“Even if you think it is right for Bill Cosby to face charges, it`s impossible to ignore that the system which just charged him is a system that has been indicted by a national social movement, as being unable or unwilling to deliver meaningful and just outcomes.” IfsThinkingHas BeensFacesSocialImpossibleMovementBillsMeaningfulOutcomesUnwillingSocial Movements Author:Melissa Harris-Perry
“Jeb`s Bush front-runner status was short lived, to say the least. But who could have predicted that the Republican front-runner would be someone that we were not even thinking about.Donald Trump was not even on anyone`s radar back then and Mike Pence was getting more attention than he was.” ThinkingWould BeAttentionFrontsTrumpRepublicanRunnersMikeRadarShort Lived Author:Melissa Harris-Perry
“I just keep thinking of how many times I`ve heard Ferguson effect. And I`ve heard it because of protests, officers are afraid to do their job because of - because of a YouTube effect.” ThinkingJobsHeardEffectsProtestOfficersYoutubeFerguson Author:Melissa Harris-Perry
“Think of how hard it would be to create a gender-based movement across racial lines as long as one group believes that it has to be strong while seeing the other group as passive and weak. We could also go into the stereotypes of the saucy, mercurial Latina and the docile, easily-dominated Asian woman.” ThinkingBelieveLongHardWould BeStrongLinesSeeingGroupsMovementWeakGenderPassiveStereotypeAsianLatinaDocile 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 think that a white woman is in denial when she dyes her hair blonde. And I actually think we are the most varied in terms of the choices we make about our hair. Some of it may be political or psychological, but an awful lot of it is just aesthetic, how we like to view ourselves when we look in the mirror.” ThinkingLooksMayPoliticalChoicesTermWhiteViewsHairMirrorsPsychologicalAwfulDenialAestheticBlonde 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
“I think the most critical needs of the African-American communities aren't being addressed primarily because of decisions being made by Republican Congressional leaders.” ThinkingNeedsMadeCommunityDecisionLeaderRepublicanCriticalAfrican American Author:Melissa Harris-Perry
“It actually does matter what people think about you.” PeopleThinkingDoeMatter Author:Melissa Harris-Perry
