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KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
Fri Jun 26, 2015, 05:00 PM Jun 2015

The Speech On Feminism Every Millennial Should Hear

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/24/speech-feminism-chimamanda-ngozi-adichie_n_7653588.html

In her usual style, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie just dropped some awesome feminist knowledge.

In a speech given at Wellesley College's Commencement ceremony on May 29, the award-winning author discussed feminism, male privilege and daring to speak your mind.

Adichie said that she understood from a young age that the world did not cater to women they way it does men. She knew "that men were not inherently bad or evil. They were merely privileged. And I knew that privilege blinds because it is the nature of privilege to blind."

She told the crowd of recent graduates that they too now hold a certain privilege after graduating from the prestigious women's college. "No matter what your background. That degree, and the experience of being here, is a privilege," she said. "Don’t let it blind you too often. Sometimes you will need to push it aside in order to see clearly."
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