Transcripts

Senator Obama's excellent speech on race 2008:
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/03/18/america/18obamaspeech.php

President Bill Clinton's speech on the same subject in 1995:
http://www.afn.org/~dks/race/clinton-e6.html

Both are excellent and ask serious questions about the state of our union in terms of race. Both have very similar messages and portray a nuanced understanding of different sides of the race issue. Both sadden me as they make me think of how Bill was accused of racism in South Carolina and how Obama is accused of playing the race card simply because of his race. Things are better than they were in 1995, there are more minority faces on television and in higher offices for example; probably due much more to the silent work of many more ordinary people than the president. I have hope that whether it is Clinton or Obama, things will only get better.

For more excellent historic social justice speeches (including some from Hillary) check this link:

http://www.sojust.net/speeches.html