Speaking directly to young people of color, Obama said: 'I want you to know that your lives matter. Your dreams matter.'
as demonstrations ensued around the White House, former President Barack Obama delivered a hopeful speech to the nation. The event was in partnership with the Obama Foundation's My Brother's Keeper Alliance, which supports young men of color.
The recent protests, Obama said,"are as profound as anything I have seen in my lifetime." He noted that a distinction between the modern-day protests and anti-racism protests of the '60s:"I know enough about that history to say: There is something different here. You look at [these] protests, and that [is] a far more representative cross-section of America out on the streets, peacefully protesting, who felt moved to do something because of the injustices that they have seen.
Recent events, he said,"offer an opportunity for us to work together to tackle [issues related to racism, to take them on, to change America and make it live up to its highest ideals...Part of what’s made me so hopeful is the fact that so many young people have been galvanized and activated and motivated and mobilized. Because historically, so much of the progress that we've made in our society has been because of young people.
Speaking directly to young people of color, Obama said:"I want you to know that your lives matter. Your dreams matter." He also noted:"I've been hearing a little bit of chatter... voting vs. protest. Politics and participation versus civil disobedience and direct action. This is not an either or. This is a both and.
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