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1、UnitNine(IGE)I’dRatherbeBlackThanFemale---ShirleyChisholmTopicsforPresentationWhatdoyouthinkofracialdiscriminationandsexualdiscriminationinourdailylife?Doyouthinkthereisstillaglassceilingformostcareerwomennowadays?Canyoulistthedifficultiesonlywomenmaycomeacrossinthedailylife?Canyoulist
2、somequalitiesthatthefemalestudentshavewhilethemalestudentsdon’t?Manyfemalestudentsaredoingexcellentjobsincollegesanduniversities.However,despitetheirexcellence,theyfaceaharsherjobmarketthanmalestudentsaftergraduation.Whydoyouthinkthejobmarketfavorsmalestudents?Doyouhavepersonalexperien
3、ceofsexualdiscrimination?Howdoyoudealwithit?ShirleyChisholm(1924-2005)ShirleyChisholmbornonNovember30,1924,inBrooklyn,NewYorkreceivedagoodeducationfromtheBritishschoolsystemmajoredinsociologyinBrooklynCollege,encounteredracismatBrooklynCollegeandfoughtagainstitShirleyChisholmWhenthebla
4、ckstudentsatBrooklynCollegeweredeniedadmittancetoasocialclub,Shirleyformedanalternativeone.Shegraduatedin1946withhonors.Duringthistime,itwasdifficultforblackcollegegraduatestoobtainemploymentcommensuratetotheireducation.Afterbeingrejectedbymanycompanies,sheobtainedajobattheMt.CalvaryCh
5、ildcareCenterinHarlem.ShirleyChisholmIn1949,shemarriedConradChisholmIn1960,shestartedtheUnityDemocraticClubIn1964Chisholmranforastateassemblyseat.ShewonandservedintheNewYorkGeneralAssemblyfrom1964to1968ShirleyChisholmIn1968,ShebecamethefirstAfrican-AmericanwomanelectedtoCongress.OnJanu
6、ary25,1972,Chisholmannouncedhercandidacyforpresident,failed.ShecontinuedtoserveintheHouseofRepresentativesuntil1982.ShirleyChisholmDuringherfirstterminCongress,Chisholmhiredanall-femalestaffandspokeoutforcivilrights,women'srights,thepoorandagainsttheVietnamWar.In1970,shewaselectedtoase
7、condterm.Shewasasought-afterpublicspeakerandcofounderoftheNationalOrganizationforWomen(NOW).Sheremarkedthat,"Womeninthiscountrymustbecomerevolutionaries.Wemustrefusetoaccepttheold,thetraditionalrolesandstereotypes."ShirleyChisholmOnJanuary25,1972,whenChisholmannouncedhercandidacyforp
