Girls in the Hood

GIRLS IN THE HOOD In Barbra Streisiand’s speech at the 1992 Crystal Awards, she expresses discontent with the negative “way women are viewed in a male dominated society”. She has a strong dislike for the fact that women and men are respected and admired for reasons that are so alike and defined degradingly different. I understand her anger and I think she is handeling it in the most effective manner possible. She is at the …

…a picture of the sad, nonprogressive state of our country. “We are a remarkable breed”, strong and committed to change. It is not enough to change the measure of the yard stick, if the new stick is not equal. I applaud her honesty and her determination to support women’s achievements . She is calling us to action and our instinct to be leaders-she is challenging us to stand up for each other at all cost.