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"And ain't I a woman?" Sojourner Truth Sojourner Truth was born as a slave on a Dutch settlement in New York State in 1797. Given the name Isabella Baumfree, she was one of thirteen children and grew up speaking only Dutch until she was eleven years old. Although she learned English, she had a Dutch accent her entire life. Baumfree was sold at least three times to different owners. She escaped from her last owner with her infant son to New York City in 1827, a year before New York emancipated slaves. Isabella changed her name to Sojourner Truth in 1843 when she became an evangelist. She preached throughout Connecticut and Long Island, New York, before joining a utopian community in Northampton, Massachusetts, where she became involved in the abolitionist movement. Abolitionists published her memoir, The Narrative of Sojourner Truth: A Northern Slave, in 1850. When the woman's movement started, she became one of the few African-American participants. Her impact was significant. Citing her own personal experiences, she presented a compelling case for women's rights. This speech was given at the 1851 Ohio Women's Rights Convention in Akron: "WELL, CHILDREN, where there is so much racket there must be something out of kilter. I think that 'twixt the Negroes of the South and women of the North, all talking about rights, the white men will be in a fix pretty soon. But what's all this here talking about? That man over there says that women need to be helped into carriages, and lifted over ditches, and to have the best place everywhere. Nobody ever helps me into carriages, or over mud puddles, or gives me any best place! And ain't I a woman? Look at me! Look at my arm. I have plowed and planted and gathered into barns, and no man could head me! And ain't I a woman? I could work as much and eat as much as a man-- when I could get it-- and bear the lash as well! And ain't I a woman? I have borne thirteen children, and seen them most all sold off to slavery, and when I cried out with my mother's grief, none but Jesus heard me! And ain't I a woman? Then they talk about this thing in the head; what's this they call it? [Someone tells her, "intellect."] That's it, honey. What's that got to do with women's rights or Negros' rights? If my cup won't hold but a pint, and yours holds a quart, wouldn't you be mean not let me have my little half-measure full? 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. - [Voices of Protest: Documents of Courage and Dissent]

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Good*Day to you! CNN just reported on the Central Park Five(Five young men Wrongfully Convicted, primarily of rape, in 1989) and their link to the Republican candidate Donald Trump. Trump, who was outspoken for the falsely convicted youths to receive the death penalty, used full-page ads and television interviews.

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DC Conscious & Cafe’s Public Service Announcement: GOP Eulogy: Get Out The Vote ::[Part-One can be viewed below]::

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2016 Presidential Candidates on Race

On September 26th, 2016 we had our first presidential debate between Hilary Clinton and Donald Trump. The debate’s moderator, NBC’s Lester Holt, explained the format would encompass six 15-minute segments exploring the areas of “achieving prosperity, America’s direction, and securing America”. Let us examine our presidential candidate’s take on race relations. Mr. Holt begins the “America’s direction” segment with this statement:

“The share of Americans who say race relations are bad in this country is the highest it's been in decades, much of it amplified by shootings of African-Americans by police, as we've seen recently in Charlotte and Tulsa. Race has been a big issue in this campaign, and one of you is going to have to bridge a very wide and bitter gap. So how do you heal the divide?”

Mrs. Clinton introduced her methods for healing the divide by saying, “Unfortunately, race still determines too much, often determines where people live, determines what kind of education in their public schools they can get, and, yes, it determines how they're treated in the criminal justice system.” She then went on to explain, “We have to restore trust between communities and the police. We have to work to make sure that our police are using the best training, the best techniques, that they're well prepared to use force only when necessary. Everyone should be respected by the law, and everyone should respect the law.”

Mrs. Clinton ended her 2-minute response by explaining the leading cause of death for young African American men is gun violence. According to her “gun violence”, more appropriately stating; black-on-black crime, is a “big contributor to a lot of the problems that we’re seeing today.”

