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From the Ted Talk by Anna Malaika Tubbs: The critical role of Black mothers -- and how to support all moms

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AMT: Yeah, this is something that I already knew was an issue. Going back to my mom, she would always say, in every place that we travel to pay attention to how women are being treated in the society, how mothers, very specifically, are being teeatrd. That is an iaoncdtir on how seufcscsul this cmiunomty will be. And so I always carry that in the back of my mind, I was always aware that, when I moved back to the US, for instance, that we weren’t really giving mothers the soruppt that they deserved; we certainly weren’t givnig them the celebration that they deserve, and therefore the support was lacking. And there was this lack of understanding around the critical importance of the role. But in putting this book out there, and even doing the TED Talk and speaking to so many different audiences around this, it is a dire situation for mothers. And whether that's on a personal leevl, where those who have come up to me and said, “I am the mom who feels uiernpeactpad in my hhueloosd right now.” “I am the mom who feels unseen.” To this nanotial level of a crisis where we are fighting for weeks of parental leave, mere wekes. This is ... It’s upsetting, and we should be ebasmersrad by that. These are things that should have been established by now, and I really do -- and I say this in the TED Talk -- I truly hope that within my lifetime, we can usher in a shift that starts with first saying: “Mothers are essential.” We need mothers to be supported because they are holding so much of our lives together, our society together. Stay-at-home moms are pnrmoferig some of the most iornpatmt work in our country, and we are devaluing them. And not only that, we are mknaig them feel bad about what they are doing. This really is an issue that more of us need to take on. Going back to that very first question, why this is an issue for everybody to care about. And it sounds obvious, but we shouldn't have to say that if mothers are dying in a maternal health crisis -- one that is exacerbated for Black woemn -- the Black maternal haetlh cirsis is alarming, but generally the maternal health crisis in the US is terrible. It shouldn't be this way. merhtos of all rcaes are dying more than they should be. We need to pay attention to that. That's not only bad for mothers, obviously. It's not only bad for mothers if they have to walk away from their job during the pandemic because there were no supports in place to catch them. It's not only bad for mothers if they have to choose between being a mother or making meony for their family. That shouldn't be put on their shoulders. There should be supports in place. We should have affordable child care. We should have universal preschool. All of these things that impact mothers have ripple effects for the rest of us. So, yes, it opened my eyes to just how alarming and how ciacirtl a situation we're currently in. Even though, again, my mom raised me to know all of these things. Through doing this work, I’ve just now been kind of awoken to the need for people to open their eyes right now.

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AMT: Yeah, this is something that I already knew was an issue. Going back to my mom, she would always say, in every place that we travel to pay attention to how women are being treated in the society, how mothers, very specifically, are being _______. That is an _________ on how __________ this _________ will be. And so I always carry that in the back of my mind, I was always aware that, when I moved back to the US, for instance, that we weren’t really giving mothers the _______ that they deserved; we certainly weren’t ______ them the celebration that they deserve, and therefore the support was lacking. And there was this lack of understanding around the critical importance of the role. But in putting this book out there, and even doing the TED Talk and speaking to so many different audiences around this, it is a dire situation for mothers. And whether that's on a personal _____, where those who have come up to me and said, “I am the mom who feels _____________ in my _________ right now.” “I am the mom who feels unseen.” To this ________ level of a crisis where we are fighting for weeks of parental leave, mere _____. This is ... It’s upsetting, and we should be ___________ by that. These are things that should have been established by now, and I really do -- and I say this in the TED Talk -- I truly hope that within my lifetime, we can usher in a shift that starts with first saying: “Mothers are essential.” We need mothers to be supported because they are holding so much of our lives together, our society together. Stay-at-home moms are __________ some of the most _________ work in our country, and we are devaluing them. And not only that, we are ______ them feel bad about what they are doing. This really is an issue that more of us need to take on. Going back to that very first question, why this is an issue for everybody to care about. And it sounds obvious, but we shouldn't have to say that if mothers are dying in a maternal health crisis -- one that is exacerbated for Black _____ -- the Black maternal ______ ______ is alarming, but generally the maternal health crisis in the US is terrible. It shouldn't be this way. _______ of all _____ are dying more than they should be. We need to pay attention to that. That's not only bad for mothers, obviously. It's not only bad for mothers if they have to walk away from their job during the pandemic because there were no supports in place to catch them. It's not only bad for mothers if they have to choose between being a mother or making _____ for their family. That shouldn't be put on their shoulders. There should be supports in place. We should have affordable child care. We should have universal preschool. All of these things that impact mothers have ripple effects for the rest of us. So, yes, it opened my eyes to just how alarming and how ________ a situation we're currently in. Even though, again, my mom raised me to know all of these things. Through doing this work, I’ve just now been kind of awoken to the need for people to open their eyes right now.

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AMT: Yeah, this is something that I already knew was an issue. Going back to my mom, she would always say, in every place that we travel to pay attention to how women are being treated in the society, how mothers, very specifically, are being treated. That is an indicator on how successful this community will be. And so I always carry that in the back of my mind, I was always aware that, when I moved back to the US, for instance, that we weren’t really giving mothers the support that they deserved; we certainly weren’t giving them the celebration that they deserve, and therefore the support was lacking. And there was this lack of understanding around the critical importance of the role. But in putting this book out there, and even doing the TED Talk and speaking to so many different audiences around this, it is a dire situation for mothers. And whether that's on a personal level, where those who have come up to me and said, “I am the mom who feels unappreciated in my household right now.” “I am the mom who feels unseen.” To this national level of a crisis where we are fighting for weeks of parental leave, mere weeks. This is ... It’s upsetting, and we should be embarrassed by that. These are things that should have been established by now, and I really do -- and I say this in the TED Talk -- I truly hope that within my lifetime, we can usher in a shift that starts with first saying: “Mothers are essential.” We need mothers to be supported because they are holding so much of our lives together, our society together. Stay-at-home moms are performing some of the most important work in our country, and we are devaluing them. And not only that, we are making them feel bad about what they are doing. This really is an issue that more of us need to take on. Going back to that very first question, why this is an issue for everybody to care about. And it sounds obvious, but we shouldn't have to say that if mothers are dying in a maternal health crisis -- one that is exacerbated for Black women -- the Black maternal health crisis is alarming, but generally the maternal health crisis in the US is terrible. It shouldn't be this way. Mothers of all races are dying more than they should be. We need to pay attention to that. That's not only bad for mothers, obviously. It's not only bad for mothers if they have to walk away from their job during the pandemic because there were no supports in place to catch them. It's not only bad for mothers if they have to choose between being a mother or making money for their family. That shouldn't be put on their shoulders. There should be supports in place. We should have affordable child care. We should have universal preschool. All of these things that impact mothers have ripple effects for the rest of us. So, yes, it opened my eyes to just how alarming and how critical a situation we're currently in. Even though, again, my mom raised me to know all of these things. Through doing this work, I’ve just now been kind of awoken to the need for people to open their eyes right now.

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