“In a moment when young black voters were key to the election and the reelection of a black president, when the Department of Justice has been led these years by the first two African-American attorneys general, when many big cities boast African-American league prosecutors and police chiefs and mayors, even in this moment, why is it that it still feels to so many young people that there is more power for change on the court than in the courts?” PeopleFeelsYearsFirstsHas BeensStillsTwoMomentsBigsYoungBlackPresidentJusticeCitiesKeysPoliceElectionCourtChiefsAfrican AmericanLeagueDepartmentVotersBoastAttorneyMayorsBig CitiesProsecutorReelection Author:Melissa Harris-Perry
“You just have to be strong if you're a black woman.” IfsStrongBlackBlack Women Author:Melissa Harris-Perry
“Having a white parent undoubtedly makes for a different childhood experience than having two black parents.” TwoDifferentParentBlackWhiteChildhood Author:Melissa Harris-Perry
“From childhood forward, our hair is one of the most critical, defining aspects of our embodied selves as black women: how we get it done... how we have to focus on it... the questions we have to answer about it... and so forth.” SelfDoneBlackAnswersFocusChildhoodHairAspectCriticalBlack WomenDefiningGet It Done Author:Melissa Harris-Perry
“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 where women wear blue hair, green hair, and all kinds of stuff. So, I simply see it as a different set of choices.” ThinkingKindMayDifferentDesireChoicesStuffBlackPoorHairBlueGreenAssumingCarefulAll KindsNeighborhoodBe CarefulBlondeWigsWhitenessPermsBlue Hair Author:Melissa Harris-Perry
“The Republicans don't need black folks to vote Republican, they just need them to not vote.” NeedsBlackRepublicanVoteFolks Author:Melissa Harris-Perry
“Therapists are less likely to perceive a black woman as sad; instead they see her as angry or anxious.” BlackAngryPerceiveAnxiousBlack WomenTherapists Author:Melissa Harris-Perry
