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Barack Obama: “Your generation has grown up more accepting and tolerant of people for who they are, regardless of race or gender or…”

On the recordApril 28, 2011
Your generation has grown up more accepting and tolerant of people for who they are, regardless of race or gender or religious belief, regardless of creed or sexual orientation.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Commencement Address at Miami Dade College in Miami

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