On Saturday’s “Melissa Harris-Perry” on MSNBC, The Nation’s Kai Wright said that the United States has long been profiting off of inequity, saying that all of the investments in the 20th century were “discriminatory” because they left out black people
During the Saturday broadcast of “Melissa Harris-Perry” on MSNBC, host Melissa Harris-Perry posed the question if the Republicans would want a “novice” such as Dr. Ben Carson or Donald Trump as president during a time of a potential war. Harris-Perry agreed
The Nation’s Kai Wright said on Saturday’s “Melissa Harris-Perry” Saturday that the reason the United States does not have socialism is due to race. First, host Melissa Harris-Perry said she tells her students that there is a one-word answer to the
During Saturday’s “Melissa Harris-Perry” on MSNBC, TheNation.com’s Mychal Denzel Smith commented on last week’s Amber Rose “Slut Walk” and the term “slut,” saying the term changes meaning depending on how badly you want to belittle women. Smith noted that in
Smith College director of Wellness Education and sex educator Emily Nagoski responded Saturday on MSNBC’s “Melissa Harris-Perry” to the Amber Rose “Slut Walk” and the treatment of women in America. According to Nagoski, slut-shaming in “white-supremacist, patriarchal, fat-shaming, anti-pleasure America” is the
On Saturday’s “Melissa Harris-Perry” on MSNBC, Duke adjunct professor Dorie Clark reacted to the Amber Rose “Slut Walk,” saying she was interested in the branding aspect of the walk. According to Clark, Amber Rose putting her name on the walk
Activist, writer and noted former drug dealer D. Watkins said on MSNBC’s “Melissa Harris-Perry” Saturday that pushing back on the “Black Lives Matter” movement is pushing back on the “progression of black people in America.” Watkins also said in this
MSNBC’s Melissa Harris-Perry noted on her Saturday show the diversity of the 2016 GOP primary candidates, with one female, two latinos and an African-American all in the running. Harris-Perry admitted that the diversity of the GOP candidates “does actually look better
On Saturday, ESPN2’s “His & Hers” co-host Jemele Hill reacted on “Melissa Harris-Perry” to tennis great Serena Williams, who gave an emotional post-game interview after falling in the semi-final to Roberta Vinci at the women’s U.S. Open Friday. Hill noted that male
While speaking on MSNBC’s “Melissa Harris-Perry” Saturday, comedienne Lizz Winstead called GOP presidential hopeful Gov. John Kasich (R-OH) a “monster” for being pr0-life. “You have this crazy opposite thing and I feel like with Oregon being the only state it’s not just Ohio.
Former Ohio state Sen. Nina Turner reacted to Hillary Clinton’s comments on Republicans having “extreme views” on women during Saturday’s MSNBC show “Melissa Harris-Perry.” Turner reminded everyone that we are “socialized in this country,” and then went on to say that women
Founder of “Gender Avenger” and former Bill Bradley campaign manager Gina Glantz responded on MSNBC’s “Melissa Harris-Perry” Saturday to Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton using her womanhood to connect with women Democrats to pull their votes, comparing it to the black vote
Comedienne Lizz Winstead lashed out at society for its treatment of women during Saturday’s “Melissa Harris-Perry” on MSNBC after being asked if Vice President Joe Biden would be standing in the way of Hillary Clinton for the Democratic primary nomination
On MSNBC’s Saturday show “Melissa Harris-Perry,” associate professor of History and director of the Institute for African American Studies at the University of Connecticut Jelani Cobb explained that the problems in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina are equivalent to the
During Saturday’s “Melissa Harris-Perry” on MSNBC, host Melissa Harris-Perry and University of Connecticut professor Jelani Cobb discussed Hurricane Katrina and the perception of African-Americans in America. Harris-Perry stated that she noticed people in New Orleans during Katrina wrapped themselves in
Fordham Assistant Professor of Political Science Christina Greer reacted on Saturday’s “Melissa Harris-Perry” to GOP presidential hopeful Donald Trump’s menstruation comments about Fox News Channel host Megyn Kelly saying that all 17 of the GOP candidates should are “obsessed with women’s bodies.”
On Saturday MSNBC show “Melissa Harris-Perry,” show host Melissa Harris-Perry reacted to RedState Gathering uninviting GOP presidential hopeful Donald Trump after his comments about Fox News’s Megyn Kelly having “blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her wherever”
On MSNBC’s “Melissa Harris-Perry,” host Melissa Harris-Perry scolded Democratic presidential hopeful former Gov. Martin O’Malley (MD) for his comments from July when he said, “white lives matter,” which was followed up by boos from the crowd. “Well, Martin O’Malley, just no.
MSNBC’s Melissa Harris-Perry spoke Saturday on her show about African-Americans fear police officers at this time after recent deaths of blacks at the hands of police officers such as Sandra Bland and Samuel DuBose. Harris-Perry first pointed out that nobody should be killed for not
While speaking on MSNBC’s “Melissa Harris-Perry” on Saturday, Maria Hinojosa, the anchor and executive producer of NPR’s “Latino USA” noted how “historic” it would be if President Obama, or Michelle Obama, would invite some Republican colleagues to immigration detention centers. “I’m
In an on MSNBC’s “Melissa Harris-Perry,” NAACP President and CEO Cornell Williams Brooks commended Bree Newsome, the civil rights activist who climbed the flag pole and removed the Confederate flag at the South Carolina state capitol, on her “patriotic gutsiness.” “I
NYU School of Law professor Alina Das commented on the illegal immigration issue, which 2016 GOP primary candidate Donald Trump has targeted as a major issue in the United States. Although Trump catches the most flak for speaking out on illegal
Continuing the Fair Housing Act riff, Melissa Harris-Perry spoke on her MSNBC show on Saturday about how history would be different if the Fair Housing Act had been better enforced. Harris-Perry, on top of saying that the Fair Housing Act
NBC News correspondent Sarah Dallof reported on MSNBC’s “Melissa Harris-Perry” on Saturday that Rev. Jesse Jackson is “surprised” and “delighted” by the defacement of monuments and removal of the Confederate flag by activists in Columbia, SC. Harris-Perry then responded to the
During her Saturday broadcast of “Melissa Harris-Perry” on MSNBC, host Melissa Harris-Perry expressed her concern about what wedding magazines could do to her daughter’s “little baby fledgling feminist brain” while speaking with feminism media reporter Jennifer Pozner and English and Africana
