With Donald Trump, you know, what I would tell you is that he`s got shelf life like I never would have guessed.
Melissa Harris-PerryLoss of social standing is an ever-present threat for individuals whose social acceptance is based on behavioral traits rather than unconditional human value.
Melissa Harris-PerryPopular films are so powerful and compelling that it's often easier to accept their versions of history than the much more complicated true stories.
Melissa Harris-PerryThe land on which they (the Founding Fathers) formed this Union was stolen. The hands with which they built this nation were enslaved. The women who birthed the citizens of the nation are second class. This is the imperfect fabric of our nation, at times weโve torn and stained it, and at other moments, we mend and repair it. But itโs ours, all of it. The imperialism, the genocide, the slavery, also the liberation and the hope and the deeply American belief that our best days still lie ahead of us.
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