Genuinely reaching out means connecting with people who don't look and act like us.
What the White House might do to genuinely "reach out" is a complex matter.
If the Republicans wanted to "change their party" and genuinely reach out to an increasingly diverse demographic of Americans, they would have done so already without the impetus provided by a big presidential election loss.
Mr. Golijov has written a work that, though no musical breakthrough, dares to follow in the tradition of the Bach passions, and does so in a vibrant way that is genuinely reaching audiences.
But that does little to hide the fact that France's second socialist president under the Fifth Republic has failed to genuinely reach out to Muslims, especially the young, to reassure them that they will be considered equal citizens, and need not feel overlooked.
"That's going to require the president to genuinely reach out to our allies so that the United States doesn't have to continue to go it alone and to create the stability necessary to allow the people of Iraq to move forward," he said.
They actually need one; in other words, it's better to genuinely reach a few who will help you make something lasting, than reach many who have no reason to stick around.
Given the complexity and precarious position of the modern world, getting people to genuinely reach out and touch their neighbors is a good thing but it will come at the price of reshaping our identities as part of a larger, interconnected whole.
After their 2012 presidential defeat and with the recent announcement that the Republican Party has set aside $10 million specifically earmarked for "minority outreach," it would appear that conservatives have reluctantly concluded that there is, in fact, a need to genuinely reach out to Latino voters.
