Ruha Benjamin - Spelman Convocation 2024
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- Опубликовано: 15 апр 2024
- Dr. Ruha Benjamin delivers a poignant speech on sisterhood and its study and application during Spelman College's Founder Day Convocation 2024.
For more information on Ruha: www.outspokenagency.com/ruha/benjamin
#ruhabenjamin #socialjustice #speaker
“Sisters, be careful with each other so you can be dangerous together”
Beautifully put❤
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Yassssss 😭
That statement was diabolical.
Please tell me what is diabolical about the statement. @hosebewhening6111
I have looked up to this woman for over a decade. I am so honored to have sat under her instruction for my Masters in African American Studies from Boston University. I remember her words to me after listening to me defend my masters thesis. "This was an incredible paper. You should submit this to a journal." A decade later I remember this simple statement, because at the time she seemed like a giant to me. This incredible academic thought MY words were worthy.
Her confidence in me, and my writing is part of why I went on to continue writing (and still do). A year later she left BU because they were trying to play in her face and not giving her tenure. She went on to become a tenure professor at an Ivy League. I beamed with pride.
So happy to see her speaking life into other young women. I know someone in that room will remember her words and live up to them.
That was a sensational and inspiring address, Dr. Benjamin, and I'm happy to have found it in full here! I feel ashamed to say that I haven't heard of you before, but I look forward to begin reading all of your books soon.
Beautiful human. Strong woman. A moral powerhouse. An amazing role model. ❤
She’s weak, shame on her for putting foreign countries interests over Black Americans, she’s a traitor
Truly!!!!!!!
❤ Incredible speech ❤ Save G A Z A ❤
Save Black America not foreign countries
@@m.jackson2609How UnGodly! Why is your mindset so limited that it has to be an either or? May the Creator get you together to be more grateful, generous and gracious!
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Free G A Z A ❤ Incredible speech ❤
Free Chicago, free nyc, free Atlanta free us from democrats policies like illegal migrant invasion of black communities, planned killing black babies in the black wombs, bad education of public schools, drugs, crime, high taxes, etc
WHAT A BEAUTIFUL HUMAN BEING!! BLACK WOMEN ARE THE MOST HARD WORKING WOMEN IN THE WORLD AND THEY NEVER GET THE RECOGNITION THEY DESERVE!! LOVE YOU VERY MUCH BLACK WOMEN!!
Beautiful Speech full of love and inspiration
What a woman. It’s a reminder of the courageous women of today that speaks out against genocide
What an extraordinary and inspiring speech!
I don't know who she is I don't care about her politics (although I agree with what she said ), but I will say one thing, she's a beast of a public speaker. Comfortable, relaxed, cracks jokes, she is engaging with the audience with her expressions and mannerisms. The way she casts her gaze nearly 180 degrees as if she is talking to the audience one to one...
Everyone please read her books. I read her during grad school and she is INCREDIBLE
As an intellectual who has lectured at some of the "best" schools in the planet I must ask, what problems facing Black Americans have Black intellectuals actually solved? As an Israelite and a Black American I am fascinated by the fact that we call ourselves Dr this and that and haven't solved our problems. The purpose of education is to liberate oneself from ignorance, poverty, and oppression. We have plenty of great analyses of our plight. What we don't have are constructive thoughts and actions that quantify our analyses. Lastly, I have re-read A Wilson, H. Cruse, and N. Fuller Jr.
and have come to the conclusion that many socalled Black intellectuals are afraid to solve the problem because that would mean a showdown with white supremacy. They are certainly not advocating for that among mainstream Black academics. It would seem that we are at a juncture where we must deconstruct what it means to be a Black intellectual and what it means to have a conscious and or unconscious commitment to 'white male authority', Wilson et. al. Shalom
Love, Peace and Respect to Dr. Ruha Benjamin for this AMAZING speech, "...Black faces in high places will NOT save us!", Amen! Ase'!! WORD!! 🙏👏✊
Nobody will save you but yourself.
Dr Benjamin a traitor to black America because she wants activism and support for foreign countries not black communities. Sad, did anyone at that speech recognize her anti black, anti America rhetoric? What do they teach at hbcus?
Ur white we no collective were treated@@dredgecollaborative4558
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Great speech by Dr. Ruha
Beautiful speech. We all deserve freedom in this world, but some have to fight for it. Unified voices will help us win all wars against hate, oppression and discrimination.
any recommendations to begin with?
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Brave women, in USA it’s hard to say the truth anymore 😮
She does not mention Biden's open boarders that allows migrants to overcrowd and drain tax dollars from Black communities. Second, since 1970, over 20 million black babies have been aborted thanks to KKK Planned Parenthood and Ir's mission of Black babies genocide by federal and state funded abortions.
Shame on her for putting foreign countries over USA and Black America
Wow ! 👏🏽👏🏽 What a speech, What a Speech !
