【正文】 39。39。ndash。39。39。ndash。ndash。ndash。be a concerned generation.”。stand up”。lsquo。39。39。ndash。ndash。39。 these arethe revolutions of your time. and you have as much responsibility and just as much power towake up and play your part in our great american story. because it is absolutely still possibleto make a difference. the great moments of our history are not decades in our past。t get to have no hands.
　　you see, in his speech to those oberlin graduates 50 years ago, dr. king urged them, as juliasaid, not to sleep through the civil rights revolution that was raging across this country. and,graduates, climate change, economic inequality, human rights, criminal justice amp。 havesacrificed their lives for your freedom to make your voice heard. you donamp。 the men and women we honor this memorial day amp。tget to be cynical. not when too many young people still languish in munities ripped apartby violence and despair. not when women still make less than men for the same work. notwhen millions of girls across the globe never set foot inside a school. (applause.) no, not whenmany young people just like you amp。t get to be precious orcautious or cynical. no, not when the earth is warming and the oceans are rising. you donamp。t get to have no hands. no, you donamp。
　　and, graduates, with a degree from this amazing school, and all the status and connectionsthat degree confers, you donamp。 instead, they knew where they wanted to go, and theywere strategic and pragmatic about getting there. because in the end, they understood, asthe political scientist joseph nye once said, that “。39。t say “。t get caught up in their egos or their ideology. theydidnamp。t just shut them out. youhave to persuade them, and you have to promise with them. that is what so many of ourheroes of history have done.
　　folks like lucy stone and fdr, they didnamp。re probably surrounded by folks who share yourbeliefs. but out in the real world, there are plenty of people who think very differently than youdo, and they hold their opinions just as passionately. so if you want to change their minds, ifyou want to work with them to move this country forward, you canamp。s facebook post,we just unfollow them, we unfriend them.
　　and even here at oberlin, most of the time youamp。 and we want it tailored to our exact preferences and beliefs. we fill our twitter feed withvoices that confirm, rather than challenge, our views. if we dislike someoneamp。s an uber or your favorite tvshow amp。 whether itamp。t thinkso. instead, i think they knew that if they could just get everyone to take that first step, thenfolks would keep on moving in the right direction. and they also understood that often, thebiggest, most dramatic change happens incrementally, little by little, through promisesand adjustments over years and decades.
　　and i know that these days, that can seem counterintuitive, because we live in such aninstantaneous age. we want everything right away amp。 because she realized that full suffrage was just toocontroversial.
　　and fdr? well, after facing all kinds of opposition, he eventually agreed to a social securityplan that covered only 60 percent of workers. was he thrilled about that? probably not. but inthe end, fdr realized that 60 percent was a whole lot better than zero percent.
　　now, did these promises make these leaders sellouts? traitors to their cause? i donamp。 for allowing women to vote only onthings like school issues and local issues amp。ll probably have to make some painful promises along the way. after all, lucystone spent years speaking out for partial suffrage amp。ve also got to elect good p