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And Ashley asks him why he's there. And it is that promise that forty five years ago today, brought Americans from every corner of this land to stand together on a Mall in Washington, before Lincoln's Memorial, and hear a young preacher from Georgia speak of his dream. As a student of history, I also know civilization's debt to Islam. We did not go by choice, we went because of necessity.
My parents shared not only an improbable love, they shared an abiding faith in the possibilities of this nation. But I've got news for them, too. This time we want to talk about the fact that the real problem is not that someone who doesn't look like you might take your job; it's that the corporation you work for will ship it overseas for nothing more than a profit. We want to talk about how to bring them home from a war that never should've been authorized and never should've been waged, and we want to talk about how we'll show our patriotism by caring for them, and their families, and giving them the benefits they have earned. She did this for a year until her mom got better, and she told everyone at the roundtable that the reason she joined our campaign was so that she could help the millions of other children in the country who want and need to help their parents too. That is what it means to share this world in the 21st century.
In the end, that's what this election is about. I believe that we have a righteous wind at our backs and that as we stand on the crossroads of history, we can make the right choices, and meet the challenges that face us. And as a consequence, so did I. But I think they also sensed that a part of me remained removed and detached - that I was an observer in their midst. But what we know - what we have seen - is that America can change. As a young man, I worked in Chicago communities where many found dignity and peace in their Muslim faith.
From Willow Creek to the 'emerging church,' from the Southern Baptist Convention to the National Association of Evangelicals, folks are realizing that the four walls of the church are too small for a big God.God is still speaking. What's remarkable is not how many failed in the face of discrimination, but rather how many men and women overcame the odds; how many were able to make a way out of no way for those like me who would come after them. Even for those blacks who did make it, questions of race, and racism, continue to define their worldview in fundamental ways. The people of the world can live together in peace.
Thank you, and God bless America.