Speaking at East Room ceremony honoring the 2017 school counselor of the year, and the work of all school counsellors, and marked as final event as a first lady, Michelle Obama encouraged the young people to ensure they get the best education and using it to lead by example with hope and they should never fear.
"Don't be afraid" she said. The first lady also praised the "glorious diversity" of people of all faiths, colours and creeds in America as "not a threat to who we are" but as what "makes us who we are".
"To the young people out there, do not ever let anyone make you feel like you don't matter or like you don't have a place in our American story, because you do," Mrs Obama said.
The comment seemed a rebuke of President-elect Donald Trump, who criticised Mexicans, Muslims and others throughout his presidential campaign.
On Trump's condemnation to other races ans religion, dailykos on 06 June 2016, reported:
Donald J. Trump said Sunday that a Muslim judge might have trouble remaining neutral in a lawsuit against him, extending his race-based criticism of the jurist overseeing the case to include religion and opening another path for Democrats who have criticized him sharply for his remarks. [...]First lady Michelle Obama said that after leaving the office on 20 January, she will continue to deal with all stuff mattered during her first lady-ness including fighting for education, supporting military families and fighting for child obesity.
Mr. Dickerson asked Mr. Trump if, in his view, a Muslim judge would be similarly biased because of the Republican presumptive nominee’s call for a ban on Muslim immigrants. “It’s possible, yes,” Mr. Trump said. “Yeah. That would be possible. Absolutely.”
When Mr. Dickerson noted that there is a tradition in the United States, a nation of immigrants, against judging people based on their heritage, Mr. Trump replied: “I’m not talking about tradition. I’m talking about common sense, O.K.?”
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