Brave Dr. Ruha Benjamin - this is the speech I have been waiting for for a very longtime. Finally, generational leadership personified !🔥
Love from Zambia 🇿🇲❤
free us all ❤
Soutiens inconditionnel mes soeurs❤!🇵🇸🤲☝️👏👏👏👏👏
Making me wish I went to Spelman 😅
What an incredible speech.
I'm rarely at a loss for words, but this has left me speechless. So much to ponder. Thank you Dr Benjamin.
Really good. I'm hoping that she's taking good care of herself. As parent of a Spelman summa cum laude graduate, and watching(attempting to help navigate her graduate experiences), I've witness the health consequences of too many Black women scholars whose professional assignment has devastated their physical lives in the form of illnesses and diseases. So, i pray for her strength and CARE and hopefully, sisterhood to hold her while she holds them.
Thank you for saying this. I am a Spelman alumna who developed a chronic illness while in law school. I never saw it coming.
If you are familiar with the scholar Dr. Imani Perry, she has an audible addressing her chronic illness. Although she isn't a Spelman alumna, she is a high achieving Black woman with 3 degrees (BA, PhD and JD) from Ivy League universities - Yale University and Harvard.
The name of her audible is, "A Dangerously High Threshold for Pain."
I appreciate your comment because some of us don't have the support so we are suffering in silence.
Praying for much healing for you and your daughter. Xo
@@JenniferSerenity indeed and thank you. Please take good care of you.
@@JenniferSerenity and yes, I am familiar and love Imani Perry's work.
Wow sistah!!!!… is all of that !!!! 💕💕🙌🏾🙌🏾… this speech was everything!!!!🥰🥰
#freetheoppressed #freecongo #freepalestine #freesudan
Why is she giving me a Cornell West vibe? This woman will mark our generation, watch and see.
Relevant!
What a powerful speech. One that will cause one to move mountains if you choose to.
This speech is absolutely awesome, especially the last four minutes: "Black faces in high faces are not going to save us!" Dr. Ruha Benjamin is awesome! Muhammad Al-Hashimi, PhD
Please keep this in mind as you vote for political leasers.
Amazing speech!!
I just watched an entire speech after a long time... God bless you dr
Amazing 👏 10:40
Wow. Brilliant. I'm definitely reading all of her publications.
So strong and powerful
Congratulations class of 2024☮️💐💖❌⭕💐🥳🥂
Spectacular Speech
THANK YOU!!
I’m a Morehouse grad c/o 2001--great times and great speech!
Vote her to office America needs people like you in decision making posts and many .
AS A BLACK MAN, SHE BROUGHT ME TEARS, A RIGHTEOUS SISTA.. WILL ALL GOAL TO UPLIFT US ALL.. GOD BLESS YOU
May your words be fruitful ❤
Unusually and uniquely different, yet on the same PATH-
“From South Carolina to Seattle, from Louisiana to Lagos” that’s the world in its entirety. Lol😂
Powerful Speech! Thank you Dr Ruha.
Outstanding speech.
Such a Beautiful Human.
Go head!!!!! Black excellence!!! 🖤
Great Speech
Gave me chills, incredible!
May the voice of the people overcome 41P4C influence over US Government…These students are heroes!!!
Love he!!
A incredible, intelligent well experienced Black Queen showing the way very cleaverly the next generation of black woman's excellence in USA...
Wow amazing!
Thank you.. from Türkiye ❤
Our ancestors are strong. This kind of speech keeps the next generation weak, constantly making more victims.
Lmaoooooo ur white it keeps strong and aware
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I salute you, my sister 🙏🏾
Somuch respect 🙏🏻 🫡
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Absolutely an amazing commencements speak with a direct call to actions.
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W O W
Very true speaking
Love this professor, Fantastic speech ❤️
There is an occupation of black neighborhoods ongoing?
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“I could have saved thousands - if only I'd been able to convince them they were slaves.” - Harriet Tubman
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Women do not realize the power that we have as a collective. There is strength and numbers and we are better and stronger when we should stick together rather than at being each other‘s at one another’s throat no jealousy no envy. None of that should be in the mix, we should applaud one another help one another support one another Cheer for one another, even if we’re struggling and we can’t make it and we’re not in the position to do what they’re doing, yet at that moment in time, but ladies there is strength and numbers together. We are powerful. We are a force to be reckoned with when we stick together, don’t fall for the okey-dokey of this petty jealousy envious weakness it makes women, weak and ugly.. What’s beautiful is, supporting people supporting your sister supporting one another all women should stick together black white green purple red orange whatever stick together
Ruha ist eine wunderbare Professorin ❤
In closing, trifling women need to drop that petty insecurity. Power to the people. Here, here young lady.
Professor Ruha Benjamin’s remarks during the commencement at Spelman College certainly provoke a deep reflection on the roles and expectations of Black leaders in high places. Her assertion that "Black faces in high places won't save us" challenges us to examine the complexities of systemic issues that cannot be dismantled simply by the presence of Black individuals in power. However, while the critique is poignant, it is also crucial to recognize the multifaceted nature of leadership and change.
