but you also know and maybe have not thought about this, but when louise jefferson had made it, she becomes a stay at home mother of an adult son at that point. and what does she do? she gets the made who is a black maid. so all of these issues of the significance of home and how we define it and how we shape it and how it figures in our thinking about equality were really in my mind. and then the housing crisis hit and the collapse of the housing market. it really devastated communities and sent so many people really in sort of chaos. i started reading the stories about how it was being read in the press. so few of the stories included the impact that it was having on women. women of color, in particular, women living on their own, trying to buy homes on their own -- when i realized was that the housing crisis is not only a setback economically. it is a setback in our social advances for women. women really were not just out there buying homes on their own for the last 20 years. remember, this was a social advancement for women because we were finally saying, look, we can do this on our ow

now, that showed that you had made it, but george jefferson and louise jefferson, this african-american couple, had made it. and what did they do? move up. and not only did they move up, but they department have to have -- they didn't have to have beans burning on the grill anymore or fish frying. they had bought into a new way of life because they were now able to relocate and prove to the world that they had made it. so i look at popular culture, and i look at literature to help really illustrate not only the role that it plays, but that the home plays in our thinking about equality, but also our shared desire, the desire that we all have to find a home whether it's -- we think of it as that place or a state of being. and one thing i think really is pivotal or at least my growing up and understanding of the cig any can of home and the relationship it played in the role of equality is lorraine hasn't bury's, "a raise sin in the sun." and i discuss the play because it is such, in many ways, a timeless play. it's been staged and restaged since it debuted, i think, this this -- in 1959, c

but you also know and maybe have not thought about this that when louise jefferson has made it, she becomes a stay at home mother, and what does she do? she getse a maid who is a black maid. all of these issues about the significance of home and how we define it and how it figures and are thinking about the quality really was in my mind. than the housing crisis hit. and the collapse of the housing market really devastated communities and send some many people really in chaos. and i started reading the stories about how it was being read in the press, and so few of the stories included the impact it was having on women. women of color in particular, women living on their own, trying to buy homes on their own. i realized that the housing crisis is not only a set back economically. is a setback in our social advances for women -- it is a setback in our social advances for women. women were out there buying homes on their own for the last 20 years. this was a social advancement for women because we were finally saying, "look, we can do this on our own. we do not have to wait until we have a spo

but you also know and maybe have not thought about this that when louise jefferson has made it, she becomestay at home mother, and what does she do? she getse a maid who is a black maid. all of these issues about the signifance of home and how we define it and how it figures and are thinking abouthe quality really was in my mind. than the housing crisis hit. and the collapse of the housing market really devastated communities and send some many people really in chaos. and i started reading the stories about h it was being read in the press, and so few of the stories includethe impact it was having on women. women of color in particular, women living on their own, trying to buy homes on their own. i realized that the housing crisis is not only a set back economically. is a setback in our social advances for women -- it is a setback in our social advances for women. women were out there buying homes on their own for the last 20 years. this was a social advancement for women because we were finally saying, "look, we can do this on our own. we do not have to wait until we have a spouse or a par