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“Housing affects everything, and we continue to live in very, very segregated communities.”

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Melissa Harris-Perry is an American writer, political commentator, and television host. Born on October 2, 1973, she is known for her insightful views on political and social issues. more

“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.”

Thinking Believe Long Hard Would Be Strong Lines Seeing Groups Movement Weak Gender Passive Stereotype Asian Latina Docile

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

Two Different Parent Black White Childhood

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“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.”

People Ifs Thinking Ideas America White Odd Our Family Rejecting Biracial Whiteness

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“I don't know what people mean when they ask me whether I'm embracing my whiteness. Whiteness is ubiquitous.”

People Knows Mean Asks Ask Me Whiteness

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“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.”

Thinking Looks May Political Choices Term White Views Hair Mirrors Psychological Awful Denial Aesthetic Blonde

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“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.”

Ifs I Can Bigs Might Happens Desire White Numbers Suspects Blonde Wigs Hairstyles Afros Smirk

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“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.”

Self Done Black Answers Focus Childhood Hair Aspect Critical Black Women Defining Get It Done

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“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.”

Thinking Kind May Different Desire Choices Stuff Black Poor Hair Blue Green Assuming Careful All Kinds Neighborhood Be Careful Blonde Wigs Whiteness Perms Blue Hair

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