Sister Citizen: Shame Stereotypes and Black Women in America

[HarveyKlinger]

The thells theashells by the theathore. Buddy Hinton would have a field day with her.

Her thow thucks tho bad.

[Sirafrican]

Historically blacks have always voted republican...

[AbstractOvechkin]

I love a beautiful intelligent Black women. The Republican party is so fucked right now.

[ieodksnw787]

the only people who have weight in their opinion on black womanhood are black women.

you cannot analyze a racial thing unless you are of that race.

[Quishanumber1]

You know what IS shameful? WHen whites got on here and flipped the subject matter FROM the livelihood of the black woman in America.....to what race the speaker identifies with. This is done because in your minds you are subconsciously hoping and wishing that someone so eloquent and intelligent ...who so happens to "appear" to have at least one non-black parent....WILL IDENTIFY with being "ONE OF YOU".

[jc02151]

@Quishanumber1 Mellisa is half white and why would we want her to identify with being white? What has she done? We have Issac Newton, Darwin, Marie Curie, etc. Do you think we need this woman? You can't be serious? Are best and brightest destroy your best and brightest. Furthermore, most of your best aren't even fully black. Stay in your lane NIGGER.

[TranceBab3]

Thumbs up if you watched the whole video! She's amazing!

[championlova]

There's nothing like a smart, beautiful woman.

[Moionfire]

Jennifer Hudson did not play a mammy in sex and the city. But yes sex and the city did depict black women poorly--and other racial minorities to be truthful.

[PayTheTrueLeader]

Crazy. Nobody prmotes and highlight all the positive stuff. I hate titles

[msscott73]

I really didn't want to watch this but I'm glad i did.

[CyndyP423]

@msscott73 i completely agree with you.

[leston4life]

True, her mother is white, but she said that she has NEVER viewed herself as "biracial" (most delusional word). There is nothing called "biracial". You are either white or you are black. Blackness and whiteness are not determined by your DNA, but by how you look to the physical world. In that sense, I have seen pure Africans (from Africa -- not mixed) who are lighter than Melissa.

Black people come in different hues and they are the only race that could boast that.

BTW, she's fineeee!!

[harveysuperboy]

@leston4life Agree.

[MrLoudthought]

@leston4life actually the terms "Black" and "White" have more to do with your legal/socio-economic status in the eyes of banks and "Courts".....nice try though

[leston4life]

@MrLoudthought That's bullshit! Will banks view a poor hillbilly as black or will courts do the same?

[MrLoudthought]

@leston4life in court/banks u act under treaties and contracts, Many of which have to do with "Persons/NonPersons". example, When you claim that you are "Black" in a court, the stipulation of 3/4ths would have apply to u, but not if u were to claim that you are "White", it has nothing to do with Aesthetics and more to do with legal phrasing, framing, and nuances of the English language so Terms which are used to assert racial status are nothing more then tools of "social alchemy"

[MrLoudthought]

@leston4life as far as "HillBilly" that is not a legal term but if u are referring to "Poor Whites" then yes a status as such would apply to them, but MOST ppl regardless of "color", do not know how to conduct themselves in court, so they are agreeing to contracts and stipulations that affect direct status to the court....in the end court is just another bank looking to expand its client base, SO if by bullshit u mean factual, then yes "proclamation" of race affects court status.

[ralphnovy]

@MrLoudthought

"Social construct." Period.

Not biological, not physical/visual.

[MrLoudthought]

@ralphnovy exactly....it has nothing to do with Biology, or Aesthetics....but completly to do with social contracts, statuses, and "Social Alchemy" if u UNDERstand that phrasing

[MrLoudthought]

@ralphnovy But even biology if u wanna get into talking about Melanin and sun adaptivity, it still has "No leg to stand on" in court......(*note I am a 23 yrs old "Black" male so im not some white kid sittin in his comfortable house and dont know wut they talkiin about.......I been to court, and i know how to conduct myself accordingly )

[ralphnovy]

@MrLoudthought

If current anthropological thinking is correct, ALL Americans are African-Americans, ALL Europeans are African-Europeans, ALL Asians are African-Asians, etc., ultimately.

