Posted on 03/18/2008 7:30:10 AM PDT by Nutmeg08
"A More Perfect Union" Remarks of Senator Barack Obama Tuesday, March 18th, 2008 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
10:17:53 ET
“We the people, in order to form a more perfect union.”
Two hundred and twenty one years ago, in a hall that still stands across the street, a group of men gathered and, with these simple words, launched America’s improbable experiment in democracy. Farmers and scholars; statesmen and patriots who had traveled across an ocean to escape tyranny and persecution finally made real their declaration of independence at a Philadelphia convention that lasted through the spring of 1787.
The document they produced was eventually signed but ultimately unfinished. It was stained by this nation’s original sin of slavery, a question that divided the colonies and brought the convention to a stalemate until the founders chose to allow the slave trade to continue for at least twenty more years, and to leave any final resolution to future generations.
Of course, the answer to the slavery question was already embedded within our Constitution – a Constitution that had at is very core the ideal of equal citizenship under the law; a Constitution that promised its people liberty, and justice, and a union that could be and should be perfected over time.
And yet words on a parchment would not be enough to deliver slaves from bondage, or provide men and women of every color and creed their full rights and obligations as citizens of the United States.
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When it comes to segregation, does Obama feel that the all-black colleges, who promote themselves for being "all black" are not racially prejudicial? Does Obama believe these colleges are not "divided schools?" No other colleges in America promote their institutions as being "all white" but it is acceptable for the black colleges to be openly racially dedicated.
I "Googled" "all black colleges" and "all white colleges" The "all black colleges" netted the following results. There were no colleges listed as "all white." And, even though it is known that the "all black" colleges are recruting and have recruted white students, they still list themselves as "all black" colleges. Tell me, is this not racist? Is this not segregation? Is Obama going to change this - or continue to tell America that whites should change their ways, while there is no slap on the hands of blacks who harbor and arrouse racist hatred for whites?
Alabama A&M University Normal(AL) Public
Alabama State University Montgomery(AL) Public
Albany State University Albany(GA) Public
Alcorn State University Alcorn State(MS) Public
Allen University Columbia(SC) Private
Arkansas Baptist College Little Rock(AR) Private
Barber-Scotia College Concord(NC) Private
Benedict College Columbia(SC) Private
Bennett College Greensboro(NC) Private
Bethune-Cookman College Daytona Beach(FL) Private
Bishop State Community College Mobile(AL) Community College
Bluefield State College Bluefield(WV) Public
Bowie State University Bowie(MD) Public
Central State University Wilberforce(OH) Public
Charles R. Drew University of Medicine & Science Los Angeles(CA) Private
Cheyney University Cheyney(PA) Public
Chicago State University Chicago(IL) Public
Claflin University Orangeburg(SC) Private
Clark Atlanta University Atlanta(GA) Private
Clinton Junior College Rock Hill(SC) Community College
Coahoma Community College Clarksdale(MS) Community College
Concordia College Selma(AL) Private
Coppin State College Baltimore(MD) Public
Delaware State University Dover(DE) Public
Denmark Technical College Denmark(SC) Community College
Dillard University New Orleans(LA) Private
Edward Waters College Jacksonville(FL) Private
Elizabeth City State University Elizabeth City(NC) Public
Fayetteville State University Fayetteville(NC) Public
Fisk University Nashville(TN) Private
Florida A&M University Tallahassee(FL) Public
Florida Memorial College Miami(FL) Private
Fort Valley State University Fort Valley(GA) Public
Grambling State University Grambling(LA) Public
H Councill Trenholm State Technical College Montgomery(AL) Community College
Hampton University Hampton(VA) Private
Harris-Stowe State University Saint Louis(MO) Public
Hinds Community College Raymond(MS) Community College
Howard University Washington, D.C. Private
Huston-Tillotson University Austin(TX) Private
Interdenominational Theological Center Atlanta(GA) Private
J. F. Drake State Technical College Huntsville(AL) Community College
Jackson State University Jackson(MS) Public
Jarvis Christian College Hawkins(TX) Private
Johnson C. Smith University Charlotte(NC) Private
Kentucky State University Frankfort(KY) Public
Knoxville College Knoxville(TN) Private
Lane College Jackson(TN) Private
Langston University Langston(OK) Public
Lawson State Community College Birmingham(AL) Community College
Lemoyne-Owen College Memphis(TN) Private
Lewis College of Business Detroit(MI) Community College
Lincoln University Jefferson City(MO) Public
Lincoln University Lincoln University(PA) Public
Livingstone College Salisbury(NC) Private
Mary Holmes College West Point(MS) Community College
Medgar Evers College Brooklyn(NY) Public
Meharry Medical College Nashville(TN) Private
Miles College Fairfield(AL) Private
Mississippi Valley State University Itta Bena(MS) Public
Morehouse College Atlanta(GA) Private
Morehouse School of Medicine Atlanta(GA) Private
Morgan State University Baltimore(MD) Public
Morris Brown College Atlanta(GA) Private
Morris College Sumter(SC) Private
Norfolk State University Norfolk(VA) Public
North Carolina A&T State University Greensboro(NC) Public
North Carolina Central University Durham(NC) Public
Oakwood College Huntsville(AL) Private
Paine College Augusta(GA) Private
Paul Quinn College Dallas(TX) Private
