Born in Flames (1983)

Jean Satterfield: Adelaide Norris

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• Adelaide Norris , Strikers : We want a J-O-B, So we can E-A-T, We want a J-O-B, So we can E-A-T...

• Adelaide Norris : The way my mother brought us up, there were eight of us, and she took care of us through her domestic work - all by herself. And abortions - she didn't even think about abortions. And day care? We took care of ourselves. No one took care of us. And there are plenty of women nowadays livin' in that same manner. Black women. Latin women. *Young* women - livin' in that same life style.

• Adelaide Norris : I don't understand how you as women consider that women's grievances is separatist. You can't even see how it is affecting you. You know, you're oppressed too and its pathetic that you can't even see it.

• Adelaide Norris : I have an idea. We should take all the women and make them men and all the men and make them women. And then the men can finally see the type of shit that they put us through. And the women, the women will benefit from it all; because, they can finally see the type of things that they *don't* have to deal with.

• Adelaide Norris : The only armed activity we'll have is against the media, you know, like the television and radio stations.

  Voice of Woman in Desert : Yeah, that's what's important. It's the information; because, they've been throwing sand in our eyes all the time. And making us think we have to fight against things that were not a threat for us.