A review by pardonmywritings
The Penguin Book of Modern Speeches by

5.0

“But for all those who scratched and clawed their way to get a piece of The American Dream, there were many who didn’t make it - those who were ultimately defeated, in one way or another, by discrimination. That legacy of defeat was passed on to future generations - those young men and increasingly young women who we see standing on street corners or languishing in our prisons, without hope or prospects for the future.”
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It’s crazy recalling the power of Obama’s words back in 2008 and reading them again in The Penguin Book of Modern Speeches. Despite his complex and deeply political leadership, Obama stood for a new generation of hope for the minorities and previously looked over.