“Many people consider darts a sport, with a live audience and very excited fans and competitors who aren`t hitting the bull`s-eye.” PeopleEyeSportsAudienceFansExcitedHittingCompetitorsBullsDarts Author:Melissa Harris-Perry
“As we watch Republican candidates like Scott Walker and Rick Perry and Bobby Jindal and George Pataki, and even Jeb Bush and Chris Christie, guys who are either out or who are really struggling to stay in, it might seem like the Republican Party is no longer a very strong party. There may be people who use the Republican label, but the party itself might feel like it`s in a bit of disarray.” PeopleFeelsMayUseSeemsMightGuyStrongBitsPartyWatchesStruggleRepublicanLabelsCandidatesVery StrongRepublican PartyWalkersChristieDisarray Author:Melissa Harris-Perry
“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
“Former Governor [Jeb] Bush calling for an end all together of the Supplemental Nutrition Program, or what some people call food stamps program, as part of an overhaul.” PeopleEndsTogetherCallingProgramFormerNutritionGovernorsStampsFood Stamps Author: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 you live in America, you're doing whiteness all the time, even if you have no white people in your family.” PeopleIfsThinkingIdeasAmericaWhiteOddOur FamilyRejectingBiracialWhiteness Author:Melissa Harris-Perry
“I don't know what people mean when they ask me whether I'm embracing my whiteness. Whiteness is ubiquitous.” PeopleKnowsMeanAsksAsk MeWhiteness Author:Melissa Harris-Perry
“It actually does matter what people think about you.” PeopleThinkingDoeMatter Author:Melissa Harris-Perry
“For me, success is when I'm making a contribution and fully engaging all of my talents. In terms of the key quality, it's being willing to continue to believe in yourself even when other people don't, and being able to fail and to come back.” PeopleBelieveAbleTermQualityFailingTalentWillingKeysContributionBelieve In YourselfBelieve In YouEngaging Author:Melissa Harris-Perry