Philander Smith College Little Rock(AR) Private
Prairie View A&M University Prairie View(TX) Public
Rust College Holly Springs(MS) Private
Saint Augustine's College Raleigh(NC) Private
Saint Paul's College Lawrenceville(VA) Private
Savannah State University Savannah(GA) Public
Shaw University Raleigh(NC) Private
Shelton State Community College Tuscaloosa(AL) Community College
Shorter College Rome(GA) Private
South Carolina State University Orangeburg(SC) Public
Southern University - Baton Rouge Baton Rouge(LA) Public
Southern University - New Orleans New Orleans(LA) Public
Southern University - Shreveport Shreveport(LA) Public
Southwestern Christian University Bethany(OK) Private
Spelman College Atlanta(GA) Private
St. Philip's College San Antonio(TX) Community College
Stillman College Tuscaloosa(AL) Private
Talladega College Talladega(AL) Private
Tennessee State University Nashville(TN) Public
Texas College Tyler(TX) Private
Texas Southern University Houston(TX) Public
Tougaloo College Tougaloo(MS) Private
Tuskegee University Tuskegee(AL) Private
University of Arkansas - Pine Bluff Pine Bluff(AR) Public
University of Maryland - Eastern Shore Princess Anne(MD) Public
University of the District of Columbia Washington, D.C. Public
University of the Virgin Islands St. Thomas(VI)
Virginia State University Petersburg(VA) Public
Virginia Union University Richmond(VA) Private
Voorhees College Denmark(SC) Private
West Virginia State University Institute(WV) Public
Wilberforce University Wilberforce(OH) Private
Wiley College Marshall(TX) Private
Winston-Salem State University Winston-Salem(NC) Public
Xavier University New Orleans(LA) Private
Does he? Wright and Obama believe America has mistreated Castro? I'm not about to buy his books...I'd have to burn them later.
You just proved him a liar AGAIN though. He blamed the Cuban Chi Guevara flag on some poor campaign staffer!
He is a pig. She wasn’t spouting it from the rooftops. It was a private conversation between him and his grandmother. It should have remained private. To save himself and justify what his pastor has said, he has tarnished a woman’s reputation that took care of him. Give us a frickin’ break Barack. You’ve shown us what you’re made of and it wasn’t caused by your white grandmama.
In my experience, a lot of blacks are raised by grandmothers, since the actual parents tend to not be around. So, the importance of grandmothers is very great. And there's the whole African "respect your elders" notion too.
Well, Obama just threw grandma under the bus. How is that going to play?
you’ve nailed the whole crux of the whole speech by Obama Stocktrader. Obama did one of two things today with hius speech- he either nailed the candidacy by making white America feel so guilty for ‘not understandign the dynamics of the black race” or he lost the run for president as people see what he was truly saying- that we’re to blame. We’ll see how hte political commentators go with what was said today
My worry is that all of this is going to lead to a backlash of anger. I work in D.C. and I remember the riots of the 60s in our city.
I am the son of a black man from Kenya and a white woman(1) from Kansas.So.. for you the 'enemy' is the mean Conservative Talk Show hosts and the evil Capitalists, right? Well Barry, you Commie puke -- Go fork yourself!!~~snip~~
Anger over welfare and affirmative action helped forge the Reagan Coalition. Politicians routinely exploited fears of crime for their own electoral ends. Talk show hosts and conservative commentators built entire careers unmasking bogus claims of racism while dismissing legitimate discussions of racial injustice and inequality as mere political correctness or reverse racism.
Just as black anger often proved counterproductive, so have these white resentments distracted attention from the real culprits of the middle class squeeze, a corporate culture rife with inside dealing, questionable accounting practices, and short-term greed; a Washington dominated by lobbyists and special interests; economic policies that favor the few over the many. 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.
(1) Barry's mother was Ann Dunham. 'Dunham has been described by her friends as "a fellow traveler(2)... We were liberals before we knew what liberals were," and as "the original feminist".'(2) A "fellow traveler" was and is a Communist.
Hope is doing away with the NEA.
Welcome to the white experience. Many whites will vote for Barack for just this reason-so that somehow Barack will make it possible for whites not to have their race held against them.
How does Barack accomplish such a feat again?
I think you’re right. Unfortunately, instead of being hte self-prophesed Messiah of unity, I think he just did the exact opposite, and I think, based on Michelle’s past statements and sentiments, which I’m sure he agrees with, that he knows exactly what he’s doign too.
Yes, and I am sure all those non-Jews followed those rules. Blacks for the most part probably had it much worse, but they are comparable. They were slaves, there were owned, they lacked many freedoms, and they were whipped and punished. Besides, slavery was common throughout the world, and many were treated much the same as those in America.
Thank you for posting this. He should never be President no way.
You trumped me! Go figure. FR is a treasure of content, eh?
He is lower than slime.
[[Yes, and I am sure all those non-Jews followed those rules.]]
We weren’t talking about the non jews- you were tryign to make the comparison between biblical ‘slaves’ and slavery- The Jews were treat their servants as equals and as members of hte family and not as property to be abused however they liked.
Well Exodus was about the Jews escaping from their owners in Egypt. So yes, I was talking about non-Jews owning Jews.
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