Sister Citizen: Shame Stereotypes and Black Women in America

MSNBC commentator, columnist for The Nation, and Professor of Political Science at Tulane University, where she serves as founding director of the Project on Gender, Race, and Politics in the South, Melissa Harris-Perry examines black women's political and emotional responses to pervasive negative race and gender images in her new book, "Sister Citizen." With wit and family anecdotes, Harris-Perry elaborates on how the shared struggle to preserve an authentic self and secure recognition as a citizen links black women together in America. Series: "Walter H. Capps Center Series" [2/2012] [Humanities] [Show ID: 23035]

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Education

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• Melissa Harris-Perry
• African American
• women in America
• political organizing

[jesushatesyoutoo]

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

[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?

[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".

[TranceBab3]

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

[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.

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

[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