rather than be bystanders to history fought and marched and mobilized and built. and, yes, voted to make history. of course, there s always been another darker aspect to america s story. progress doesn t just move in a straight line. there s a reason why progress hasn t been easy and why throughout our history every two steps forward seems to sometimes produce one step back. each time we painstakingly pull ourselves closer to our founding ideals, that all of us are created equally, endowed by our creator with certain inalienable
congressional republicans. we will be polite as long as we get 100% what we want and you don t call us out on the fact we re sticking to it people. we ll click our tongues when the president does something outrageous but we won t actually do anything about it. that s not civility, that s abdicating your responsibilities. but i degres. meaning democracy work, means having charity about our principles, and having the confidence to get in the arena and have a serious debate. it also means realizing progress doesn t happen all at once but when you put your shoulder to the wheel, if you re willing to fight for it, things do get better.
it was won because rather than be bystanders to history, ordinary people fought and marched, and mobilized and built, and yes, voted to make history. of course there s always been another darker aspect to america s story. progress doesn t just move in a straight line. there s a reason why progress hasn t been easy and why throughout our history every two steps forward seems to sometimes produce one step back. each time we painstakingly pull ourselves closer to our founding ideas, that all of us are
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it s no question that our country has a history of racism and slavery. how do these comments fit into that history? well, i think it s very important for americans to take a very close look at where we are today, because as you mentioned, we have a long history of race discrimination. it s an ugly history in this country. slavery, jim crow, segregation, racially motivated lynchings. but we ve also made tremendous progress. this country has eliminated slavery and jim crow segregation, reduced lynchings, passed anti-discrimination laws and public accommodation and housing. and affirmative action and education and employment and most recently elected and re-elected our first black president. but progress doesn t mean that race is no longer a significant factor. and president trump s comments simply reaffirm that nogetion.