Duh.

[fctchk]

Contrary to popular misconception -ignorance, which persists in spite of science having conclusively debunked the concept - there is NO SUCH THING AS RACE, no such thing as a black human or white human or "mixed" human for that matter.

There is only the species Homo sapiens which comes with an infinite mixtures of traits of which skin, hair and eye color are a mere three.

[BeaSiegal]

@leston4life "African" doesn't translate into "black" either. This idea it does is racist as hell and even lazy.

[leston4life]

@BeaSiegal So people who originate from sub Saharan Africa aren't "black" anymore? Then what is "black", if I may ask you?

[BeaSiegal]

@leston4life Who said that they would be "black" or at least black by our standards? There has always been Africa but the concept of black is very new. Putting all Africans under a "black" banner is a European concept, not an African one. This also means we can't define black as it suits us either.

[jc02151]

@leston4life If you think she is fine than you're blind.

[leston4life]

@jc02151 Who are you? Are you a man? She's an attractive lady and many confident guys (who aren't intimidated by her intellect) will agree with me. I like a woman who has something smart to say. That's very rare in North America these days.

[alexandrosthrace]

52:39 "I get that he meant to say property. But he didn't. They made him take property out. They were like. "Well that's a problem." I love that!!

[chsn09]

This woman is actually BIRACIAL, NOT black damn it!

[xoxolaineyoxox]

@chsn09 Is there a difference?

[meb025]

@chsn09 She's black. You can be biracial AND black. You can be black and Latino/a. She's black. DIdn't u watch the video?

[jc02151]

@meb025 she's mixed. She considers herself black to gain all the benefits of being black in modern society.

[ChillinKid93]

@chsn09 So you're saying she's NOT black because she's mixed? That makes no sense. She is mixed WITH black so she must be black... fucking idiot. 

[ralphnovy]

@ChillinKid93

I think the point was that "black" and "white" are insultingly crude categories. I would never agree to be lumped into either.

[aibcomeback]

@chsn09 WHHAAATTT please leave this video, you are an oxygen thief. she is BLACK IDENTIFYING. she called herself a black woman 5867906542 times in this video. please fall off of the planet, because i can not deal with you. are you shaming her for identifying with both sides?!? i can't with you.

[ralphnovy]

@aibcomeback

Get a brain or take a pill.

[aibcomeback]

@ralphnovy i have a brain. shank you very much.. YOU are the one saying that this grown ass woman doesn't know what to identify with/ doesn't know who she is. She's lived 40 YEARS IN HER BODY! i think she knows she's a black woman. if you disagree with HER JUDGMENTS ABOUT HER RECOGNIZING in this HOUR LONG VID saying the stereotypes SHE IS AFFECTED by as a black woman than you may roll off the planet. don't respond to this. i'll see your name and delete it. kthanxbye

[jesushatesyoutoo]

I am so in love with Melissa! Smart beautiful and funny!

[PrincessPreacher]

I really enjoyed this lecture very stimulating and spoken so eloquently. Well expressed and defined real issues.

[KatarraParson]

wow......thank you so much for this. I will be buying your book ASAP. Everything I've ever felt, thought, or attempted to write about this subject, you have taken, perfected, and made understandable even to me.

[swagboi7]

pls my real dark skin black ppl stop make kids and a daughters with ugly pale racist crackers, white latinos and non black ppl because your mixed kids will always go to white race just like racist white mother or daddy will teach them. this is genocide need to stop that's why we have white/jews biracial project "obama" today because racist crakkkers wanna destroy us, real dark skin black sons/kids/race and culture!

[jc02151]

@swagboi7 SHUT UP NIGGER

[LISTENtotheMANofGOD]

Mammies were used to emasculate their sons to prevent slave uprisings. If black women raised their sons to be strong, they all would've become little 'Nat Turner's' that would've been white massa's worst nightmare. This is the key to understanding bw of today, they do not nurture their sons but will call ALL black men losers when they get close to reaching manhood! We can't get ANY black women to speak on behalf of black boys, they all say- "WHERE THEY DADDY AT?" sick

[bchoice54]

Awesome reflection on cognitive psychology especially relative to the "crooked room" analogy. I have to get the book.

