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The fact that so many people are surprised to hear that anger in some of Reverend Wright's sermons simply reminds us of the old truism that the most segregated hour in American life occurs on Sunday morning. And you know what - it's worked before. 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. This truth transcends nations and peoples - a belief that isn't new; that isn't black or white or brown; that isn't Christian, or Muslim or Jew.
And all across the country, communities of faith are sponsoring day care programs, building senior centers, and in so many other ways, taking part in the project of American renewal. For the African-American community, that path means embracing the burdens of our past without becoming victims of our past. They had to file for bankruptcy, and that's when Ashley decided that she had to do something to help her mom. I have made it clear to the Iraqi people that we pursue no bases, and no claim on their territory or resources. That is why we will honor our agreement with Iraq's democratically-elected government to remove combat troops from Iraqi cities by July, and to remove all our troops from Iraq by 2012. We know that is God's vision.
At times, that anger is exploited by politicians, to gin up votes along racial lines, or to make up for a politician's own failings. Change means a tax code that doesn't reward the lobbyists who wrote it, but the American workers and small businesses who deserve it.
I believe we can provide jobs to the jobless, homes to the homeless, and reclaim young people in cities across America from violence and despair. We need to heed the biblical call to care for "the least of these" and lift the poor out of despair. This time we want to talk about the men and women of every color and creed who serve together, and fight together, and bleed together under the same proud flag.
But by the time he was a young adult, he was an atheist. They could've been told to succumb to the fear and frustration of so many dreams deferred.
God bless you.