Melissa Harris-Perry on Being Black in America Today

[@_A_D_]

She thinks "kids belong to whole communities." Creepy-ass statist.

[@HollyandChanel]

Such an intelligent and inspirational woman. Love her!!

[@HollyandChanel]

***** Actually, I make quite a good salary. :)

[@HollyandChanel]

***** And you are entitled to your opinion. I disagree.

[@HollyandChanel]

+Dylan Jones But I am incredibly smart, that's all that matters to me. My looks are irrelevant.

[@HollyandChanel]

+JoePescisBoss My looks are irrelevant.

[@HollyandChanel]

***** I have a fiancee, money and an education. My looks, thankfully,do not dictate my future or trajectory. :)

[@valkeryie11]

that's it I can't take this channel anymore....this woman smh

[@jaykitad3572]

Geez so many haters without actually listening to the content, great interview!

[@noscreen1]

She makes Palin sound like a fucking genius... since she is talking about shit that is fantasy..

[@stacynicole949]

She speaks the truth and people hate it! Lol .. This country was built on racism but pple call her racist GTFOH ... Truth hurts

[@ineffable_name]

Was the country built in late 1700s - early 1800s? This must b agent smith

[@gerardvigo4255]

stacy nicole no she speaks delusion. Just because your paranoid doesn't mean that white people really give a shit wether you succeed or not because your not that special.

[@richardramirez3805]

yeah, truth hurts....obviously smh

[@SirBagman87]

Complex issues of race.. Seriously? This is the person who claimed Star Wars is racist.

[@SwordAgainstChaos]

She's also claimed "hard work" is racist.

[@mistamista595]

Im black and I think her issue is being retarded in America

[@lafaceelounah2289]

+Mike Duncan Lol

[@mikee3261]

+Mike Duncan ? why is that

[@kris5645]

Wtf! Power struggle? She doesnt even look black. She looks mixed race. And the sex and the city reference? Come on!

[@YungTsundere]

shut up lmao. even if she was mixed, she's still black.

[@YungTsundere]

melfoks if she's mixed with black, she is still black. her features are of a black woman's.

[@kris5645]

+12 bricks No if she didnt have dreads, she would look whiter than a white person that came back from holidays. But seriously it doesnt make sense to divide a person by race if the person has multiple backgrounds. She is not black nor white, but that is a good thing.

[@johngalt5572]

+12 bricks She is as black as Rachel Dolezal.

[@johngalt5572]

***** she totally uses the 1% rule, its why the fake black woman was able to say she was black for so long.

[@Broadly]

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[@niamhheron5587]

+Broadly wonderful interview!

[@moonpiemoonpie]

Whatever... She's the shit and haters gonna hate. Lmao.

[@isletoflangerhans8281]

She strings buzzwords together and gets called an "intellectual." How are women held to such low standards?

[@Moonsabie]

I was an assistant for my African Art history professor "black" I am white as all hell aside from being Irish compared to the 150 students in the lecture all back. I had a great time learned alot love my memories. o sense my professor was a black Muslim he had me helping him with his community art projects loved it.

[@rockhard2654]

"public intellectual"

[@rong9829]

"Radicals" don't have television shows. Radicals are forced to make huge sacrifices for what they believe in. So is Bill O'reily a radical?

[@davidlk8371]

Fearless Outspoken "Intellectual"

[@Darksecret_23]

Radical feminist 😂😂😂😂

[@levmyshkin8366]

any 'feminists' or 'racial activists' who make a living from talking are full of it

[@johngalt5572]

+Nik Myshkin no need to add "who make a living from talking".. they are all full of it.

[@levmyshkin8366]

Everyone is full of it to a degree, but I quite like equality myself.

[@johngalt5572]

Nik Myshkin Feminism != equality. Its organized activity on behalf of women's rights and interests where they feel their rights are less than a men's. But there are hundreds of instances where when their rights are greater than men's they actively fight to prevent men from gaining the same rights. If you want to support equality, look into egalitarian. If you want to support woman over men, go for feminism.

[@levmyshkin8366]

MGTOW FTW I agree with you for the most part, but lots of egalitarian activists in history would be known to many as feminist activists or racial activists. On a related note I bought a badge today that says 'words are meaningless and forgettable'.

