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Greetings and salutations women are more than a sum of our reproductive parts women are force a powerful and Strategic Group a group that the route history was seen as such a threat to the massage mystic male dominated environment that womens rights were stripped we were treated like 2nd class citizens and public and even in our own homes but the year 2020 with all of its ups and downs gives time to pay homage to and celebrate one of the greatest victories american women have achieved gaining the right to vote 100 years ago on august 18th 1020 the 19th amendment to the Us Constitution was ratified and the largest expansion of democracy in American History came as a result of the 19th amendment this is a story here of its internal celebration also brings to light other factors related to voter rights. The battle for the white house is set with president Donald Trumps Reelection Campaign explicitly working to not only limit diverse voter turnout but to deconstruct voter platforms from long lines and closing poll stations to Voting Machines not even working and trumps full scale assault all mail in voting the 19th amendment and the fight for voters rights is alive and well on tuesday former Vice President and 2020 democratic president ial nominee joe biden made history by announcing his running mate us in there. Harris is the 1st black Vice President ial candidate in u. S. History but even though harris is more than qualified for the role shes facing backlash the kind that is typically only reserved for women women for whom ambition is seen as a bad word and strength is seen as unladylike harris is also taking fire for her race shes even being slut shamed with fox news host Tucker Carlson implying that harris slept her way to the top and that her success is largely dependent on the men shes dated a sneer that isnt new fox news darling and favorite conservative voice tom miller in made the same comments a year ago but apologized after her colleagues called her out these types of attacks on women have historically kept many from running for office in the 1st place because females are often hill to a very different standard than men. At the intersection of womens rights and a world all too eager to file it its time we start watching the hawks. If you want to know whats going on a city in the street you want to. Undersell youd like to see the top prizes joyce state and City Employees roll strace mass graves suggest slaves systemic deception is to late show which days i went to some pretty good job as. A welcome one to watching the hawks i am tired and im a music rock and joining us now are on a lemon executive director of the womens suffrage some time your commission and patricia work the executive director and c. E. O. Of turning Point Suffragist Memorial Association thank you both for coming on its an author have a new. Beginning here. In the 19th amendment is a very important part of American History and womens right to vote is particularly bible with women being the largest demographic in america something we should all be excited and celebrating but how did we get here and whats the significance of the 19th amendment centennial in 2020 when we know that this might be one of the most consequential elections of our time. That you want to take that with. Well. I believe that this is history in the making there have been other milestones in the Suffrage Movement to 50 years to 75 year history but this here is just. The 100 here anniversary people are taking notice at our organization we like to say that the Separation Movement is the best kept secret in American History by doing presentations all over the country and i speak just sawzall individuals at all ages and most of them never heard anything about the movement so this. Here being the 100th anniversary is particularly poignant because i guess 100 years just means more then any other major milestone and so the whole movement is getting a lot 7 of recognition. And history is there is a lot of the peeling back of an onion so to speak of information that has not been widespread in its way past time so its very exciting. On your the some projects are historically showcased throughout history you know as white women what i want to ask you if you can what was the role of black women Voting Rights in the history of this movement and why is it consistently stated that the 19th amendment ensured all women Voting Rights acts as one of fact you know black women face significant barriers to vote and even with the passage of the one to the moment how has that been changed over the years and and how is it gotten better. Thats a big question so. You know the history of the 1000 amendment its a long history and a complicated history and particularly when it comes to regulations so the Suffrage Movement had deep ties to the Abolition Movement the original suffragettes were women who were already motivated they were already activated and they were fighting against slavery in the United States and thats really where the Suffrage Movement again but then there is a big rift in the at the start of the movement over the 14th and 15th amendments and womens exclusion from those amendments and thats really where the problems began and so you have some white stuff or just who work very hard to secure the right to vote for all women and you have other white stuff or just who dont do that at all and who in fact gaijin very exclusionary and discriminatory. And prejudiced behavior to try to secure the food for themselves and that will ripped out the Suffrage Movement and then with the passage of the 19th amendment in 1020. 