Academic Quote by Melissa Harris-Perry

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

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

Having a white parent undoubtedly makes for a different childhood experience than having two black parents.

— Melissa Harris-Perry

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

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

Stereotypes work to help divide women from recognizing their common interests.

— Melissa Harris-Perry

I would agree if the race were today, most likely, our nominee would be Donald Trump, but it isn't today.

— Melissa Harris-Perry

The Republicans don't need black folks to vote Republican, they just need them to not vote.

— Melissa Harris-Perry

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

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

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

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