but one young man malachi he just talked about we should talk about love. [applause] >> because malachi malachi shared the fact that our dad wasn't around. and that sometimes we wondered why he wasn't around and what had happened. but really, that's what this comes down to, is do we love these kids? see, if -- >> applause. >> if we feel like because they don't look like us, they don't talk like us or they don't live in the same neighborhood as us, that they're different that they can't learn. or they don't deserve better. or it's okay if their schools are run down or it's okay if the police are given a mission just to contain them rather than encourage them. then it's not surprising that we're going to lose a lot of them. but that's not the kind of country i want to live in. that's not what america's about. so my message to alex and malachi and darinel and all the young men and boys that are not in this room, haven't yet gotten that helping hand, haven't yet gotten that guidance, i want you to know: you matter. you matter to us. you matter to each other. there's nothing not a single thing, that

malachi _ he just talked about, we should talk about love. [applause] >> because malachi and i shared the fact that our dad wasn't around, and that sometimes we wondered why he wasn't around and what had happened. but really that's what this comes down to is, do we love these kids? >> see if we feel like because they don't look like us, or they don't talk like us, or they don't live in the same neighborhood as us that they're different, that they can't learn, or they don't deserve better, or it's okay if their schools are rundown, or it's okay if the police are given a mission just to contain them rather than to encourage them, then it's not surprising that we're going to lose a lot of them. but that's not the kind of country i want to live in. that's not what america is about. so my message to alex and malachid to all the young men out there and young boys who aren't in this room, haven't yet gotten that helping hand, haven't yet gotten that guidance _ i want you to know you matter. you matter to us. you matter to each other. there's nothing, not a single thing, that's more important to the future of america than whether or not you and young people all across this country can achieve their dreams. and we are one people, and we need each other. we should love every single one of our kids. and then we should show that love _ not just give lip-service to it, not just talk about it in church and then ignore it, not just have a seminar about it and not deliver. it's hard. we've got an accumulation of not just decades but, in some cases, centuries of trauma that we're having to overcome. but if alex is able to overcome what he's been through, then we as a society should be able to overcome what we've been through. if alex can put the past behind him and look towards the future, we should be able