[LISTENtotheMANofGOD]

@bchoice54 Meaningless rhetoric. THe strong black woman was NOT created by African-Americans as she said, it was created back in slavery....Sojourner Truth boasted about being able to take the 'lash' (horrific whippings/beatings') as well as a man. Read her 'Ain't I A Woman' speech. BW are angry more out of a tradition today. Notice bw are praising white men wanting to marry their oppressor? BW are also angry because they can no longer boss and control black men!

[Auntkekebaby]

...except for the Obama/Clinton stuff. Not a fan of both

[Auntkekebaby]

She hit it on the head. This is it!

[AmbrosiusVanllin60]

WOW!! GREAT VIDEO.

[pame546]

Great talk!! The only disappointing thing is the suggestion that Obama is better than Clinton. Sure on several political points he is. However, there has not been a President who has provided great leadership in tough times, and great vision, since FDR. The U.S. executive branch has not differed in their policies since FDR. Therefore, there is no significant difference between Bush and Obama or Clinton. The political system is a joke. That's why I will cast a protest vote.

[IbnSheba]

@pame546

----You will just love it when we get a Republican President, Senate, and House of Represenatives.

[pame546]

@IbnSheba You got to think outside the box a little bit. Look! I'll be voting for Progressive Democratic candidates in my homestate of California. It is just that Obama is just doing things like any other U.S. president in the past 20 to 30 years. The thing that will make me cast a protest vote for president is that Obama has been very hawkish with immigration, especially with record deportations. He had the power to stop this, but instead he probably did it for political purposes. F'd up!

[IbnSheba]

@pame546

----You need to think "outside the box". Obama's politics may resemble those of liberal republicans. But he is not a Conservative. Consider what the change from LBJ to Nixion meant in the late 1960s. Do you want that again?. Currently the GOP needs to lose several presidential elections. It needs to once again become a reasonable & moderate political party.

-----A protest vote is a wasted vote. The same goes double when one votes for a third party. ..

[LISTENtotheMANofGOD]

@pame546 Black women find every reason to not support a black man, but then they become envious as women of other races throw millions at a black male president.

[zainabadam]

so powerful!

[dharmaatdawn]

the whole political process run away in late 1970. for me , all these discussions about liberals and conservatives seems fake. It seems liberals conserv, operate in the world in which theres no classes. this by itsself makes a discussion dishonest

[dharmaatdawn]

i remember her article in Nation. it got so many comments. After watching this I understand little better the point she was trying to make. its a one way of looking at this. But many cases can be made ab. why ppl voted for Obama, and why some of them will stay home in next election. I dont think its bc who who might stay home have higher expectation of him then Clinton. I think its not ab the expectations in my case. Rather, not understanding how political process worked in this coutry.

[mariespurpleshoes]

Greetings Mrs. Harris-Perry, this is so beautiful. One sharing point - I am happy to say that you are not original in this thinking but I thank you for putting words to my feelings and my very thoughts. I will buy the book.

[LISTENtotheMANofGOD]

@mariespurpleshoes why waste money on a book from a woman who calls herself a 'minister', who also endorses homosexuality and women pastors? She contradicts herself at every turn. God's Bible is true and man is the head of woman regardless of where you live. Black boys are being overlooked by black mothers, to their own detriment. If black men fail so do black women. That's what Mrs. Hyphenated name neglected to say.

[memphisdrean]

wow, terrific, enlightening talk, thank you for posting this.

[LISTENtotheMANofGOD]

@memphisdrean black women are delusional but they all come together on feminist manhating issues which has them being rejected at lightning speed. Focus on your sons if you want men to respect and defend you black woman! You can NOT stand on your own you will be destroyed of the oppressor!

[EuphoricImpact]

Excellent

[blacksncommercials]

@EuphoricImpact Thank you for sharing this with me, great stuff.