【文章內(nèi)容簡(jiǎn)介】 e college more affordable. Because every child in America, nomatter who she is, no matter where sheamp。rsquo。s born, no matter how much money her parents have,ought to be able to fulfill her Godgiven potential. Thatamp。rsquo。s what we believe. (Applause.)
　　So I just want everybody to understand we have made enormous progress. Thereamp。rsquo。s almostno economic measure by which we are not better off than when I took office. (Applause.)Unemployment down. Deficits down. Uninsured down. Poverty down. Energy production back. Auto industry back. But and I just list these things just so if you have adiscussion with one of your friends (laughter) and theyamp。rsquo。re confused. Stock market balance sheet strong. In fact, the folks who are doing the best, theyamp。rsquo。re the ones whoplain the most. (Laughter and applause.) So you can just point these things out.
　　But we still have to close these opportunity gaps. And we have to close the justice gap howjustice is applied, but also how it is perceived, how it is experienced. (Applause.) Eric Holderunderstands this. (Applause.) Thatamp。rsquo。s what we saw in Ferguson this summer, when MichaelBrown was killed and a munity was divided. We know that the unrest continues. And Ericspent some time with the residents and police of Ferguson, and the Department of Justice hasindicated that its civil rights investigation is ongoing.
　　Now, I wonamp。rsquo。t ment on the investigation. I know that Michaelamp。rsquo。s family is here tonight. (Applause.) I know that nothing any of us can say can ease the grief of losing a child so the anger and the emotion that followed his death awakened our nation once again to thereality that people in this room have long understood, which is, in too many munitiesaround the country, a gulf of mistrust exists between local residents and law enforcement.
　　Too many young men of color feel targeted by law enforcement, guilty of walking while black,or driving while black, judged by stereotypes that fuel fear and resentment and know that, statistically, in everything from enforcing drug policy to applying the deathpenalty to pulling people over, there are significant racial disparities. Thatamp。rsquo。s just the recent poll showed that the majority of Americans think the criminal justice systemdoesnamp。rsquo。t treat people of all races equally. Think about that. Thatamp。rsquo。s not just blacks, not justLatinos or Asians or Native Americans saying things may not be unfair. Thatamp。rsquo。s most Americans.
　　And that has a corrosive effect not just on the black munity。 it has a corrosive effect onAmerica. It harms the munities that need law enforcement the most. It makes folks whoare victimized by crime and need strong policing reluctant to go to the police because theymay not trust them. And the worst part of it is it scars the hearts of our children. It scars thehearts of the white kids who grow unnecessarily fearful of somebody who doesnamp。rsquo。t look likethem. It stains the heart of black children who feel as if no matter what he does, he will alwaysbe under suspicion. That is not the society we want. Itamp。rsquo。s not the society that our childrendeserve. (Applause.) Whether youamp。rsquo。re black or white, you donamp。rsquo。t want that for America.
　　It was interesting Ferguson was used by some of Americaamp。rsquo。s enemies and critics to deflectattention from their shortings overseas。 to undermine our efforts to promote justicearound the world. They said, well, look at whatamp。rsquo。s happened to you back home.
　　But as I said this week at the United Nations, America is special not because