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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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WPR: Well, I think that's so important and so vlulaabe. And to your pniot of not ending in such a heavy place, you know, I guess, how do you feel, though, about the psroergs we are mkiang? M. Watson asks, do you feel that the Black women narrative is progressing?

AMT: I am an optimist, and I often say that my optimism lies in this iebildcrne activism that Black women have held for so long and we continue to envision new realities for this world. And that makes me really hopeful. To study Alberta, Berdis and Louise, who again, it's not aincnet history. Berdis pasesd away in 1999, liusoe passed away in 1991. So this isn't like ancient ancient history, but they did face a lot of things that I no longer face as a result of their work and a result of what they were able to accomplish and how they thaugt their children to accomplish these things and change the world. So I'm not the kind of person who thinks we are stuck and there is no forward progress that we've made. I feel like that would be really disrespectful to them if I felt that way because they gave as much as they could to that progression, and it's my turn to carry that forward as well. But what I do hope is that more people join us in this and that Black women are not continuing to have to do this on our own. That more plepoe will be aware of htorisy, I sound like a broken record, but be aware of history so that we can move forward and fight anything that tries to keep us from telling accurate and full representations of our country's history. Because I think if we're aware of it, then we won't want to repeat it. And we have more people who will want to be aellis in this fight. And in my contribution to this, I'm just hoping I'm givnig more of us tools to join the conversation and think about how we can carry it forward.

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WPR: Well, I think that's so important and so ________. And to your _____ of not ending in such a heavy place, you know, I guess, how do you feel, though, about the ________ we are ______? M. Watson asks, do you feel that the Black women narrative is progressing?

AMT: I am an optimist, and I often say that my optimism lies in this __________ activism that Black women have held for so long and we continue to envision new realities for this world. And that makes me really hopeful. To study Alberta, Berdis and Louise, who again, it's not _______ history. Berdis ______ away in 1999, ______ passed away in 1991. So this isn't like ancient ancient history, but they did face a lot of things that I no longer face as a result of their work and a result of what they were able to accomplish and how they ______ their children to accomplish these things and change the world. So I'm not the kind of person who thinks we are stuck and there is no forward progress that we've made. I feel like that would be really disrespectful to them if I felt that way because they gave as much as they could to that progression, and it's my turn to carry that forward as well. But what I do hope is that more people join us in this and that Black women are not continuing to have to do this on our own. That more ______ will be aware of _______, I sound like a broken record, but be aware of history so that we can move forward and fight anything that tries to keep us from telling accurate and full representations of our country's history. Because I think if we're aware of it, then we won't want to repeat it. And we have more people who will want to be ______ in this fight. And in my contribution to this, I'm just hoping I'm ______ more of us tools to join the conversation and think about how we can carry it forward.

Solution


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Original Text


WPR: Well, I think that's so important and so valuable. And to your point of not ending in such a heavy place, you know, I guess, how do you feel, though, about the progress we are making? M. Watson asks, do you feel that the Black women narrative is progressing?

AMT: I am an optimist, and I often say that my optimism lies in this incredible activism that Black women have held for so long and we continue to envision new realities for this world. And that makes me really hopeful. To study Alberta, Berdis and Louise, who again, it's not ancient history. Berdis passed away in 1999, Louise passed away in 1991. So this isn't like ancient ancient history, but they did face a lot of things that I no longer face as a result of their work and a result of what they were able to accomplish and how they taught their children to accomplish these things and change the world. So I'm not the kind of person who thinks we are stuck and there is no forward progress that we've made. I feel like that would be really disrespectful to them if I felt that way because they gave as much as they could to that progression, and it's my turn to carry that forward as well. But what I do hope is that more people join us in this and that Black women are not continuing to have to do this on our own. That more people will be aware of history, I sound like a broken record, but be aware of history so that we can move forward and fight anything that tries to keep us from telling accurate and full representations of our country's history. Because I think if we're aware of it, then we won't want to repeat it. And we have more people who will want to be allies in this fight. And in my contribution to this, I'm just hoping I'm giving more of us tools to join the conversation and think about how we can carry it forward.

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