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1、ParaphraseUnit91.Thedocumenttheyproducedwaseventuallysignedbutultimatelyunfinished.Afterheateddebateandcompromises,theConstitutionwasfinallyadoptedbytheConstitutionalConventionand39outof55delegatessignedthedocument.Butthe“three-fifths”clauseandthetwentyyearsallo
2、wedfortheslavetradeshowedtheslaveissuewasnotsolved,sotheprocessofformingamoreperfectuniondidnotendwiththeenforcement,oftheConstitution.2.Butitalsocomesfrommyownstory.Mypersonalbackgroundandmysuccessstory,risingfromragstoriches,alsoteachesmetheimportanceofunity.3
3、.Butitisastorythathassearedintomygeneticmakeuptheideathatthisnationismorethanthesumofitsparts-thatoutofmany,wearetrulyone.ThroughmyexperienceintheUnitedStates,IamdeeplyrootedwiththeideathatAmericaisnotatotalofaddingeverythingtogetherbutistheproductoffusion,ofsha
4、ringthesamecreed.4.Throughthefirstyearofthiscampaign,againstallpredictionstothecontrary,wesawhowhungryheAmericanpeoplewereforthismessageofunity.InspiteofallpredictionsthatIwouldfailinthecampaign,wegainedmomentuminthefirstyearofthecampaign,whichshowedthattheAmeri
5、canpeoplewereeagertounityandchange.5.Despitethetemptationtoviewmycandidacythroughapurelyraciallens,wewoncommandingvictoriesinstateswithsomeofthewhitestpopulationsinthecountry.Peoplewereencouragedtojudgemeintermsofraceandcolor,raisingthequestionofwhethertheUnited
6、Statewouldfarebetterwithablackpresident.However,wewongreatvictorieseveninsomestateswhicharemoreconservativeandmoreraciallybiased.6.WesawracialtensionsbubbletothesurfaceduringtheweekbeforethesouthCarolinaprimary.TheweekbeforetheDemocratsweretoselecttheirdelegates
7、tothenationalconventioninSouthCarolina,racialtensionwhichseemedinsubstantialinthepastbeforemorefrequentandmoreintense.7.Ononeendofthespectrum,we’veheardtheimplicationthatmycandidacyissomehowanexerciseinaffirmativeaction;thatit’sbasedsolelyonthedesireofwide-eyedl
8、iberalstopurchaseracialreconciliationonthecheap.Atoneendoftheentirerangeofopinion,therearepeoplewhosaythatIdecidedtorunforpresidencyonlybecausethedesiresofnativeliber