00 this incredible. Just very proud moment for one and unfortunately what in the pap and in it is that women of color are very much excluded from the way that the 1000 amendment is then put into place throughout the country and so native american women because citizenship was denied to native women and still 1924 native american women couldnt vote in the United States and then you had chinese american women same story citizenship was denied to chinese american women not able to vote until much later black women of course face a particularly unique set. Prejudices and an access to the ballot because of jim crow laws in the south the same laws that were already impacting men in the south black men once the 19th amendment passes that doesnt protect black women and so those black women are then facing the same set of exclusionary prejudiced and discriminatory obstacles to the ballot so what we know its saying is that the 1000 amendment is an incredibly important chapter in with story american democracy but its not the only chapter and for women of color the story continues for being on linked. Ive got indeed laid that out perfectly i think to really summed up what that struggle has been and how important now its no importance we havent. Ever tricia weve made progress but we also have to look at the fact that some of that progress has been hampered by a lot of things that measure that progress with the way to where we currently are women make up only 23. 7 percent of congress only 7. 4 percent of legislators are women. This november 32000 trains people could be turned away at polls because of the lack of an id to vote what does all of this mean for the legacy of the 19th amendment. Unfortunately Voter Suppression is alive and well here we see it state by state we saw it happening it happening in georgia when stacy abrams was running running for governor i mean its it is there it is just one of those things that we have to say i mean its very very unfortunate i would like to think that what im seeing is women just dont give up i agree with everything that ana said earlier about what happened in so far as africanamerican women during this Suffrage Movement and that racism there permeated that entire movement but they never gave up they formed separate organizations and they never gave up they just kept working and working in working. In the early part of the 20th century teenager africanamerican sororities were 4 of the out the cap alphas and the Delta Sigma Theta sorority and 100 years later at least 2. Africanamerican sorority still what is a major things that they deal with a year after here are Voting Rights and so even though there has been this suppression we just have to keep working at it and fighting to try to over take it and i think that theyre one of the things that has been that has been remarkable is seeing that finally women have recognized that they are capable of running for office Winning Office and doing a wonderful job being wonderful leaders and i think my presence just to sticks out if you ask the man if he wants to run for office will say ok sure no problem but if you ask the women one until say well i dont know if im qualified i have to think about this a while and i you know ill get back to you on that and they dont just jump into it but i. Think that women are being encouraged i think youll see across the country states now have organizations to help train women on how to run for office i know we have that in the state of virginia where ringback i live and im really happy to see it because its my personal opinion that even if we had totally equal number gender wise of elected officials why its important is because even though the end result might be the same women have a different perspective on things than men do and so its important to have the full perspective of the issue before you vote on it and once again we may get to the same conclusive and of of an issue but we need to have the perspective of both genders the because we dont think alike i have a wonderful husband and live free and a lot but we dont get to that end result the same way very frequently today i have to say but realistically i think if we had far more Women Leaders represented in this country we would not be in the dire straits that we are into bay in many different areas of this country i want to ask you both you can go 1st but how will the female vote impact the 2020 election i mean there was a lot of focus on the president ial but you also of the son of your bahamas you have other part of races locally that are up for grabs that well on a how do you think the female vote is going to play this year. But i know what i would say about that. Women are amazing right and mean show and used throughout the stuff originally and ending up and you see women chilling out and i think that. Would have wanted to see especially 100 years after the ratification of the 1900 amendments it doesnt matter what side of the aisle youre on what matters is that you engage in your community that you care about your community and that you work to make this country better. And one of the ways that we can do that is i engage in our democracy and i think its just a beautiful thing to be in this 100. 