MUJERES DEL SIGLO XXI (Women of the 21st Century)

Speaking and screaming with Thabisa Rich about more than 500 years of Racism & colorism that sometimes imprisons us and sometimes frees us.

Show Notes

Thabisa Rich and Sarahi discuss the continued existence racism of today and how it still affects our culture. We discuss the history of how the colonizers kidnapped us from Africa and forced us to work… separated from their families.. children taken from their mothers and sold away. We discuss how painful it is that they became millionaires off the blood of our ancestors. 
 
Though most of this story is left out of the history books, we discuss another little known fact that during the civil war, many black ex-slaves fled to Mexico and the country gave them asylum. There in Mexico they became free men. 

What is MUJERES DEL SIGLO XXI (Women of the 21st Century)?

Women go through a lot of hardships in this world. In each episode I will discuss a few topics with women from different Spanish speaking countries. I will be talking to many women from all sorts of backgrounds. We will discuss domestic violence and how to get help. We will discuss with women the ways they support their communities. We will discuss entrepreneurship and empowering women.
MUJERES DEL SIGLO XXI is a safe space where women can express their real power, and talk about their journey of healing. Listeners to see how women have made it through hardships to success.