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In reply to the discussion: If you want to lose the Millennial vote completely, nominate Hillary Clinton. [View all]Legalequilibrium78
(103 posts)just speak for yourself only, and stop acting like you are the sole or supreme spokesperson for the opressed or under represented minorities. Your experience and struggles in life has somewhat made you jaded. For every struggling minorities out there, there are also countless that have succeeded, are succeeding and will succeed; despite of their current respective predicaments.
If you look for gov't. to solve some structural problems within every facets of our lives then nothing ever good will come out of it. I do not say this to support the notion that gov't. has no place in facillitating the right conditions for everybody to be able to partake and participate on the fruits of this country. As President Obama once said in his speech "Be the change that you want this country to be." I might not be Black or Latino but I do come from a minority within the minority and that is from the Asian community.
I am keenly aware of the varying degrees of experience we face daily in both of our respective communities. I have experienced racist jokes and sentiments but I do not let that affect the way I look at myself, my worth or value as an individual, nor do I let it affect me on valuing this awesome and great country. For as long as the founding principles of this country exist, the fight for a more perfect union will continue to live on. That is worth fighting and dying for without sounding too corny about it.