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eenandamongourpeople.initsreportlastfall,theinitiativesadvisoryboardfoundthatamericareallydowanttobringourpeopletogetheracroraciallines.

weknowit''sbeenalongjourney.forsomeitgoesbacktobeforethebegiingofourrepublic.forothers,backsincethecivilwar;forothers,throughoutthe21stcentury.butformostofusalivetoday,inaveryrealseethisjourneybegan43yearsago,whenawomannamedrosaparkssatdownonabusinalabamaandwouldn''tgetup.

she''ssittingdownwiththefirstladytonight,andshemaygetupornotasshechooses.

weknowthatourcontinuingracialproblemsareaggravated,asthepresidentialinitiativesaid,byoortunityga.

theinitiativei''veoutlinedtonightwillhelptoclosethem.butweknowthatthediscriminationgaphasnotbeenfullyclosedeither.discriminationorviolencebecauseofraceorreligion,ancestryorgender,disabilityorsexualorientation,iswronganditoughttobeillegal.therefore,iaskcongretomaketheemploymentnon-discriminationactandthehatecrimespreventionactthelawoftheland.

youknow,nowsinceeverypersoninamericacounts,everyamericanoughttobecounted.weneedaceusthatusesmodernscientificmethodstodothat.

ournewimmigrantsmustbepartofouroneamerica.afterall,they''rerevitalizingourcities,they''reenergizingourculture,they''rebuildingupoureconomy.wehaveareoibilitytomakethemwelcomehere,andtheyhaveareoibilitytoenterthemaitreamofamericanlife.

thatmealearningenglishandlearningaboutourdemocraticsystemofgovernment.therearenowlongwaitinglinesofimmigrantsthataretryingtodojustthat.

therefore,ourbudgetsignificantlyexpandsoureffortstohelpthemmeettheirreoibility.ihopeyouwillsuortit.

whetherourancestorscamehereonthemayflower,onslaveshiwhethertheycametoellisislandorlaxinlosangelewhethertheycameyesterdayorwalkedthisland1,000yearsago,ourgreatchallengeforthe21stcenturyistofindawaytobeoneamerica.wecanmeetalltheotherchallengesifwecangoforwardasoneamerica.

youknow,barelymorethan300daysfromnowwewillcrothatbridgeintothenewmilleium.thisisamoment,asthefirstladyhassaid,tohonorthepastandimaginethefuture.

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