It has been 20yrs since she won her case against sexual harassment. More complaints filed on sexual harassment, men are beginning to take it seriously. People know the laws now so they can speak out. She says that there is a disconnect between what happened then and now. We are not where we think we should be. People’s beliefs inspired change and laws against sexism there was an enthusiasm. Which has been lost so which has caused it to stall.
She received the award for the anniversary of Brown vs. Wade board of education because she fought for equality of schools in low income areas. Her concentration is on equality in the work place and for all. She says that:
"Equality is never straight linear mountain things go up and down. More leadership is needed more leaders need to stop sexual harassment it would increase productivity and it would be better to fix the whole thought processes. Not just helping the victims. Zero tolerance means what it says. Getting rid of the people who would cause these types of issues. It doesn't need to stop at filing a complaint."
Now she is working on the concept of integrating other disciplines into the fight against inequality. Like the current forecloses that the effects are long term they aren't going to be isolated. Credit damaged, kids suffer no school.
The rest of her lecture she talks about the meaning that having a home has meant throughout the years with a focus on African American families. I broke it down into the way her speech was structured.
Home is a symbol of culture law policy equality and family. Ideal of home was that they could be accepted into the whites thought of equality. 1880ish they wanted to be accepted.
Then people moved to city 1930. Then to the suburbs which were created in the 1930s. 1950s women were at home while husband worked.
Home: equality. Home is where it starts. T.S. Eliot. Farm ownership had gave the ability to get a home but not keep it. Also wife’s name isn't on deed.
City life wasn't inadequate so they wanted to move to the suburb. A Raisin in the Sun was about blacks wanting to live in the suburbs but meet with hostility. Segregated suburbs 1958 had right to buy property whites had the right to leave.
In the home women were always there cooking and stayed there. Thought if they could work it would mean equality. 1980s the Jefferson wife in home with black maid the idea was that everything changed because they moved to the eastside. New home changed their life everything changed when they moved up. Role of the Home: suburbia divided by government Policy. Black verses White. More income is needed to sustain the large house of today's suburbs. The out pricing of equality the American dream isn't reachable because the stakes have gotten higher. We are becoming more extravagance.
Obama’s wife, Michelle has taken up the cause of changing the childhood obesity epidemic. She is concentrating on children’s health needs. She ask the question: Are we ready to accept a black first family and she points out that Michelle has taken up a traditional role in her choice of political agenda. She ask why can’t she have taking up a cause such as banking or foreign policy.
She closes with the issues that economic strain of the American dream is causing a huge impact. Once you lose your home it’s hard to regain it. Displaced family’s now need to be brought back into their homes. Things need to not only improve but become better. Sustainability of equality needs to be possible. She closes with the statement that things need to be affordable to all.
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