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Maids and Madams
Mira Hamermesh's powerful film, shot in South Africa, eloquently examines the tragedy of Apartheid through the complex relationship between black household worker and white employer. This domestic situation is a microcosm of the racial issues dividing the country. Over a million black women live in a state of dome...
Mira Hamermesh's powerful film, shot in South Africa, eloquently examines the tragedy of Apartheid through the complex relationship between black household worker and white employer. This domestic situation is a microcosm of the racial issues dividing the country. Over a million black women live in a state of domestic bondage, underpaid, working long hours and at the mercy of draconian laws which separate them from their own families.
As psycholo...
Mira Hamermesh's powerful film, shot in South Africa, eloquently examines the tragedy of Apartheid through the complex relationship between black household worker and white employer. This domestic situation is a microcosm of the racial issues dividing the country. Over a million black women live in a state of domestic bondage, underpaid, working long hours and at the mercy of draconian laws which separate them from their own families.
As psychologist Ethel Wallt says at the end of the film: "The white people in this country are imprisoned by their own fear."
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Leadership Lessons from Black Lives Matter:
Rinku Sen interviews Patrisse Khan Cullors, Co-founder, Black Lives Matter; Founder and Board Member, Dignity and Power Now.
Leadership Lessons from Black Lives Matter:
Rinku Sen interviews Patrisse Khan Cullors, Co-founder, Black Lives Matter; Founder and Board Member, Dignity and Power Now.
Women's Leadership Online Summit: Leading Change at Work and Beyond, She the People: Amplifying the Political Voice of Women of Color in 201...
Talk: She the People: Amplifying the Political Voice of Women of Color in 2018 and Beyond
Aimee Allison President, Democracy in Color; Founder, She the People, presents on the changes women of color can bring to politics and answers questions.
Talk: She the People: Amplifying the Political Voice of Women of Color in 2018 and Beyond
Aimee Allison President, Democracy in Color; Founder, She the People, presents on the changes women of color can bring to politics and answers questions.
