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Tracee Ellis Ross Just Delivered An Empowering Message To Kamala Harris On Valuing Childless Women
Lately, childless women everywhere have been catching strays for their circumstances.
Well, Tracee Ellis Ross, who famously doesn’t have kids either, just spoke out with a message emphasizing the value of women beyond motherhood.
Tracee’s latest comments came yesterday at Kamala’s Unite for America rally, where the VP sat down for an interview with Oprah Winfrey.
She began by thanking the two “for what you represent” as two kid-free people.
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“Because as a [51-year-old] childless woman, I wanna say to the people who think a woman’s worth is measured in her baby count — I mean, shout-out to all the amazing mothers — but childless women have been mothering the world and elevating the world as aunties, godmothers, teachers, mentors, sisters, and friends,” she said. “The list goes on.”
“You do not have to push out a baby to help push humanity forward,” Tracee argued, earning applause from the audience. “Amen to that,” Oprah added.
The footage quickly went viral online, receiving over 200,000 likes on Oprah Daily’s Instagram post and plenty of praise for Tracee in the comments.
“As a childless 51 year old, I completely agree!!!” wrote one user.
“This made me cry,” a second user said, calling Tracee’s comments spot-on. “I had someone say to me once, ‘You wouldn’t understand cuz you don’t have any children. It’s different when you have children.’ And I said, ‘Not really. I have a niece, I have a large family with lots of cousins and they’ve all had babies and I want what’s best for all the children on this planet. I’m close to my family’s babies and they’re important to me. Their future is important to me.'”
“They shame you for being childless, they shame you for being too fruitful,” another noted, adding that we’ll “never win.”
Meanwhile, someone else called out the “double standard” with this entire conversation.
You can view more responses to Tracee’s comments below and watch the clip here around the 1:05:40 mark:
