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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. This too is part of America's promise - the promise of a democracy where we can find the strength and grace to bridge divides and unite in common effort. Six million Jews were killed - more than the entire Jewish population of Israel today.
"People began to shout, to rise from their seats and clap and cry out, a forceful wind carrying the reverend's voice up into the rafters....And in that single note - hope! - I heard something else; at the foot of that cross, inside the thousands of churches across the city, I imagined the stories of ordinary black people merging with the stories of David and Goliath, Moses and Pharaoh, the Christians in the lion's den, Ezekiel's field of dry bones. Violent extremists have exploited these tensions in a small but potent minority of Muslims.
That's not simply a matter of policy or ideology - it's a moral commitment. Even for those blacks who did make it, questions of race, and racism, continue to define their worldview in fundamental ways. You're on your own. Well it's time for them to own their failure. And Democrats, we must also admit that fulfilling America's promise will require more than just money. That together, our dreams can be one.
To the Joshua generation, these challenges seem momentous - and they are. We measure progress in the 23 million new jobs that were created when Bill Clinton was President - when the average American family saw its income go up $7,500 instead of down $2,000 like it has under George Bush.
They must be pursued - and they must be defeated. Despite the temptation to view my candidacy through a purely racial lens, we won commanding victories in states with some of the whitest populations in the country. We are more compassionate than a government that lets veterans sleep on our streets and families slide into poverty; that sits on its hands while a major American city drowns before our eyes. For over two decades, he's subscribed to that old, discredited Republican philosophy - give more and more to those with the most and hope that prosperity trickles down to everyone else. Now is the time to end this addiction, and to understand that drilling is a stop-gap measure, not a long-term solution.
Thank you very much everybody.