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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: Great ________, and there are levels to this. I would say definitely understanding the history of how Black women have been treated is very important. So again, it's a _________ plug, but read the book. I talk about not only these three women, but again many of the _____ that I had, one of them also was to explain tropes like the mammy and the matriarch trope and the Jezebel trope and the "welfare queen" and the strong Black woman _____. What all of these have meant in American history and what their intention was. And that is to say that anything Black women were dealing with was their own fault. That, with the mammy trope, that we didn't _______ ___________ to be compensated for work that we were doing, that we deserved to stay within domestic work and that we shouldn't necessarily be paid what that work was worth because we liked it and we were happy to be the _____. The Aunt Jemima, who was smiling and wanted to do, you know, ______ to serve her white family more than her own. The matriarch trope that Black families have been separated from each other, not because of systems that have made it so that -- you know, mass incarceration or so many other things that I can mention, but instead because Black women were emasculating their men. Or the Jezebel trope that justified sexual violence against Black _____ because that's what Black women wanted, they were more promiscuous. Even the "welfare _____," saying Black women are having children just to make money. So you have to understand this is a very long, ugly, painful history that we are dealing with as Black women day in and day out. And when ______ don’t get that those are the burdens we are _______, _____ and centuries of being told that everything that's _________ to you, the pain you're going through, is because of you and not because of policies we've voted for or the ways in which we kept you from being elected or even being able to run for office or even vote. That's where it really begins. Take the time as much as you can to know how we've gotten to where it is right now and then to really have a moment where you fully appreciate the incredible resistance of Black women and the ways in which we've continued to create life, despite the ways that people have tried to rob it from us. And the vision behind what _____ women have been able to accomplish, what they have imagined for this world because we can't accept the situation as it is right now because that __________ us. But we have pushed this nation forward to our ______ in __________ ways. It's not only Stacey ______ in Georgia, it's a long, long _______ of Black women saying, "We don't agree with the system as it is now. So here is how we're going to help you see the world and the possibilities from our perspective." And you look at American history from that angle, and it is powerful. There is nothing like it. And therefore, you better __________ why we should _____ more Black women, why we should vote for them to help usher our country and continue to do it. But with even more support and even more backing, because without that backing, without that support, when Black women have been erased and misrecognized, ______________, we have still created incredible change. So now we're asking that we be heard, we be listened to, and that our energy no longer be spent on explaining how we got here, but instead on how we can do whatever is next and whatever is possible. So it’s kind of a ___________ of try to learn our history, support us as leaders, put those tools in our _____ as much as possible. _____ us, hear us, believe us, and also stop _______ our time on the need to explain the _____ when that's work that we can do on our own. That kind of brings me full circle to my ________ being around I didn't reach out to the family until I'd done my part. So, yeah, I mean, even attending a conversation like this is part of doing your part, so kudos to you all. We're all real ________ _____.

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AMT: Great question, and there are levels to this. I would say definitely understanding the history of how Black women have been treated is very important. So again, it's a shameless plug, but read the book. I talk about not only these three women, but again many of the goals that I had, one of them also was to explain tropes like the mammy and the matriarch trope and the Jezebel trope and the "welfare queen" and the strong Black woman trope. What all of these have meant in American history and what their intention was. And that is to say that anything Black women were dealing with was their own fault. That, with the mammy trope, that we didn't deserve necessarily to be compensated for work that we were doing, that we deserved to stay within domestic work and that we shouldn't necessarily be paid what that work was worth because we liked it and we were happy to be the mammy. The Aunt Jemima, who was smiling and wanted to do, you know, wanted to serve her white family more than her own. The matriarch trope that Black families have been separated from each other, not because of systems that have made it so that -- you know, mass incarceration or so many other things that I can mention, but instead because Black women were emasculating their men. Or the Jezebel trope that justified sexual violence against Black women because that's what Black women wanted, they were more promiscuous. Even the "welfare queen," saying Black women are having children just to make money. So you have to understand this is a very long, ugly, painful history that we are dealing with as Black women day in and day out. And when people don’t get that those are the burdens we are holding, years and centuries of being told that everything that's happening to you, the pain you're going through, is because of you and not because of policies we've voted for or the ways in which we kept you from being elected or even being able to run for office or even vote. That's where it really begins. Take the time as much as you can to know how we've gotten to where it is right now and then to really have a moment where you fully appreciate the incredible resistance of Black women and the ways in which we've continued to create life, despite the ways that people have tried to rob it from us. And the vision behind what Black women have been able to accomplish, what they have imagined for this world because we can't accept the situation as it is right now because that dehumanize us. But we have pushed this nation forward to our vision in incredible ways. It's not only Stacey Abrams in Georgia, it's a long, long history of Black women saying, "We don't agree with the system as it is now. So here is how we're going to help you see the world and the possibilities from our perspective." And you look at American history from that angle, and it is powerful. There is nothing like it. And therefore, you better understand why we should elect more Black women, why we should vote for them to help usher our country and continue to do it. But with even more support and even more backing, because without that backing, without that support, when Black women have been erased and misrecognized, misrepresented, we have still created incredible change. So now we're asking that we be heard, we be listened to, and that our energy no longer be spent on explaining how we got here, but instead on how we can do whatever is next and whatever is possible. So it’s kind of a combination of try to learn our history, support us as leaders, put those tools in our hands as much as possible. Trust us, hear us, believe us, and also stop wasting our time on the need to explain the extra when that's work that we can do on our own. That kind of brings me full circle to my research being around I didn't reach out to the family until I'd done my part. So, yeah, I mean, even attending a conversation like this is part of doing your part, so kudos to you all. We're all real starting today.

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