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united states today remains the only major country on earth that does not guarantee health care to all people as a right, and that is why i will continue fighting and introduce legislation for a medicare for all single-payer program guaranteeing health care to every man, woman, and child. when we talk about justice. when we talk about the need for all people in america to be treated equally and with dignity , we have got to deal with hard realities. those realities include the fact today if you can believe it, and i know you can one in four black males can expect to spend time in prison during their lifetime unless we change that dynamic. this is an unspeakable tragedy and this country can no longer ignore that. blacks are in prison at six times the great of whites. in the report by the department of justice, blacks were three times more likely to be searched during a traffic stop than white motorists. african-americans are twice as likely to be arrested and almost ....
ability, we have the ability within the black community to do enormous things on our own. we don t have to wait for somebody else. we don t have to be at the mercy of anybody else. we don t have to be at the mercy of anybody else. people who have tried to convince us that we need to be subservient to them and that there, there, i will take care of you. we can take care of ourselves but we have to learn how to utilize our resources in the right way. the other thing that is vitally important is we need to be able to work together and stop listening to the purveyors of division who tell you just because you think differently about something then this person they are your enemy. divide and conquer and control. we don t need people who divide and conquer and control. we need the people who learn how to use their various talents and energies together in an effective way. that is what is going to work. for our young people, we need to begin to put out the appropriate types of ....
jobs, and justice. the get into those themes, first point i want to make, is perhaps the most important. i do understand that for some people, this is uncomfortable. but i believe it has to be addressed. and that is that the united states of america today is the wealthiest country in the history of the world. thatost people do not know because much of that wealth is concentrated in the hands of a few. today, in america, we have more wealth and income inequality then in any other major country on earth. it is worse today than at any time since 1928. to me, it is not acceptable that /10 of 1% owns almost as much wealth as the bottom 90%. it is not acceptable that one y that ownsil walmart, owns more than the bottom 40%. it is not acceptable that in the last two years, the 14 wealthiest people solve more wealth increase wealth that is owned by the bottom 130 million americans. the truth of the matter is, that we cannot run away from that reality. income and wealth inequa ....
searched during a traffic stop compared to white motorists. african-americans are twice as likely to be arrested and almost four times as likely to experience the use of force during encounters with police. 13% and this is an extraordinary figure, and i think not an accident. 13% of african-american men have lost the right to vote due to felony convictions. can t vote. can t participate in the democratic political process. in my view we need major changes in criminal justice in america and as president of the united states i promise you my justice department will be vigorous in fighting all forms of discrimination in every area of our life not only in police matters, but in housing and credit, in every area that impacts minority populations. across our nation as all of you know and we see almost every day, too many african-americans and other minorities find themselves subjected to a system that treats citizens who have not committed crimes as if they were criminals. a ....
that we together as a people would do a much better job of policing our police. the recruitment, better training, better pay. every policengs department should do to improve the trust necessary. , and those things adequately staffed internal affairs division and independently staffed civilian review board to safeguard the integrity of every police force. our federal government can play a vital role in lifting up these practices. today, every police department seven thaton reports are really registered crimes, and reports them timely and accurately. as president, i will require every police department to report all custodial deaths come all incidents involving use of lethal force and all complaints involving discourtesy and excessive force. nature fact of human that we cannot understand what we do not see. we can you cannot improve what we do not measure. but once we measure and once we see and once we understand, we can certainly improve. the reality is that racial en ....