Name: Mikki Kendall - Lifting Up All Women with “Hood Feminism” | The Daily Show
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-Thank you for having me. -Uh, thank you for writing

The superlative

what is one of the most interesting books I've read

Hood Feminism is a really interesting title,

"Is there a different type of feminism in the hood

I would... I would argue that feminism in the hood

is really about survival and less about becoming CEO

a person who can afford to keep your house,

stay home for two weeks during coronavirus

-and generally feed your kids through that process. -Right.

It's i... it's interesting that you say that,

because many people have said that the term "feminism" itself

is starting to lose its-its, uh, I guess its power

because everyone has a different definition of what it means.

Some people have said that feminism itself,

if you think about applying it to everybody?

I think about it this way. If we made sure

that everyone who is currently on the margins

and we make sure that they've got housing...

So, your answer for, "We want to reduce crime"?

Well, make sure people don't have a reason to be criminals.

-Right. -We want to reduce the spread of the coronavirus.

Make sure people can stay home for two weeks

and medical care and all of these things.

Like, every answer basically boils down to,

"If we're gonna do feminism for all women,

"we have to make sure that the poorest women

You can't fight for your rights if you c-can barely stay alive.

It's interesting that you-you bring that up in the book

because you talk about it from a personal perspective.

-Mm-hmm. -You know, you talk about it as it...

How did your life define how you think about feminism?

who we would now casually say was at risk, right?

I-I didn't, you know, go to jail or any of those things,

And one of the fun things about getting a divorce

and you don't have any money as a single parent

is that you find out really quick whether or not

I went to college. I was-- I'm a U.S. vet.

while living in the projects and raising my son.

I was one of those people we always see talked about as,

you know, someone who's siphoning from the system.

-Right. -Except I had paid into the system,

I got help from the system, and, I promise you,

That's a great-- I mean, that's a great success story.

It's wonderful that you-you came from that place to this place,

but it's also interesting that you-you don't stop looking back

-Everybody else has to make it, too," -Mm-hmm.

you sort of ignore the people who A) who helped you

-make it out and B) you just keep the problem going. -Right.

There's also another person who is struggling.

when we don't take care of people who need a handout.

We love a bootstrap in America. Bootstraps are stupid.

No one can pull themselves up by their bootstraps.

I want you to grab your shoelace and try and pull yourself up.

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