Firstly, it's essential to understand the structural limitations within which these leaders operate. Individuals like Linda Thomas-Greenfield and Kamala Harris work within pre-existing frameworks that often have entrenched policies and interests that predate their tenure. For instance, foreign policy decisions, such as those involving ceasefires, are typically the result of broader governmental stances and international pressures, not solely the discretion of a single envoy.
Secondly, while criticizing specific policies and actions is valid, it is also important to acknowledge the strides made by these leaders. Barack Obama, despite the critiques of his military policies, also championed healthcare reform, which significantly benefited many underserved communities, including Black and Brown populations. Similarly, Kamala Harris has been a vocal advocate for reforming aspects of the criminal justice system that disproportionately affect Black and Brown people.
Furthermore, the existence of Black leaders in prominent roles serves not only symbolic value but also inspires future generations. Their presence in these high places breaks barriers and sets precedents for what is possible for Black individuals, creating pathways that previously did not exist.
The challenge, therefore, lies not just in the presence of Black faces in high places but in the continuous push for these leaders to enact and advocate for systemic changes. This involves supporting policies that address the root causes of inequality and ensuring that these leaders are not isolated in their efforts by holding them accountable while also providing them with the community backing necessary to effect change.
In conclusion, while Professor Benjamin’s message underscores an essential truth about the limitations of individual power in combating systemic issues, it also opens a dialogue about how Black leaders can leverage their positions to foster real change. Recognizing both the achievements and limitations of these leaders offers a more comprehensive perspective on navigating the path toward equity and justice.
I love this comment, this is great nuance
Stop trying to justify the career moves of Obama, Thomas-Greenfield, and Harris, who new exactly what they were signing up for when they decided to pursue those high profile government positions. You can't claim to be concerned about the human rights of oppressed people while supporting US foreign policy in the Middle East. The oppression of Palestinians didn't begin on October 8, 2023 but 75 f... years ago. They are there because they agree with US foreign policy in the Middle East. They are there because they too are Zionist, Christian Zionists.
Yes, those Black faces work within systems and structures that predate these individuals, BUT that in #no way takes away from an individual's agency. At the end of the day, those Black faces make a CHOICE to be puppets for the establishment. Mohammed Ali CHOSE not to. MLK CHOSE not to.
Obama didn't champion healthcare reform at all. He promised a Public Option which he dismissed without much thought. He then proceeded to go into backdoor meetings with the insurance companies and allowed them to write a policy that would've ultimately been favorable to them. That's becoming more and more evident now, which is by design. It was a classic bait-'n'-switch.
As for Kamala, the last thing she's been active in changing for the better is any kind of judicial reform. We're talking about the same woman who used the best unjust system to put and keep people for much longer than was necessary because California needed their help fighting forest fires.
Yes, these Black faces do inspire younger generations but that's not necessarily a positive thing if the young ones CHOOSE to emulate the actions of the current Black faces in high places.
The lack of support for these Black faces, especially the ones who are elected, isn't the real issue. The vast majority of them HAD support when they were vying for the positions they now hold because they said the things we wanted to hear. But, in a song as old as time, their actions don't live up to their rhetoric. THAT'S why they lose support and are seen as sellouts. People need to see them fighting for what they promised to fight for.
In conclusion, actions do speak louder than words and all skin folk ain't kinfolk are two adages that couldn't be more apt here.
Pramila,J., Omar I., Lee,B., and of course,Cortez,O.C.🧐🤔
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Black faces in high places are brought and paid for……. sports entertainment corporate America etc ……….the list goes on
Run for mayor...get andre Dickens job
Black faces in high places will not save us.
Free palestine resistance free les combattants palestiniens ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤Abat Israël teoristes et Biden
I was with her until the fatphobic line...who fears fat people? 😂
These women from Spellman need to be interested in heterosexual African American men
This kind of conversation only supports the racism that we're trying to get through in this coentry. Instead of keeping hope alive, you all are keeping racism alive.
But the system is still racist not much change apart from the face
Bc the system is still broken, freaking Harvey Weinstein ruling was overturned despite the massive evidence against him bc he is an elite white man
If we stay silent, then you have a broken system with nobody calling it out
How so?
It is sad to say that after all the struggles and suffering of injustice and social retardation by the system to see that after our black an brown leaders have reach the top only to do nothing and in fact continue the social injustice and contribution to genocide and war towards other countries. Palestine people are trap in a purgatori state for 70 years by the Israeli and the west. Palestine did nothing wrong to deserve what the Western Countries have force down their throats. I was very disappointing to see Black leader continue to vote down cease fire and stop the killing of civilians in Gaza and allow to continue the Aparthiede State of Israel do what ever it wants.
I could not have said it better myself.
Yes, but the hard reality is that they wouldn't have made it to the top without being ghouls themselves. The system would not have allowed it.
Black Faces in High Places Won’t Save Us…,.🫶🏾
“Sisters, be careful with each other so you can be dangerous together”
Notice she didn't tell them to find a Black man to be dangerous together with. This bitch ain't invited to the cookout. We are at war and she made it sound like the Black woman is on her own. Homey don't play that!!! Shalom