When I was growing up, my parents, in tough times, looked at me and would say to me and my brothers and sister, “honey, it’s gonna be OK.” And they meant it. They meant it. It was gonna be OK.

But some of you cover me, I say, go back to your old neighborhoods. Talk to your contemporaries who aren’t as successful as you’ve been. There are too many people in America — there are too many parents who don’t believe they can look their kid in the eye and say with certitude, “honey, it’s gonna be OK.”

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