cious daughters。 I have brothers; sisters; nieces; nephews; uncles and cousins; of every race and every hue; scattered across three continents; and for as long as I live; I will never forget that in no other country on Earth is my story even possible。
It's a story that hasn't made me the most conventional candidate。 But it is a story that has seared into my genetic makeup the idea that this nation is more than the sum of its parts … that out of many; we are truly one。 。。
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Throughout the first year of this campaign; against all predictions to the contrary; we saw how hungry the American people were for this message of unity。 Despite the temptation to view my candidacy through a purely racial lens; we won manding victories in states with some of the whitest populations in the country。 In South Carolina; where the Confederate Flag still flies; we built a powerful coalition of African Americans and white Americans。
This is not to say that race has not been an issue in the campaign。 At various stages in the campaign; some mentators have deemed me either 〃too black〃 or 〃not black enough。〃 We saw racial tensions bubble to the surface during the week before the South Carolina primary。 The press has scoured every exit poll for the latest evidence of racial polarization; not just in terms of white and black; but black and brown as well。
And yet; it has only been in the last couple of weeks that the discussion of race in this campaign has take