I can understand how someone might read wearing a blonde wig as a desire to be white, but I suspect that the same shaming smirk can happen if you wear a big afro or any number of other hairstyles. — Melissa Harris-Perry Copy Share Image
I do think that we have to be careful not to assume that getting a perm or wearing a blonde wig is a desire for whiteness. It may or may not be. Listen, I live in a poor black neighborhood… — Melissa Harris-Perry Copy Share Image
I learned that you can't write a book in the margins of your life. I'd forgotten how much uninterrupted time it takes to write… — Melissa Harris-Perry Copy Share
The debate was a chance for senator [Bernie] Sanders to have a game-changing moment to recapture the news cycle and build momentum going into… — Melissa Harris-Perry Copy Share
Having a white parent undoubtedly makes for a different childhood experience than having two black parents. — Melissa Harris-Perry Copy Share
Drink lots of water, and nap. I've made some really big messes along the way, whether on the academic side or on the media… — Melissa Harris-Perry Copy Share
Terrifying mass shooting and high-profile officer-involved incidents have dominated the national conversation on gun violence in recent years. But most deaths by gun are… — Melissa Harris-Perry Copy Share
Stereotypes work to help divide women from recognizing their common interests. — Melissa Harris-Perry Copy Share
I would agree if the race were today, most likely, our nominee would be Donald Trump, but it isn't today. — Melissa Harris-Perry Copy Share
The Republicans don't need black folks to vote Republican, they just need them to not vote. — Melissa Harris-Perry Copy Share
I had a friend say to me the other day, I hate when I see Jonathan Metzl on your show because I know it's… — Melissa Harris-Perry Copy Share
I am a supporter of much of the Arab Spring, as a matter of indigenous self-determination. So, I see the United States' role in… — Melissa Harris-Perry Copy Share
The leading non-establishment Republican candidate for president, Donald Trump, is just sailing past [establishment Republican candidates] in the polls. He is still surging. He… — Melissa Harris-Perry Copy Share
I think the idea that you're somehow rejecting whiteness if you don't identify yourself as biracial is odd because everybody engages in whiteness. If… — Melissa Harris-Perry Copy Share
Popular films are so powerful and compelling that it's often easier to accept their versions of history than the much more complicated true stories. — Melissa Harris-Perry Copy Share
Donald Trump has changed the rule and so have the stations and the media coverage. — Melissa Harris-Perry Copy Share
As we watch Republican candidates like Scott Walker and Rick Perry and Bobby Jindal and George Pataki, and even Jeb Bush and Chris Christie,… — Melissa Harris-Perry Copy Share
