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Greetings and salutations august 26th is womens equality day in america it was created following a resolution proposed by representative bella as in 1971 and passed by congress 2 years later though this day is celebrated across america its important to understand that we are still a far cry from achieving gender equality today women are equal pay for equal work in a nation that values mill contributions more than their female counterparts in punishes women for daring to work while being moms meanwhile a man can have a house full of kids and still be seen as capable of climbing the ladder. Women overall earn 84 percent for every dollar a man earns black women earn just 0. 62 for every dollar paid to white men and covert 19 has made things worse women are more heavily employed in helping professions in the Service Industry like retail Restaurants Hotels and their lines and those jobs have had the most layoffs and because childcare demands fall more heavily on mothers the ones lucky enough to keep their jobs either were forced to take time off or try to work their positions on nights and weekends to top it all off men are leading the charge to eradicate womens reproductive rights. And turning to politics sexism is once again on the ballot democratic Vice President ial candidate and senator Camilla Harris was dealt the hand of being black and female meanwhile daring to run for high office no racist and talk radio giant Rush Limbaugh appeared in attack on harris in a recent essay from the right wing news outlet the American Spectator saying quote it is no secret but Public Knowledge that comma here is slept her way up into California Political life by being a very public escort and matches for California Democratic kingmaker willie brown amazon was even selling joe in the Hope Campaign t. Shirts. The Civil Rights Movement and activists of present arent immune from sexism either women even in Police Brutality instances black women are also victims but their murders dont get the attention that males do after all were still fighting for justice for Brianna Taylor equality womens rights and the fight against sexism seem never ending its time we start watching the hawks. She wanted was going on a cd you street you want to. Listen to what she says see the prizes joyce state ill see you right mass graves suggests least systemic deception is at least show which. Some pretty tough job as. Well everyone watching the hawks. And i and joining us today to discuss the women and equality were joined by the cohost of boom bust ceremony just to yoko are to you america sports producer Regina Hanley on the professor of africanamerican history at George Washington university Brittany Lewis thank you all 3 for coming on and joining us today for having to have. Well are going to were going to go ahead and get started britney and im going to do a wrap around here so everybody gets to answer this one can womens equality truly be achieved and why is it so hard to move the needle forward on gender equality. You know im going to say yes and im going to say that as long as we continue to fight for it can be achieved but the reality is he is still with us today and we see it and we continue to find it expression with the times so im excited about the progress that were going to continue to me and sarah what do you feel about it do you think that womens equality is moving forward i think it is and i think it has changed but i think it we still have a long way to go unfortunately we still live like britney said in a very Patriarchal Society where you see the women doing majority of housework and that sort of thing of course men are stepping up more but i hope that we are going toward about road at least thats what it seems like and i think to echo what are they saying i think its because we still have this traditional gender roles where men are typically the breadwinner and women are typically the homemaker isnt until we break that and make it where women get equal pay for the same job that a man can do and then the men can be less discouraged from doing housework because theres still a stigma about men that do housework for some strange reason were not going to be able to afford but i think were getting there its just sometimes we feel like were in a slog and we need we dont know how to get out of it i mean i think part of what plays into the slog is you look sexism has been on full display in the 2020 president ial election but we also saw back in 2016 in the president ial election we see a lot of local lections especially. And you know we see it on a regular basis where we see attacks on people like that and other women who hold high levels of positions in our government. You know if its happening at the highest levels of elected service in the United States is there hope for every day women you know and what can the government do to help curb the sexism is still running rampant in our society and i think a lot of it needs to start with the fact that women in power should not be a threat and i think thats where the paycheck he feels threatened is that women are in a position of power we have the decision to be able to make. A wide range of laws for men for so long have the ability to decide what our reproductive rights are rights are what were allowed to do look at title 9 things like that were decided by predominately male lawmakers and i think men are afraid of that power being taken away from them and given to women what we might do which is a war is not equality you you want to have our response whatever we can do why cant you accept the same i think thats where part of the issue lies i think a lot of the problem much like regina said is that you know women are trying we are