Barrack Obama’s A More Perfect Union Speech
The former United States President. Barrack Obama delivered A More Perfect Union Speech when he was a senator and campaigning for the presidential seat. The speech was delivered on 18th March 2008 in response to Jeremiah Wright’s speech. Obama noted that Revered Wright’s speech was wrong not because he spoke about racial segregation in America but because he spoke about America as a static community. It can thus be argued that the speech aimed at correcting Reverend Wright’s speech.
An additional purpose of the speech was displaying to the Americans the benefits of fighting racial based segregation. He argued that the only means that America could achieve progress is by uniting irrespective of their ethnic backgrounds. The former president argued that even though the past can not be forgotten, it was high time for Americans to fight segregation. He quoted that African Americans can not be disowned since they are a part of America.