After the March on Washington, and after President Obama’s attempt to top the speech, there’s one thing that stood out to me about his speech that elevated it above all the others.
He mentioned us all.
Obama was as inclusive in his speech as the modern fight for equality and justice is in our 21st-century America.
More than any soaring rhetoric, that’s all I needed to feel good about his vision as we start year 51.
That it included all of us.
I admit as the speakers came on (at least, the ones that weren’t interrupted by network commentators), I started to worry. I didn’t hear a lot about diversity from the speakers.
So many would begin what I call the “litany of the peoples,” and start strong like they would mention all of us.
