When I say "Ain't I", best believe that I'm NOT talking about Yung L.A. I'm talking about Sojourner Truth and her infamous speech "Ain't I A Woman?" at the Women's Rights Convention in 1851. She basically stated that though she was indeed a woman, she wasn't treated as other non-African American women and men were. No one treated her like a lady by doing anything nice for her, and anything a man could do, she could too!!
Here's a excerpt of what she had to say:
"....Then that little man in black there, he says women can't have as much rights as men, 'cause Christ wasn't a woman! Where did your Christ come from? Where did your Christ come from? From God and a woman! Man had nothing to do with Him.
If the first woman God ever made was strong enough to turn the world upside down all alone, these women together ought to be able to turn it back , and get it right side up again! And now they is asking to do it, the men better let them.
Obliged to you for hearing me, and now old Sojourner ain't got nothing more to say. "
....AND I KNOW THAT'S RIGHT!!!
(Excerpt from: Feminist.com) *Inspired by a class reading
"....Then that little man in black there, he says women can't have as much rights as men, 'cause Christ wasn't a woman! Where did your Christ come from? Where did your Christ come from? From God and a woman! Man had nothing to do with Him.
If the first woman God ever made was strong enough to turn the world upside down all alone, these women together ought to be able to turn it back , and get it right side up again! And now they is asking to do it, the men better let them.
Obliged to you for hearing me, and now old Sojourner ain't got nothing more to say. "
....AND I KNOW THAT'S RIGHT!!!
(Excerpt from: Feminist.com) *Inspired by a class reading
No comments:
Post a Comment
What do you think? I wanna hear...