I actually believe that some residue of discrimination would lessen, because it's my view that there is a certain percentage of the white population that stereotypes and makes assumptions about African Americans because they don't inject the history of slavery and Jim Crow into current incarceration rates, or crime rates, or poverty rates, or what have you.
Barack ObamaThis is why the anti-discrimination principle being enforced is important. Because it won't stop if some of the underlying biases aren't challenged and surfaced. And that in and of itself creates backlash and denial. This is what I mean when I say better is hard.
Barack ObamaWe do not benefit from a relationship with China or any other country in which we put our values and our ideals aside.
Barack ObamaI'll change the posture of our federal government from being one of the most anti-science administrations in American history to one that embraces science and technology.
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