[@morganolfursson2560]

As long as there are human beings on this planet the second last thing that will disappear in this world will be racism , slavery in any form it takes, and the very last thing that will ever disappear will be cruelty toward animals . So one advice to you people, if you do not show any form of kindness toward animals , and stop using them (and i mean using them as food, clothes, accessories, pets etc) then never call on anyone who doesn't respect you. If you can't respect another living creature because you think this is not relevant or important enough , or that your hunger for meat is more important or legit or relevant than what happens in the slaughterhouses or in the meat fur feather industry , then never fucking blame anyone who disrespect you, because you are no better than that person . It starts with you no people around you .

[@victoria4]

wowww the thing about Sex and the City! I never even noticed!

[@kimboslice1356]

Not a follower of Melissa's work but really resonated with her here. Great interview.

[@va4life398]

To all of the people commenting on this video, why so much hate? Why do you hate black people or non white people so much? Why are your words filled with so much hate? Why can't you make intelligent, informed commentary in response to what you've seen rather than spewing your hate? And just because a black person is fair skinned, it doesn't make them biracial. Don't be ignorant. It's not attractive.

[@kevinroberts2573]

Melissa you need to be president

[@TheDoctorAndTheTardis]

She is the type that will find racism in white rice

[@andreasgiering1945]

+The Doctor Let's be real, the news would be a lot less funny w/o her.

[@starsareangels]

+The Doctor Oh well, I'm black. And I prefer brown rice, and women :)

[@TheDoctorAndTheTardis]

Jerry Incandenza Hey do you! as long as you don't cry racism.. I'm mostly black and most of the girls I dated were asian.. People have preferences and there is nothing wrong with that.. as long as it's not because you are racist it's fine by me

[@TheDoctorAndTheTardis]

Nick Skirvin thanks

[@TheDoctorAndTheTardis]

Andreas Giering True... but the sad thing is many people don't see it as the joke that it is

[@liliebilie]

Finally an interviewer on Broadly that isn't terrible

[@bronwenable]

Any old school daffy duck fans will enjoy playback at 2x.

[@Jesses001]

I am always skeptical of someone who often describes themselves as smart and insists on being described as intelligent. Smart and intelligent were words mentioned about every 2 minutes in this video.

[@alexventura567]

THE REAL UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IS 28%!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@doopanight7831]

Be careful. Don't say "hardworker " or bring up Darth Vader to her. Shit goes all out the window.

[@exclusiveop]

Great interview!

[@overduetax]

Up Next is "Melissa Harris Perry is a Cancer on Freedom" by Alex Jones Channel. I didn't even queue that video. KZbin just just set it to next for some reason! lol

[@FlowerChild65]

Fantastic. Love her show and her book is very well reasoned. The comments section of this video is so full of garbage.

[@tha1ne]

+FlowerChild65 Nah, you are!

[@johnathanbusse4679]

and your nasty stinking comment just overflowed this trash can

[@humdrumfeast]

Wow. She sure seems like a hard worker

[@YTfancol]

She's not a hard worker !!

[@mikee3261]

no you aren't you are a KZbin commenter which means loser

[@enjoiKID24]

Wow, what a very intelligent white woman. Remarkable.

[@ramonishere]

Oprah is not a tall white man. I fucking love Oprah...

[@tomtt8223]

Great interviewer! please do more!

[@Metric07]

Cool interview! Interesting point about stereotypes and a proliferation of images.

[@iconiclust]

haha.. "intellectual"?!!?! She puts ALL intellect / facts aside for EMOTIONAL reasoning.

[@Parapon3ra]

What's this, Rachel Dolezal 2.0?

[@conscioushomestead]

+Parapon3ra LMAO!!!!

[@moosa86]

Hot jezzebelle?... Huh? This lady's mind is stuck in the 19th century. I was born and raised here in the U.S. and I have no idea what she's talking about when she talks about race. She's very self-absorbed in her view of race and the world. smh

[@SwordAgainstChaos]

Your last sentence would be the definition of a liberal.

[@diamonddee8281]

I could watch/listen to MHP all day; awesome woman. Broadly, you need to more reporters of color. I've watched nearly all of your documentaries/interviews and they're hosted predominantly by white women. Love the channel but color it up. Noticed that is a trend with VICE in general.

