Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I tukuna te korero i te Maehe 18, 2008 i te wa o te whakataetae mo te 2008 Democratic Party presidential nomination. I a ia e korero ana i mua i te hunga whakarongo i te National Constitution Center i Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, i whakautu a Obama ki te pikinga o te aro ki nga korero tautohetohe a te Reverend Jeremiah Wright, tana tohunga o mua, a, tae noa ki te wa poto i mua o te korero, he kaiuru i roto i tana
kaupapa. I whakatakotoria e Obama tana whakautu i runga i te take nui ake o te iwi i te United States. I tangohia te taitara o te korero mai i te Whakataunga ki te Ture o te United States. I kōrero a Obama ki ngā kaupapa o ngā taumahatanga ā-iwi, te mana ā-iwi mā,