None of them were thrilled that I was calling for half of their workforce to get paid more.

I knew what I was doing was controversial, but when I thought about it, I was like,

I'm winning this Oscar for a woman struggling to raise her kids.

And how would her life have been different?

And how would my mom's life have been different?

We are witnessing America as a failed social experiment.

How do we tell this story in a way that builds the kind of emotional momentum

of the colorblind ideology built?

So many young brothers and sisters of the younger generation find themselves so far removed in the best of their past.

What are we going to make out of the nothing we've been given? How do you envision possibility?

Hey everyone. Thanks for joining us on the tightrope where we engage in a love and justice-infused

dialogue and we try ever so hard to keep our balance on an array of tough issues. I'm Tricia Rose,

and I'm here with my dear friend, colleague, and brilliant human Dr. Cornell West. Hey, Cornell,

how are you feeling today? Oh, it's always a joy to be in conversation

with you, my dear sister. I can tell you that. Yeah, I know. It's the funnest thing we've done.

I mean, I've done in a long time is do this show with you for sure. I wanted to say a couple of

things and then sort of set you off on a path to see what's on your mind. I've been thinking

this week about where we are with women and women's rights. And it's kind of remarkable that in my

own lifetime, from adolescence to now, we've both gotten the right for reproductive choice,

and it looks like we're going to lose it, literally from my adolescence to now.

I remember my mom took me to an impeach Nixon march in 1972 or three in the summer.

And, you know, all of the issues of Roe versus Wade were very prominent at the time. And, you know, there was so much enthusiasm and excitement about finally

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