On the recordJuly 18, 2009
In some ways, African-Americans are more fundamentally rooted in the American experience because they don't have a recent immigrant experience to draw on.
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transcripts.cnn.comBarack Obama: “In some ways, African-Americans are more fundamentally rooted in the American experience because they don't have a…”
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Obama highlights the unique cultural roots of African-Americans in the context of American history.
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