caring for our own souls, we'll be doing God's work here on Earth. Instead, it must be a cause for action to help the Palestinian people develop the institutions that will sustain their state; to recognize Israel's legitimacy; and to choose progress over a self-defeating focus on the past.
Thank you, God Bless you, and God Bless the United States of America.