- Hi, I'm Alycia Pascual-Peña
- Hey, I'm Anjelika Washington
and this is Amplified.
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- Can I help you?
- I don't know, can you?
- He's bothering you.
- He's harassing me.
- If you use that word, that means
I have to do a bunch of stuff.
- You know that your school is weird, right?
- Ignore Mitchell.
If you keep your head down
he'll move on and bother somebody else.
- I'm going to keep my head up, high.
- I hate that we are shoved aside, dismissed
Nobody does anything.
Nobody listens to us.
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- The power is everything.
It's the reason why marginalized groups
of people are represented.
One way that I do that is social media.
I also do that by of course, educating myself.
I also talk to my elders and I ask them
about the experiences that they had.
- Females got to stick together.
- Number one untapped resource, women.
- There she goes.
- There are more of us than them.
- It's really beautiful that we've gotten
to the place that we're in.
I say it all the time.
I think I'm very grateful to be an artist
in this renaissance that's occurring
but it doesn't mean that there's still not so
much work to be done.
I think that we're just getting started.
And I think that we're here because
of the work of so many phenomenal Black
and Brown and Indigenous and Queer people that got us here.
And I think that it's just our time to carry that baton.
- I mean, if the point is to learn about the American dream
we should be reading about immigrants
or the working class or black mothers
or at least someone who doesn't already have
a mansion.
- It's super important.
Black and Brown voices need to be at the centers
of these movements and at the center of these stories
especially because for so long
we weren't deemed worthy of having our stories told.
- You know whats also messed up?
I don't like being voted best ass.
- You don't like it.
Why?
- Because historically Black women have been judged
by their asses and their hair.
And we are done with that.
- Period.
- Unfortunately, our society has put these types
of restrictions and rules, particularly
on women to just take whatever you're given
and particularly women of color.
That we should just be grateful
for everything that we're given.
And we shouldn't ask for too much
and we shouldn't raise our voices
and we shouldn't have pride for ourselves
and demand what we're worth.
- A lot of time these horrible ideologies
are just perpetuated
by people who have completely bought into a lie.
And we see that within Moxie.
We see that this school,
unfortunately normalizes misogyny
and sexism, that changes when we frankly put a name
to the things going on as we try to do
within Moxie and avidly and vigorously speak
out against them, but also enact action.
- But that's where we're putting a stop to that.
And that's why Moxie girls fight back
- Good morning and welcome to the revolution, bam
- Lady power.
- Oh my goodness.
Can I say Indya Moore?
She is always talking about her relation to AfroLatinidad
and just speaking about it with such transparency and power.
That really empowers me as an Afro-Latina.
She is constantly giving resources and discussing the
the importance of the intersectionality of
the Queer community.
within these Black movements and specifically
transgender women.
And it's something that I really look to always
wanting to further my knowledge.
And I also just love her work.
She's just phenomenal.
And I can never take my eyes off of her.
- There is one person that I follow on Instagram.
I do not know her at all, but her name is Camaryn Alejandra.
I hope I'm saying that right, but that is
what her handle is.
And she's awesome.
She highlights so many areas of anti-racism and I really
appreciate all the work that she's doing.
She also creates a lot of resources
for people who want to
understand how to be a better ally and want to
understand how do I actually help amplify Black
and Brown voices.
So I definitely would check her out on Instagram.
Hi Camaryn.
I've never met you, but I appreciate all your work.
- I think we're just striving for better.
Which is powerful.
- We got to get to work.
- Like what's the goal?
- Revolution, baby.
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