Barack Obama: “To the larger aspirations of all Americans: the white woman struggling…”

On the recordMarch 17, 2008

To the larger aspirations of all Americans: the white woman struggling to break the glass ceiling, the white man who's been laid off.

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Barack Obama addresses the aspirations of various demographics, including working-class white men.

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