Iman Warrick WRA

President Barack Obama’s speech was very intriguing in many ways. He pointed out numerous of facts about bettering American. More of the less President Obama discussed things such as the military and how other countries view America vice versa the actual America and how it should be view. He stated that there should be no such thing as Asian America, White America, Black America, and the list could go on. He said that we are all pledging the same allegiance and I feel that we should be considered as people and not distinguished by our race. President Obama main point of this speech was to inform the citizens about how he wanted America to be viewed from foreigners and also the things we need to change and enhance as Americans.

One point that stood out to me is when President Obama stated “We can’t say that a black youth with a book is acting white.” It stood out because where I went to school at the students would say that I was acting white because I was very proper and precise with the things I did. I didn’t know that being proper to some people was considered “white.” Not to mention when President Obama was talking about education. He discussed that you didn’t need a fancy education to be successful meaning you don’t have to come from the richest family to achieve potential. He said “Parents who have to compete with their children for $7.50 per hour.” This goes back to when he talked about people who have the intellect but can’t go to college because they can’t afford it. 

Overall, I think this was a fascinating speech because I liked the things he talked about such ass changing our nation. I engaged when he talked about how inner city people think that the government can’t teach their kids how to learn. To me, this is true on so many levels because I went to inner city schools and it’s always distractions in the classrooms. Most children have to develop intellect skills on their own. I think that President Obama’s thoughts about war is beneficial to the soldiers and also their families. His thoughts are that a war should never be the first option if there are not enough troops that are goin