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.
Melissa Harris-PerryFrom 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.
Melissa Harris-PerryThink 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.
Melissa Harris-PerryYou are five times more likely to be killed by your abuser if your abuser can get their hands on a gun. That`s not a small problem.
Melissa Harris-PerryI would want to know that my daughter is going to enjoy a long, happy and healthy life.
Melissa Harris-Perry