Recently, Barack Obama gave a speech about political issues and race. This is the kind of media coverage that people need to base their decision on rather than commercials which for instance make an attempt to scare people into voting one way or the other rather than showing the candidates’ opinion and suggestions having to do with political issues. Obama clearly stated what issues this country needs to focus on and how he plans on fixing them, and how it is important to solve smaller problems such as racism and work up to bigger ones like health care; before we start solving any other problems, we really do need to become united and one way to help is solving the problem of racism. When it comes to slavery in the past, he is basically saying not to let a ruined past ruin the present. He brought up how he dealt with terrible comments from his pastor which highlighted his personality and the way he deals with issues, fairly and effectively. I think that his speech was very powerful and genuine, and he made it clear that he was not just trying to get the black vote explaining that everyone needs to play a part in solving the problem of racism that we still see today. It is everyone’s responsibility, no matter what race, to put minute differences aside to become a united country so that we can get past other, bigger problems we are facing. After his speech, I think that Obama is a very powerful public speaker and made it clear that he would actively work to make these changes happen if he were to be President.
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