00 here and to be able to come together as a country i hope in this moment and rally together as americans and stand for something and meaning that something thats here is its new to full story of what it means to be american and of what it means to work towards a more Perfect Union right because thats what the Suffrage Movement represents it represents. Unequivocal power that women have to keep pushing forward and she will work for Something Better and so i think that is worth celebrating this year i could not agree with you more and i want to thank you both so much for the good work that youre doing in keeping the Movement Alive and educating people around the country on the importance of the 19 the moment and what all of those women of all colors did in order to get equality and keeping that fight going to this day thank you so much for joining us once again and a layman the executive director the women suffragists sometime your commission and patricia the executive director of c. E. O. Of turning point suffer just more association thank you so much for both coming on it means the world to us. Thanks for having make you. All right everybody as we go to break remember that you can also start watching the hawks on demand for the brand new portable t. V. App which is a bailable on all platforms all right to download it you ought to yourself all right coming up we look at the cheers and jeers over the selection of kamel harris as democratic nominee joe bidens pick for Vice President you do not want to miss this discussion stay tuned to watch the books. As the u. S. Economy was booming gaining numbers of people when they need us. You can work 40 hours d in a week and still not have enough to get housing everybody believes america still is the lead up to the reality of it is that were not financially quantity and im not going to fall to the mounting living minimum wage give many people new choice you know thats been a problem with the cd you know those turn their backs on the cold who stay way out a little bit. Of the food that there is no answer because yes that requires resources. 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Right welcome back everyone as we honor the 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment and a womans right to vote here in the United States we would be remiss if we didnt take an indepth look at the biggest woman in Politics News of the week and that of course of the selection of former California Attorney general and current u. S. Senator kamel heiress to be joe bidens running mate in the 2020 president ial race in an email to his supporters biden declared quote i need someone who understands that we are in a battle for the soul of this nation and that if were going to get through these crises we need to come together and unite for a better america. Gets that naturally this choice came with the expected amount of cheering support during criticism and crisis hardened indifference that weve come to expect from Major Political announcements here in 2020 of the year where basically everything has come undone so as we head into a week of virtual political conventions in the. Race for the white house that after 2 long years is finally finally actually going to a potentially start lets take a look at the impact criticism and historical significance of the biden harrahs ticket to the big dance and joining our ticket to talk about this to do our activists and professor of American History at George Washington university Brittany Lewis am political analyst dr avis jones the weaver was also a p. H. D. Very good all right thank you both for coming on today. Thanks for having thank you so i want to start how did how does the decision of harris shape the Biden Campaign Going Forward most importantly does it does it secure him votes in november that he wasnt actually going to get before britney wanted to star. Sure you know my comment personal thing you know i got in at night at night a lot of people im a clear head on i have a that i i do believe on with her what is his most. I think it should bidens ability to play politics if you will i think even more miss pressure on him to not only vehicle woman but to get a black woman as. I think to not act and to black women would have been political suicide wacky people specifically black women have been such an important base for the Democratic Party historically and were truly instrumental in getting by in the nomination so you know not for all its specially the more progressive democrats are folks on the left are excited about her but i do still believe that theres a large majority of people who are excited about having her on the ticket and i think that they you know represent politics in opdyke politics and optics that she represents and will let me as a voter base that was not as excited as voting for bite inch as much as they are excited about getting from abu white house. Daughter of us what are your thoughts. Well i definitely believe that she is going to be that x. Factor that will linda to garner greater enthusiasm for this ticket we have seen through all the polling that weve looked at in recent months that biden seems to trounce trump on almost every end to cater imaginable except for enthusiasm and there is no deeper base for the Democratic Party than not only black people but black women specifically and so it made sense to pick kamel harris to be his running mate not just because shes a black woman but i would argue because shes the best person for the job if you look at her performance for example in the intelligence and the judiciary committees if you look at her background being not only elected to the senate but being elected statewide twice which actually is a historic feat in and of itself she brings to this ticket the ability of someone who knows how to campaign she brings to this ticket someone who is a proven fighter and given who they are up against in november we are really truly in a fight for the soul of this nation and they need a fighter on that ticket and i think thats exactly what she brings to bear. At the top of the show i mentioned that theres been a lot of criticism over paris as a pick what do you feel this criticism is about and should she how should she answer or that is she running for d. P. And what is what is unjust about this criticism there been some that have been pointed towards her record as a g. But there are other things that have come that are basically criticizing her race her background and some very personal attacks so im going to start with you dr avis because i know that youre actually going on and youre going to be live later later this evening talking about this and the