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This past Sunday President Barack Obama used the power of the bully pulpit during his commencement address at Morehouse College in Atlanta.In a speech at the historically black, all-male college, the president had some tough love for the 500 or so men seated in front of him.
First, he heaped praise on the class of 2013. “Your generation is uniquely poised for success, unlike any generation of African-Americans that came before it,” he said.
But then he said they—and others in the black community—needed to keep striving for more and used himself as an example.
“We know that too many young men in our community continue to make bad choices,” the president said. “And I have to say, growing up, I made quite a few myself. Sometimes I wrote off my own failings as just another example of the world trying to keep a black man down. But one of the things that all of you have learned over the last four years is there’s no longer any room for excuses.”
This message of empowerment, delivered directly to the black community, is not a new theme for this president; it’s just the latest iteration of the effort.
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