There are moments in history where someone stands up, and says things that are truly meaningful. They are the things that we all know but no one wants to hear... or no one wants to say it because we fear that if we say it, we'll say it wrongly, and make ourselves look bad. It takes a certain level of courage to stand up for your beliefs, and a certain eloquence to say it in the right way.
Yesterday, Barack Obama made such a speech about the issue of Race in America. Whatever happens in these elections, we cannot afford to let his words slip into the deep recesses of memory and fade away. It's important that we all hear them... right wing, left wing, black, white, yellow, purple, whatever. This speech is carried on the NYTimes and CNN, but of course agencies like Fox News don't deem it worthy. Thus, there is a section of the population that this speech is NOT going to reach... but it's important that EVERYONE hear it. So I'm trying to do my part to distribute it.
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