or more women are and positions of authority now but now everything is of oh shes too bossy or shes its must be hormonal you know we we tend to attack more women then they find it easier the people the audience you know society just finds it easier to attack women and i whether its on looks then they are at work to attack a man and i think its time that you know women accept each other which i am seeing more of which i you know i think its great and its a step forward but i think men to need 2 more men because some are im not going to speak for everyone but more men need to be able to accept and come to terms with me how can the government of the people and for the people truly you know how can the. Government or state local governments help help adjust and fix this issue as im. Sure i am i think the 1st things that we can start is that we need to strengthen our pay Discrimination Laws you know when i look at the paycheck fairness act which is the bill thats been around for nearly 20 years and theres really no good reason that it isnt the law you know women of color are overrepresented among the lowest paid workers and they deserve a raise and we must ring to the federal minimum wage which hasnt changed in nearly a decade. You know legislation like the workers fairness act thats the only act that schedules the work would address the discrimination women pregnant or caregiving and support those that need paid leave and i think that is so important as we go forward. And i have the pleasure of working with these 2 wonderful ladies at the table but i also want to bring this back to something that we have see. That has been showcase for women of color particularly over pretty much generations in this country being silenced in many ways so Briana Taylor is among a long list of women black women who have not received the same type of responses to their deaths as min even blackman weve seen that there are attacks and theres murders across various communities of color in state sanctioned violence and citizens arrest and the bad news that comes from those isnt exactly new but the way that male storys a male tragedies are elevated is not done the same way for females in there hasnt been a point in history where women also havent suffered we can go back to lynchings most people know that black men were lynched but there is that much showcased about the black women in the black children there were also lynch so it makes people think that you know there was a softening when it came to women which is absolutely not the case what it was how can we move into a society that actually elevates and pays more attention when women particularly women of color. Well i think its its already like i said i think theres a lot of work that were still doing but bringing attention i think to to women and women of color because you know theyre still were still struggling like you said taylor did not get the same type of attention that george of course protests brought light to what happened in awareness the officers got fired but still there was not enough done and what society does is they try to look at the background to tailor what it would achieve do she must have a criminal record actually you know she was a stellar citizen an e. M. T. You know it just it really it really is triggering to to see that nothing has been done you know Something Like this in such a tragedy happens a loss of life especially somebody comes into my house with normal clothes and not you know warning that theyre a Police Officer they have the right to defend themselves with a gun so it was such a tragedy and still that nothing has been done it is just mind blowing and the fact that its like sarah said we always investigate that. Background its 0 is 0 well if you look at grapes for example among women its always what she wearing what is she doing why does that matter a crime took place Brianna Taylor was murdered. What else can that why do we have to investigate her character and defame her character as trying to justify what happened its wrong and you know feminism as a whole is you know a dirty word for the nobody likes has come a long way but if we look really in the past like you said in the black then minutes were not entirely included in the seventys in that movement and hopefully we can bring it together as an inclusive black women women of color with minority women and trans women into that conversation as well hopefully one day in the future but when it comes to crimes especially the murders of black trans women as well they are not investigated enough and often they go unsolved its a shame for their families absolutely and britney im going to bring you into this as well because i know personally you lost your sister to Domestic Violence and when we talk about you know that situation particularly around the fact that her murder did not actually serve real time at all when we talk about things like that were still working to get the violence against women act reauthorized there are so many cases where we just see that people do not care when these violent acts happen against women what are some of your comments. Yes absolutely i mean i think you touched on a number of excellent points and i think one of the major issues here even within the Africanamerican Community is understanding that there is layers of oppression and we are a part of a matrix of domination where we suffer not only gender discrimination but regional discrimination and i think its a result oftentimes you know under the language of reality where in the reason why people are talking about her spoke saying well you know work and were not trying to compete why are you trying to divide the africanamerican or the black community and i think whats really important here is that we need