criticisms and whats whats right and whats wrong about whats coming out about kamalas so you can go ahead take that one. Absolutely so 1st of all the attacks on her ethnicity i would just kind of talk that up to plain ignorance its absolutely ridiculous ok people are parsing sharers between definitions africanamerican and black i understand the difference of that but it seems like to me that a lot of people are assuming theyre trying to charge that shes not black because her father is jamaican not understanding that dynamics apparently of the triangle slave trade and the fact that africans were dispersed all around the americas and the caribbean and who we are is based on where the boats docked so the fact that her father is an immigrant fortune from jamaica does not make her any less black then i am given that my ancestors were dropped off here in north america versus jamaica so i just feel like thats just such a ridiculous argument that i hate that i have to waste time talking about it but its complete ignorance with regards to other issues were guarding her criminal justice background i do believe that she i would love to see her on have a speech where she specifically talks about her background in terms of her role as District Attorney and attorney general in california because she has a lot that she can talk about yes there were some things that were very controversial she said address them directly there were some allegations that i believe were just plain wrong and mischaracterized she needs to address those directly i believe that when ever charges are made you cannot just let them linger out there you have to specifically speak to them so she can speak to the fact that she was the 1st d. A. In the whole nation to come up with a specific Reentry Program that would divert people from going to jail and instead get them there is that have been some they need to be able to go back into society and thrive so you can talk about how our very own controversal system. A program that had to do with truancy actually lead to more children actually being able to go to school and provide support services for parents who are really living on the brink i mean theres a lot to these stories that i believe have been intense womens characterized and i would like for her to not run away from them all but instead address them frontally and directly and move forward for there to be able to turn her attention to whats going on in 2020 rather than what happened in 1980 and bernie i want to direct part of this question to you because part of the criticism is also what i would consider success you and i both have done pageants in our lives and you are a member of the divine 9 as well a very important Sorority Organizations poor poor africanamericans when we look at amal harris running right now a lot of shade has been thrown in her direction about people who shes dated in the past weve heard the comments from Tucker Carlson about how she slept her way to the top how does a candidate actually react or respond to things like that and should she even have to. Are not human in the head and so i think its deeply problematic in fact that was longer and i dont think theyre better and i have to say of someone whos been a bit critical of her track record levels i still dont think that she is deserving of the criticism that shes getting it specially in relation to her you know her personal life if you will or her you know theyre making attacks on her sexual behaviors and things like that at the end of the day whether i agree with her personal politics or not she has on her spot this is a highly educated woman that has shown a successful track record as a prosecutor and as you know someone in the senate so again i think that the right really they dont how much ground to stand on because she is an excellent v. P. If she does have the resume i think you see this not only with women but with women of color that are running you know trying to rate a Glass Ceiling if you will running into these problematic massaging this attack. Its very unfortunate. You know were running out of time on the show but i think its and its interesting to point out the ultimately you know biden is 77 years old so really you could look at this vote that youre really voting for you know conaway errors because biden is probably only going to be a one term president and i would assume barring anything really insane she would end up being run you know shed and shed end up running in 2024 so really thats where this you know shes in that big it is unfair to go after her sex you know to go after you know issues in her past and things like that her husband or her you know if shes black it up that seems kind of ridiculous i think she does have a history as an a. G. That you definitely could look at and as a boating record as a u. S. Senator but are all up for grabs and all up for critique i want to thank you both for coming on today its truly an honor having you on the talk about this once again that is activists and professor black American History at George Washington versity Britney Lewis and political analyst dr jones the weaver thank you so much for coming on and providing this information to our audience pleasure is truly a pleasure having you on. All right everybody about is our show for you today remember in this world we are not told were loved enough so i tell you all i love you i am tired roman and i let me keep on watching all those hawks out there and have a great day and night everybody. Join me every thursday on the alex simon show and ill be speaking to guests of the world of politics Small Business im show business ill see that. Almost and illegal takeover of the government by a small group. Rather than revolutionaries also just thats. A racial when you have a tiny trip of people who are. 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