"They might think they’ve got a pretty jump shot or a pretty good flow, but our kids can’t all aspire to be LeBron or Lil Wayne. I want them aspiring to be scientists and engineers, doctors and teachers, not just ballers and rappers. I want them aspiring to be a Supreme Court justice. I want them aspiring to be president of the United States of America."
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BARACK OBAMA, during a speech last night to the NAACP on its 100th anniversary - a speech which the organization’s leader, Benjamin T. Jealous, called “the most forthright speech on the racial disparities still plaguing our nation” since Obama was elected.
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