Mr. Trump’s response focused primarily on gun violence; stating,

“We have a situation where we have our inner cities, African- Americans, Hispanics are living in hell because it's so dangerous. You walk down the street, you get shot. In Chicago, they've had thousands of shootings, thousands since January 1st. Thousands of shootings. And I'm saying, where is this? Is this a war-torn country? What are we doing? And we have to stop the violence. We have to bring back law and order.” Mr. Trump explained further that “you have to have stop-and-frisk” in order to bring the crime and murder rate down.

Do these candidates have a clear agenda on how to bring the topic of race relations into serious dialogue? Do we have to be concerned with the evidence that both candidates related racial divide issues in this country to black-on-black crime; basically implying it is the black/Latino community’s fault for the majority of their community’s problems?

Mrs. Clinton, after Trump’s response on the need for “law and order” to somehow fix the “racial divide”; explained, “it's really unfortunate that he paints such a dire negative picture of black communities in our country.” She continues, “the vibrancy of the black church, the black businesses that employ so many people, the opportunities that so many families are working to provide for their kids. There's a lot that we should be proud of and we should be supporting and lifting up.” Is this a positive light toward a need for race programs implemented within a presidential administration?

Lester Holt’s next question, directed to Mrs. Clinton, involved the implicit bias in policing; asking, “Do you believe that police are implicitly biased against black people?”

She responded, “I think implicit bias is a problem for everyone, not just police. I think, unfortunately, too many of us in our great country jump to conclusions about each other. And therefore, I think we need all of us to be asking hard questions about, you know, why am I feeling this way? But when it comes to policing, since it can have literally fatal consequences, I have said, in my first budget, we would put money into that budget to help us deal with implicit bias by retraining a lot of our police officers.”

Donald Trump frequently avoided these questions on race going back to mentioning the effectiveness of stop-and-frisk and assisting police with maintaining “law and order”. Hilary Clinton’s responses called for a sense of realism admitting the “systemic racism” and “implicit bias” among everyone, “not just police”.

Is this a sign of progress?

Do you believe either candidate will help the “implicit bias” or “inherent racism” within police departments and private institutions? Do you believe President Obama has done all he could to “heal the racial divide” within America? Thoughts?

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"I have the audacity to believe that peoples everywhere can have three meals a day for their bodies, education and culture for their minds, and dignity, equality, and freedom for their spirits. I believe that what self-centered men have torn down, other-centered men(and women) can build up." - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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[GOP Eulogy, Part One:] Donalditis, a toxic virus, wiped out the GOP and Minister Palin (visiting from Russia) is performing the eulogy. This GOTV, political satire will make you laugh and understand the dire ramifications of “The Donald” being elected President of the United States. “Vote to Stop the Virus - Donalditis”, Bumper Stickers available at DC Conscious & Cafe.

ABOUT THE CAST FOR THE COMMON GOOD: We are friends and patrons of DC Conscious & Cafe in Washington, DC. The comedic, alarming and “incorrectness” of the GOP’s 2016 Presidential Campaign compelled us to produce this PSA to GOTV to the disenfranchised and disconnected voters. No funds were received from politicians, special interest groups, donors or a PAC. This was a volunteer project for the common good!

Join us for the second screening!!!!

October 9th, 2016 at 8 pm.

We will watch part one of our Public Service Announcement then watch the second presidential debate. Expect wonderful dialogue!!

See you soon.

#ourfirstpsa #expectmore #greattime #communitylove #gotv #civicengagement #donalditis #deadlyvirus #wearethecure

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Let us advance our society. Let us advance our minds. Let us BUILD TOGETHER!

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Thanks Janet!!!!

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You’re Invited!!!.. As part of our Civic Engagement responsibility, we at DC Conscious Cafe are releasing a Public Service Announcement! We MUST exercise our right to vote. We do not endorse any particular candidate BUT we understand the turmoil that may arise from the widespread disease of DONALDITIS!!! Join us this Saturday, October 1st for our Release Party of our PSA: GET OUT THE VOTE; The GOP Eulogy!

#CivicDuty #communitybuilding #GOP #StartedWithLincoln #EndedWithTrump #WhatHappened #Saturday #DC #VoteRegardless #AChangeGonnaCome #OurResponsibility

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