Congresswoman Cori Bush talks about how her harrowing journey of trauma and adversity, which she candidly documents in her new memoir, ultimately led her to become the first Black woman to represent Missouri in Congress and fight for social and political change.
That's one of the things I wanted to accomplish with this book: as Black women, we are enough. We get the applause and the accolades that we helped sway an election, that we helped to move the needle as far as an outcome in an election, but we don't get treated that same way when we want to run for office. We have to jump through all of these hurdles that other folks don't.
So through this book, I hope that people see that I don't have the “normal” things, or what is considered normal, that some folks have going into Congress. And I'm still here. Not only am I still here, I'm doing the work. We're standing toe to toe with every other member of Congress turning out legislation, speaking about our issues. We didn't come in like, “Oh, I’ve got to be quiet and wait my turn.” We pushed from day one to be equal with everybody else.
I have little Black girls and boys who run up to me when they see me; they come up and grab me by the knees, that's how short they are. They’ll say, “I saw you on TV” or “We talk about you at school, and I want to be just like you.” And I tell them, “I don't want you to be just like me. I want you to be better than me, and I want you to get there faster than me.” So that representation is important.
Trauma can't define you, but it can help lead you. And that's one thing I talk about all the time: I always feel this constant weeping on the inside of me. It just never stops. It's almost like a drum beat, it's just weeping on the inside of me. And that's the weeping of people who are still hurting, who've gone through the things or are going through the things that I've gone through and so much more.
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