to understand were not trying to compete lets say with or exploit story were trying to complete the story right and i think that until we stop this from blaming until we start actually caring about the lives of black women and take away the strong black woman slope were going to continue to be fighting against this issue i want to ask you what what do you do bertie what do you feel is the biggest thing that men get wrong when talking about equality for women and feminism and things of that nature in your experience what do you feel is the 1st thing that men get wrong when they when they comment on these issues. I think its a its a lack of education on the topic to be quite frank i dont know how many men are taking the time to pick up a book and genuinely read about feminism to understand that it has to do with women a womans ability to choose i also think there is quite a bit of victim blaming there well you know if she wasnt wearing this or if she didnt say that work shes not prioritizing the correct thing so again i truly believe that its a lack of education combined with going. Reginas so what do you feel is the 1st thing going to get wrong when you try to have these discussions about you know equal you know equal rights and gender rights i think it definitely comes down to you know the victim blaming as well but also they dont really they think its that women who want equal rights who are. Proponents of feminism hate men and thats not true its not were not hating men were hating the picture across society that has oppressed women and thats what a lot of women want men to understand is we dont hate you not all men are bad were trying to get you to understand what has been wrong for us and correct that justice i think weve all mentioned here occasion an understanding do they ever do men ever actually say if i were a woman what would that be like how different would my life be if i were a woman if i were you know if i were being discriminated against for my gender for my race if i were you know a minority woman what would that be like what kind of challenges what i face but now theres a lot of victim blaming like regina said men hate you know women hate men and thats not as a whole and also probably add to the argument that the minutes are trying to be mean so the idea for many people is bad for many males is that youre taking something away from them now that youre pushing for equal rights and i dont know what in the mans mind makes that elementally go there but the idea that you are somehow reducing them by wanting to have equality you know i learned a lot and thank you for sharing all that with us in the audience today that truly means a walk once again brittany were genius or a pleasure. To talk to both thank you so much. All right everybody as we go to break remember that you can also start watching the horrocks on demand this wonderful brand new portable t. V. Available on all platforms its on every platform so you have no excuse you can get it horrible t. V. Weve got it. Coming up the n. H. L. Has found itself in hot water and many more tragedy yes more tragedy has struck the protests of the strongest of states to watch. So what weve got to do is identify the threats that we have its crazy on sunday shouldnt let it be an arms race. Clearly dramatic to follow only closely im going to resist i dont see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. If you go to the symphony orchestras warming up and each musician is is tuning his or her instrument so you hear this all these sounds are noise but it but its its a constant a its disorganized and then the band the orchestra plays and you get music so what the brain does and what the maker juveniles do is organize all orchestrate these one collapses. All right welcome back everyone the n. H. L. Has been riding high this summer as the normally winter based professional Hockey League has been thriving in the summer heat thanks to the leagues brilliantly. Q 2 month long 2014 playoffs in a bubble effort to finish their pandemic we cut short 2020 season earlier this year so far everything had been wine roses and body checks against the glass until well until former n. H. L. Player and coach and now n. B. C. Studio analyst mike milbury couldnt well he couldnt as motivational speaker matt bowley would say shut his big yap or on a recent broadcast with n. B. C. s brian busch air broadcast partner suggested how well the bubble environment has kept n. H. L. Players focused on the game on the rink. Chimed in saying quote theres not even any women here to disrupt your concentration yeah joining us once again is a hard to america sports producer gina hamm to discuss the fall out from curious comments regina. Lets get into the dirty details about mr millbury this isnt the 1st time hes actually made comments like this about women or scandalous comments about the game. Even during these playoffs hes done that he isnt the 1st broadcaster to have this opinion women in sports especially fall under this kind of criticism and that who by men who think that they shouldnt be there and they should have any any job at all with them sports is the subsequent reaction to mo burns quote surprising to you their reaction is not because it is probably a comment that many male analysts in sports feel they just they said the quiet part out loud and again all men in sports are not like this there are a lot of great allies for women in sports that happen to be male but back in 1700 if i didnt take it back for a quick 2nd melissa lucky had a loss to her in timing out a law suit against Major League Baseball to allow or in a locker room to cover a game. That was only 42 years ago thats not that long ago so women in sports have had this shy it mountainous climb up the hill were now