Melania Trump says racism is a 'harsh reality' in the history of the United States

First Lady of United States, Melania Trump, in her address to Republican National Convention on August 25 made a passionate plea to Americans to re-elect her husband, President Donald Trump. PTI quoted her saying, “Like all of you, I have reflected on racial unrest in our country. It is a harsh reality that we are t proud of parts of our history. I encour people to focus on our future while still learning from our past”. This was first time when First Lady made a major reference to socio-political unrest created in country following death of African-American man George Floyd in Minneapolis in May.

First Lady talks about racial discrimination

Talking about racial discrimination, Melania reportedly said, it is a harsh reality in history of United States and "we are t proud of parts of our history”. Melania mentioned racial discrimination in her speech when citizens of US have been enrd with killing of an unarmed black man in Wisconsin. According to reports by international media, Jacob Blake had been attempting to solve a quarrel between two women when he was shot 7 times. This horrific incident outrd citizens as y came down to streets to protest. While speaking to international media, Blake’s far said that police officers shot my son seven times like he didn’t matter. Jacob Blake Sr. furr added that his son ‘matters’. 

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During convention, Melania spoke about her immigrant story as she said that becoming an American citizen in 2006 was one of proudest moments of her life. Melania was born in Slovenia. PTI quotes Melania saying, “I arrived in United States when I was 26 years old. Living and working in land of opportunity was a dream come true, but I wanted more. I wanted to be a citizen. After ten years of paperwork and patience I studied for test in 2006 and became an American citizen”. She furr added, “It is still one of proudest moments in my life because, with hard work and determination, I was able to achieve my own American dream. As an immigrant and a very independent woman, I understand what a privilege it is to live here and to enjoy freedoms and opportunities that we have”. 

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According to reports by PTI, Melania is second first lady born outside United States. first was Louisa Adams. Urging American citizens to re-elect her husband, Melania was quoted saying, “He's first president to address a special session of United Nations General Assembly to call upon countries across world to end religious persecution and hour right of every person to worship as y choose. He has made substantial investments in our historically black colleges and universities”. 

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