In 2009, Barack Obama gave a speech in New York City at the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People convention. Obama stood tall and confident delivering his speech which made it even more influential. In addition, former president Obama divided his speech into sections to support his argument on how to end inequality. The following sections that support the argument are how parents can help, growth in education, and how the government can pitch in to help the issue.
Parents play an enormous portion of a child’s life. Obama agrees, and says, “To parents, we can’t tell our kids to do well in school and fail to support them when they get home. For our kids to excel, we must accept our own responsibilities.” This means that parents need to show up to parent-teacher conferences, read to their children, and help them with their homework. In addition, put away their children’s electronics and lay their kids to bed at a sensible time. Also, Obama states, “It also means pushing our kids to set their sights higher. They might think they’ve got pretty good jump shot or a pretty good flow, but our kids can’t all aspire to be the next LeBron or Lil Wayne.” In other words, most kids this generation want to be ballers and rappers, we …show more content…
Obama says, “And we, all of us in government, are working to do our part by not only offering more resources, but demanding more reform.” To challenge America’s governors, President Obama states that they need to start focusing on reform on standards and results in early learning programs. In addition, prepare the lowest income children to meet the highest standards of success. However, education is not the responsibility of the government, but is the concern of the entire community. Nevertheless, if the government does the demands Obama says, then inequality will become a step closer to