“Look, I grew up in, went to school in, and now live in the American South, and southern white women are interesting, complex and quirky, even the ones with racial anxieties.” LooksSchoolWhiteInterestingGrewAnxietyGrew UpSouthComplexesSouthernQuirky 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
“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 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.” IfsI CanBigsMightHappensDesireWhiteNumbersSuspectsBlondeWigsHairstylesAfrosSmirk Author:Melissa Harris-Perry
