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Clinton Presidential Records
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Speechwriting
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Michael Waldman
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14439
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�T H E HARVARD LAW SCHOOL
CAMBRIDGE MA 02138
2/12/98
To:
Sylvia Mathews
Deputy Chief of Staff
From: Christopher Edley, Jr.
Professor of Law
Re:
Short List of Speech Topics and Themes for the President
As you requested, here are my recommended priorities for serious speeches by the
President or the Vice President, reworkedfrommy November 30' matrix.
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1. America Without Hyphens: Defining One America; how we will recognize racial
and ethic justice
Lay out the vision: the model of national identity that embraces, celebrates, and
benefitsfromour differences; a shared civic ethosframinga culturally rich tapestry.
Provide historical background - the legacy we face, both positive and negative.
Including not just slavery, but conquest and colonialism. Discuss trends in housing
hypersegregation; racially identifiable K-12 schools; evidence on social interactions.
Does this matter? Ambivalence about school desegregation - about busing as remedy,
but also about mixing. Data on interracial dating and marriage. Taboos that die hard.
Cite promising practices that attempt to break down the walls; that help us escape the
prisons of our experiences. Other nations and societies have been destroyed by
difference, but ours can and must thrive on it. And with this vision we can mark our
progress towards racial justice and One America.
2. Discrimination and Stereotypes - how real, and how significant?
Unfinished agenda on fundamental fairness; we must study and face the facts
honestly. (Speech can be broader than race.) Widespread deep denial of what the
social science evidence shows about continuing stereotypes and discrimination (not
just disparities). Critical need for public education. Rich, compelling examples,
anecdotes. (Disseminate background documents to provide statistics.) Acknowledge
the here-and-now socioeconomic and attitudinal legacy of discrimination; call on
Congress to fund the budget request. But discrimination, past or present, is not an
explanation for every disadvantage or disparity. The limits of race. Promising
practices to transcend prejudice and dismantle stereotypes.
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�3. Opportunity Agenda
Rebuilding the opportunity engine for One America in the New Economy. Use three
issues to interweave themes of community; national identity; education excellence;
personal responsibility. Issue (1): Bilingual education. Immigration heritage.
California ballot initiative. Substantial division of opinion among educators. Useful
research evidence not broadly known. Ambivalence within Hispanic and Asian
communities. Issue implicates identity and community themes of One America. Tied
to K-12 excellence, and to opportunity. Tied to personal and family responsibility.
Breaks out of the black-white paradigm. Significant Federal role, through both
education and civil rights statutes. Issue (2): Education of poor children. As bad as
poverty is, concentrated poverty produces special difficulties and is a particular
affliction for racial minorities. (Cite data.) And nowhere is this more evident and
tragic than in many of our high-poverty urban and rural schools. Take on the cultural
pathology question; distinguish conservative "pathology" critique from Clintonesque
"responsibility" theme. How do we get out of it? Describe several pieces, including
high expectations and accountability for everyone in the system. Issue (3): Higher Education. Opportunity as fundamental right; defend inclusion; cite progress, and cite
the risks of backsliding. College opportunity as an increasingly critical gateway.
Selective college admissions can't turn back to the 1950s. Affirmative action is one
tool: mend it, don't end it. But the heat pf the debate has obscured some important
issues. What's the mission of higher ed. What is merit? Why is inclusion (properly
pursued) an ingredient of excellence, rather than in conflict with excellence? Fix the
pipeline too, as mentioned earlier, but meanwhile keep the doors open.
Promising Practices and Soldiers for Justice
Building bridges to connect people across lines of color and class is not rocket
science; it's harder than rocket science. (1) But we have a lot of promising practices
for on how to do it. Happening all over the country. Describe some critical do's and
don'ts. Give examples. Propose an on-going award program modeled after Malcolm
Baldridge awards and the Kennedy School/Ford Foundation "Innovations in State and
Local Government" program. Program to be a public-private venture, jointly funded
with Federal funds (perhaps through the DOJ Community Relations Service or the
U.S. Civil Rights Commission) and foundation/corporate funds. (2) This is about
more than programs, its also about leaders and service and civic engagement. We
need not only the promising ideas, but also a cadre of Soldiers for Justice (MLK
allusion) who will work in their communities and institutions to build One America.
Examples of individuals. Propose recruiting and preparing this core of new leaders
for this generation. If each Member of Congress nominates 20 constituents, we'd
have 10,000 soldiers who would learn and use the promising practices.
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Michael Waldman
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<p>Michael Waldman was Assistant to the President and Director of Speechwriting from 1995-1999. His responsibilities were writing and editing nearly 2,000 speeches, which included four State of the Union speeches and two Inaugural Addresses. From 1993 -1995 he served as Special Assistant to the President for Policy Coordination.</p>
<p>The collection generally consists of copies of speeches and speech drafts, talking points, memoranda, background material, correspondence, reports, handwritten notes, articles, clippings, and presidential schedules. A large volume of this collection was for the State of the Union speeches. Many of the speech drafts are heavily annotated with additions or deletions. There are a lot of articles and clippings in this collection.</p>
<p>Due to the size of this collection it has been divided into two segments. Use links below for access to the individual segments:<br /><a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=43&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=2006-0469-F+Segment+1">Segment One</a><br /><a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=43&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=2006-0469-F+Segment+2">Segment Two</a></p>
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1993-1999
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