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But just because something is a part of your past doesn't make it right. it doesn't mean that it defines your future, just because something's a tradition doesn't make it right. [ applause ] well, so around the world, there is a tradition of repressing women and treating them differently and not giving them the same opportunities. and husbands beating their wives. and children not being sent to school. those are traditions. treating women and girls as second-class citizens those are bad traditions. they need to change. [ applause ] they're holding you back. treating women as second-class

Stand between them and their dreams. and by the way, if you educate girls, they grow up to be moms, and they, because they're educated are more likely to produce educated children. [cheers and applause] so kenya will not succeed if it treats women and girls as second-class citizens. i want to be very clear about that. >> you can help girls to getting an education by contributing to the k.i.n.d. fund, last word desks @msnbc.com. trump towers, let's play "hardball."

They need to change. [ applause ] they're holding you back. treating women as second-class citizens is a bad tradition. it holds you back. [ applause ] there's no excuse for sexual assault or domestic violence. there's no reason that young girls should suffer genital mutilation. there's no place in civilized society for the early or forced marriage of children. these traditions may date back centuries. they have no place in the 21st century. [cheers and applause] these are issues of right and wrong in any culture. but they're also issues of success and failure. any nation that fails to educate...

>> reporter: president obama capped an emotional return to the land of his father with an impassioned speech steeped in kenyan pride. >> and of course i'm the he first kenyan american to be president of the united states. [ applause ] that goes without saying. >> reporter: but even as he tried to weave his own family story into a larger narrative of hope for the african people -- >> i believe there's no limit to what you can achieve. >> reporter: -- the president issued a challenge to the continent of his ancestors to change by rejecting the oppression of women. >> treating women as second-cla...

Path, not the judicial. colorado law and federal law has made it very clear that anybody -- if our daughter had been shot with a bb gun in the eye we would have a better chance for some kind of redress in the courts. we are relegated to second-class citizens. our civil rights have been taken away from us through this lawsuit. we cannot sue for someone that sold the am mu indication a-- which turned out to be a mass murderer without asking a single question, sold him everything he needed to commit his heinous act. >> what kind of support are you getting from lawmakers? you're saying you're goin...