[@reddinahredmond4037]

People get butt stung because she finds racism in this-in that. Well, I notice these critical objectors are almost always the "I'm not racist" racists who have zero clue that there IS the fact she finds it because it's there. lol

[@gerardvigo4255]

Reddinah Redmond she finds the term hard worker racist.....just saying........oh and star wars as well.....along with many other things that don't quite make sense

[@anthonyshelton6889]

It's really dumb to bring up race in almost every conversation she has.

[@YungTsundere]

why did she defend Rachel? :/

[@dhskinny3]

So you could not find a dark skin women. Gwen Ifill was busy .

[@hellohey000]

so basically as Obama came to power she came also benefited. then as Obama left power your influence did too.

[@jerryward2779]

how about a native woman in america today.

[@montecable7781]

whats racist is blacks only going to the movies when there is only black movies in the theather. she is from new orleans one of the most racist city in this country. the rest of america has moved past that but she wants never let it go. latinos indians asians were if not inslaved out right were close it and they are not always talking about it. its said that most of black peoples problems are self inflicted wounds

[@Mymusicsubs]

you sound like kanye west when he said that slavery seemed like a choice. What you're referring to as "self-infliction" is the model minority myth in which black people are blamed for not rising out of their oppression the way that other marginalized communities have, such as Asian Americans, Indian Americans, etc. And lastly, how about they like to see their ethnicity being well-represented in movies instead of the stereotypical token in most American movies? Go to college.

[@bambamkapow8843]

wow she's really pretty...

[@bambamkapow8843]

+MGTOW FTW classy smart women > pornstar.....any day

[@johngalt5572]

BamBam KapoW "classy smart", seriously, those are descriptions you use for this Rachel Dolezal v2.0 ?

[@bambamkapow8843]

we can agree to disagree, random youtube commenter.

[@johngalt5572]

BamBam KapoW good suggestion. Be safe.

[@SwordAgainstChaos]

I'd agree to slavery reparations to do her. She is a real kook, though.

[@spacemanmoe5622]

She seems like Rachel Dolezal.

[@katanasenpai949]

Melissa slays 🙌🏼

[@tior598]

Wow what a hard worker

[@miguelgomez1481]

Broadly, MPH is not an intellectual.

[@iVenge]

No, but she *is*... she told you herself that she is. :-D She has also been officially "offended" since birth.

[@seibrav]

Melissa Harris-Perry is not "Black".

[@themuzichuckchannel3377]

she is insane and her views may actually match maybe 2% of the population on a good day. I can think of a few good uses for her,.....

[@YungTsundere]

the reporter is really hot

[@joanpayne4367]

Uh no

[@maqsoodqureshi6968]

Hi! I'm not some this intellectual or dunno -- whatever -- I was just looking for Social stigma and repression of left-handedness and you popped up and hope this girl on your right that's your left of course would you know some real aggressive court suits and legal mirinda rights stuff -- i swear i didn't mean to trespass -- i just googled and you popped up -- and like this -- I swear I didn't darent' look on my right. I've all the proper Ieds and all that...

[@12dollarsand78cents]

She has been 'asked'. hee heee

[@TheDetective420]

bask in her wisdom? haha what the fuck? is this forreal?

[@MoGravy90]

I love her!!!

[@johngalt5572]

+MoGravy90 you love white woman who pretend to be black? WHat are your thoughts about Rachel Dolezal?

[@MoGravy90]

+MGTOW FTW I think she is crazy boot. and that is random af...what does that have to do with anything....?

[@westindian10]

I 💜 MHP!!!!

[@Bleh67420]

"It's true or[all these people who I share nothing in common with but I understand their situation no matter what based upon my own definition of 'normality is"]

[@rogerlozano5036]

Buh Bye Melitha Harrith-Perry.

[@WilhelmFreidrich]

Melissa Harris-Perry is boring. All of "her opinions" are just recycled. She is not creative.

[@chimichanga3405]

#blackgirlmagic

[@ArizonaBaySwimming]

oh vice, you have fallen so far

[@gentlecalmsoothing]

L

[@emajin123]

successful TV show? lol.

[@gsentinel4821]

PRETTY LADY:):)

[@igorhiperactivo2446]

First ^w^

[@Atombender]

"intellectual"