Barack Obama actually said...

Call me self-centered, but I can think of one minority they could start with.

Our top priority as a nation must be growing the economy, creating good jobs, and rebuilding opportunity for the middle class.

I'm reminded that all these folks, they don't do it to be honored, they don't do it to be celebrated.

We can strive to value those things that I suspect led most of us to do the work that we do in the first place.