America is an idea that doesn’t even belong to a lot of Americans, and that for many Black Americans, Lady Liberty’s torch is far from a beacon of hope—it’s often a flashlight in the face.
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@U2 Bono's speech to Dear Class of 2020 via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxpTjcouaeQ&feature=youtu.be&autoplay=1&mute=0 …
As an Irishman, I’ve always believed America is not just a country, it’s an idea.
It’s a dream that belongs to the whole world. And now, I know in recent times the world has been reminded that ...pic.twitter.com/NChKI2kOUR
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Now, there were storm clouds over Dublin when U2 recorded “Beautiful Day;” things were not as they might have been. But the song was not a description of where we were at, it was a prayer for where we could go. And a dream—like America is a dream—of where we might go.
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We now know that America is a song yet to be written, that America might be the greatest song the world has never heard. It’s a wild thought—that America is yet to exist—and even wilder that the class of 2020 might be the very people to bring it into being.
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After 244 years striving for freedom—sometimes marching, sometimes protesting, sometimes on your knees, sometimes taking the knee—you get there. You get there. I don’t know how, but I know who. You.
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You can vault the barricades of bigotry, and with your vote you can dismantle institutions that uphold that bigotry and are in your way. You can enter America. We can all enter America with you.
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But it’s gonna be you and that, that is gonna be a beautiful day.
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