They need affirmation that they matter and that they should be treated like white lives as both black lives and women are just as human and worthy of any other race or gender. It emphasizes on Black Lives because they are the minorities. The server only greater the man and totally ignored her. It is just like the Black Lives Matter. The second time when she went to have dinner with another guy friend. The taxi driver thanked her guy friend and ignored her completely, even though she pulled the money she earned from her purse in front of him and gave it to him. The first time when she tipped a taxi driver. The movement was created to help equality between genders but also to emphasis the need in women’s rights, that women matter. Chimamanda spoke about two moments where she was totally ignored as a woman. It is why it is called feminism and not humanist as some people want it to be referred as. “I am just a human as a man, I am just as worthy of acknowledgement” – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. She has held her position since 2005, proving how great of a job she is doing.

But look a Germany? Their Chancellor is a woman, Angela Merkel. Even though there is a female candidate, there is still the ideology that women cannot hold an important title. In the United States, Hillary Clinton is running for presidency. Men were always presidents, you would never see a woman. Let’s take the most prestigious job ever known, being a president. The work force is men dominated where it is more common to see a man in charge than to see a woman.

She used this quote to talk about how men literally ruled the world. “The higher you go, the fewer women there are” – Kenyan Nobel peace laureate Wangari Maathai. She talked about inequalities she faced as a child and some she faced as an adult. In this TED Talk, Chimamanda talked about the inequality she faced and women face due to their sex. However in case you do not watch this video, here are some of the most important points or saying made by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. I do not expect you guys to watch this 30 mins TED Talk but I most definitely recommend you guys to do so.

We are all feminist chimamanda