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Did you tune in to @BarackObama’s commencement message last night? Here are a few of our favorite watch parties.
Respond to this thread with your photos from last night and keep the celebration going at obama.org. #GraduateTogether
Respond to this thread with your photos from last night and keep the celebration going at obama.org. #GraduateTogether
During his HBCU Commencement yest, Obama said: "More than anything, this pandemic has fully, finally torn back the curtain on the idea that so many of the folks in charge know what they’re doing..A lot of them aren’t even pretending to be in charge.”
2-During his #GraduateTogether speech, Obama said "“Unfortunately, a lot of so-called grown-ups, including some with fancy titles and important jobs, still think that way — which is why things are so screwed up.
3-"I hope that instead, you decide to ground yourself in values that last, like honesty, hard work, responsibility, fairness, generosity, respect for others." Obama also said: “If the world’s going to get better, it’s going to be up to you,”
So, @mPinoe is reading the prompter, but also is like 👀 LISTEN TO ME KIDS, VOTE FOR GOD’S SAKE. #GraduateTogether
(I think she should follow up with a “what I’m actually thinking” IG Live later, right?)
(I think she should follow up with a “what I’m actually thinking” IG Live later, right?)
The Zoom backgrounds should be illegal on shows like this: Show us your home! #GraduateTogether
“It doesn’t matter how much you make if everyone around you is hungry or sick.” - President Barack Obama 
When you hear people trash the culture, it’s generally because they feel disincluded from the culture. There is a thing called “cultural cool” and it used to mean John Wayne and such, but it came to mean Little Richard / rock-n-roll & Prince, long hair, Afros, ballers & hip hop.
And it often emerged from black culture, initially outright appropriated during the 1950s by Pat Boone etal but unable to be kept from white teenagers who eventually went straight to the source. Ditto jazz a generation before.
The inability to command the culture is part of why conservatives are so pissed off, even when they command much of the government. They cannot bring the culture to heel. And President @BarackObama Obama and @MichelleObama are embraced by the culture in a way the Trumps are not.
