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I Am a Woman...I was middle class...I wanted college...my mother told me when I was 7 if I wanted to go to college I would have to find my own way for my father will not help any of us to go to college. I was a tomboy...I knew if I played sports w/the guys that would give me the edge that I needed to be a great athlete. I took my 8th Grade Girls
Basketball Team to an All Win NO Loss Season....w/out Me they would've not accomplish this, yet I wasn't the Captain of the Team. I had to go to college outside of our township....a place high school looked down upon...I wasn't aware of this mentality till I got there. Every game...I was in the papers...my jr. yr my parents divorced I lost my family home had to attend jr yr in a different state. My Sr. yr made it back to my high school. I had to work...I couldn't go out for Volleball & the coach retaliated by spreading I was gay I was furiated & threatened to sue if he didn't retract that lie. Major University in Chicago gave me a full 4yr basketball scholarship...the coach wanted it to go to another person b'cuz he couldn't get me to physically take out key players of teams we played against. I don't play that way. They told him it is only for Me. in 1980...girls didn't have the same rights as guys. Guys don't need a parental signature...no one can take their scholarships away...but us Women...we didn't have that right. My father refused to sign...no amount of teachers, parents, scouts, superintendant of schools...nothing would get him to give me what I worked so friggen hard to have....what I had to overcome....what all was taken. I tell you...prejudices are real mental illnesses & it doesn't matter what type of prejudice it is...it's all horrifically destructive. What some ppl will do especially when there is jealousy & I had to deal w/that too especially by my 8th grade teachers who thought I didn't deserve what I worked for....that it should be the more prominent kids...one teacher went as far as to say I didn't turn in my homework I was to be sitting on the bench the next game. but my class all stood up for Me & told my coach the truth. Coach took into the hallway...said knows that teacher is lying...sit out 1 game...and assured Me...this will never happen to me again. I tell you this....what has gotten me thru my entire life...what you got inside of you is all you really got in this life. Betrayal is far worse than rape...whether you betray someone or you betray yourself....you will never get that part of yourself back. This movie is an excellent teacher of this. This movie had it all...prejudice....betrayal...the ugliness of mental illness that comes with prominent families. In the end of this movie....Righteousness Prevailed. In the late 60's when we were getting our soldiers home & stopped the Vietnam war...and Nixon sent in soldiers at Kent State University & started shooting students...first school shooting in the history of USA....We All Said...We Are Alone...Its Up To Us...We HAVE to Be There For Each Other. Hitch hiking was very safe to do....for We Were There For One Another....everyone was helped no matter who they were. This film needs to be seen for todays generations so they can take the baton from our hands & continue this journey back to us across the finish line. Watch this movie....show & tell your families & friends about it. w/the covid 19 threat...we are helping each other...feeding one another...etc....the heart of this movie is the Heart of Americans. No more privilege living...no more taking from everyone & having govt officials & the wealthy giving their kids all the breaks & we pay for their education bills. No More..!!! 5 Stars on this Movie....I deeply encourage all....don't skip this movie....watch it...and watch it again & again. For in life...Life will test Your Soul...the Condition of Your Soul....best be ready so you don't fail...if you stagger....you can always recover if you will follow thru w/what is right. Wish you all the best & the best of success. Know Thyself is the Greatest Gift one can ever give to themselves.
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