The Dreamers Talk | Malak Alwawi | TEDxCincinnati

let’s talk about sexual harassment
because Harvey Weinstein assaulted a
couple of thousands and you know I blame
the people for not giving a flying crap
about it and Kevin Spacey just save it
because you coming out at that time
won’t save you from this you’re trying
to use it as a he’ll don’t worry you’ve
now been stripped naked because all your
secrets came out right before you
thought you’d make it rape a word you
don’t hear so often not because it
doesn’t happen but because no one lets
you talk about it and then if you do
they put you on mute and they threaten
you and say don’t make me pull a Brock
Turner on you damn this man power
instead of sitting down and staying
humble you use it to take hours and your
excuse not guilty and still you woman
are not damn dumb because they don’t
talk or report it I mean come on
she’ll hardly get believed and most
likely lose her job over it because
let’s face it that is a huge accusation
right there sit down and be humble don’t
think you’re worth more than us you want
to talk eco let’s talk evil but remember
she don’t got the time she got to go
work or her 79 cents for every dollar
you make we’ll keep going down by the
day and she won’t be able to feed her
family no don’t get ahead of yourself
and risk losing your delicate ego
maternity leave does not give her crap
yet she still remains the disgrace of
society stay at home do your work raise
a child set dinner for the guy who comes
home from work because Phyllis Schlafly
went and told every single woman to stay
at home and do her job and then when she
went got a degree in law and followed up
by applying for jobs like can you blame
a deceiver for deceiving the public no
it’s your fault you got to keep your
eyes wide open and don’t trust the wolf
like Little Red Riding Hood did because
her grandma was there to save her but no
one no one will save you kid because
this society makes a woman climb up the
mountain of her dreams encouraging her
to do so and then when she
to the top they throw the deepest and
the harshest negativity you have ever
heard and they discourage her from doing
what they said she can do and then they
push her right back down the mountain
into depression and give her the okay
to feel okay about the fact that it’s
okay to give up on yourself
because this society is just stuff as
your friend it saves up all your secrets
and once it’s sick of you and displays
them and moves on to the one after you
it does not give you a chance to pick up
your dignity and our dignity is who we
are whether you like it or not we are
who we are and we won’t change for you
no we won’t play like you and mostly we
will not get down on our on our knees
for you damn it when will you understand
that those days are now over pack your
bags and leave because you don’t own us
any we have that power now no we won’t
abuse it will only keep using it to help
the souls you buried six feet under the
ground because that is what women power
is when one falls down when one falls
down we all fall down when one gets up
we all get up and don’t think you could
strip me of Who I am anymore
who told you you are stronger than me
your ego or the society that said it’s
okay for you to think like that because
last time I checked our may or may not
be able to give birth raise a child and
do anything I want so if he can beat
that y’all give him seriously I’ll give
him a hands up women we are our own most
extraordinary nation of a generation
ready to empower and kick out your
filthy uneducated human hating minds
because no I am not your housewife and
I’m not your maid and I refuse to just
sit in the corner and not get paid or to
be neglected and left astray I am a
woman a woman born to be strong I am a
woman a woman for the love of God thank you