I was privileged to meet her once. She signed my copy of The Bluest Eye. I asked her if she could sum up her work. She said:"I love you". I didn't get it at the time but I do now...
@mel...s3 жыл бұрын
2002, I won a college scholarship..."beat the odds", Atlanta GA. During my televised interview (WSB-TV channel 2) l thanked her for "The Bluest Eye". I'd like to think she heard about it lol.
@letthetrumpetsound78932 жыл бұрын
You are blessed.🙏🏽
@BriaBarrows Жыл бұрын
Whew!
@yasminemarie7992 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing. Do you think you can explain?
@GinaGreenlee7 ай бұрын
Wow. Yes. She writing for us, the ones she loves. And she doesn't apologize for it and the world has recognized her for it. Right on.
@LotusofJudah11116 жыл бұрын
I love the regal demeanor of Toni Morrison & the raw manner of her storytelling.
@layleboo8 жыл бұрын
One of the many beauties of Morrison is that she presents the Afro-American (hi)story in a way that all can connect with, because everyone should. She captures it. What a wonderful being she is. Such a blessing.
@elenajimenez1235 жыл бұрын
so true. meanwhile some bristle at non-black readers connecting that profoundly to books like Morrison's, they think other readers are not able to get it. not true.
@eugenesincere33593 жыл бұрын
instablaster...
@spiderman324213 жыл бұрын
Toni Morrison is a literary genius. She's so vivid and brilliant in her writing. Her novels of one of which everyone should read. Even though not being an African American culture, Morrison' s novel was able to make the feeling of racism a mutual feeling throughout all races. Being a 16 year old, I was incapable of relating to the mature actions and the emotions that came with it but the novel was so great that I actually felt like I was experiencing it. God Bless You Toni Morrison.
@derekmatthews6836 Жыл бұрын
Every word she speaks is Prophecy to me, it's just what it is and I cherish every interview/conversation of hers!! ❤🙌
@enchantresse233 жыл бұрын
She was so empowering and she stood on her message and her work like no other. ✨ I’m so grateful for each book of hers. 🕊❤️
@acajudi1004 жыл бұрын
I have written journals from 15 to my present 78. I journal also on voice recorder apps. Writings and speaking journals are brain and heart dumps for the Soul, and we pray it educates others.
@nadezhdagecheva68855 жыл бұрын
RIP Tony Morrison ! You were a beautiful human being and a great inspiration for all of us, your humble readers.
@aquildon111 жыл бұрын
Very inspiring. I'm one of her greatest fans.
@ZalRB114 жыл бұрын
Beloved is my favourite book. Then Jazz. This woman is the most brilliant writer, something to look up to. She is amazing.
@speakingmymind32286 жыл бұрын
She’s a genius
@SpeakWritePlayinEnglish3 жыл бұрын
She and her stories are an inspiration to anyone!
@mimabaya7 жыл бұрын
"The most vulnerable: children, female children, female black children..."
@blaiqangel11 жыл бұрын
She is my favorite writer. She and Nikki Giovanni are just amazing.
@πανταπεριμενω6 жыл бұрын
I LOVE YOU TONI MORISSON!!!!
@Dogen703 жыл бұрын
I have never not read The Bluest Eye without tears in the end
@andrewkohler37073 жыл бұрын
One of the most devastating final paragraphs in literature.
@Theronesmedia8 жыл бұрын
An amazing writer, person, human, and champion for Black people. Respect her totally! Be sure to connect with Therone Shellman Media. The latest title is One Good Man, a very timely title, with an important message.
@deathbybears15 жыл бұрын
Also, Morrison's The Bluest Eye is reccommendable. Her critical focus on feeling and emotion is damn important and worthy of praise.
@tempking200114 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing this wonderful interview! Toni Morrison is a Great Lady and Inspiration for me as well as my husband and we so greatly admire her and all her works! Sincerely, Albert and Tempie Williams
@BriaBarrows Жыл бұрын
Inspiring! Thank you Toni ♥️
@acajudi1004 жыл бұрын
She died August 5, 2019. R.I.P. and THANK YOU SO MUCH MRS. Morrison.
@sam0frtend7 ай бұрын
I love her ❤
@JoshuaWarrenHNTV13 жыл бұрын
This was very inspiring for me because I write. I have not published anything but I do write. I saw her on Oprah some years back and our Spirits connected, she really encouraged me to press to be more Unique and to continue writing. :)
@layleboo8 жыл бұрын
"Yea..but, why so loud?"
@ayoesuola6 жыл бұрын
Why so loud? Because nobody seems to listen or care even if you scream. We will continue to speak up. But I have learned to wait on my God, call on Him day and night for the judgment day is near.
@FullanyBeauty5 жыл бұрын
Because they also are loud
@zzz-rn5ki4 жыл бұрын
@@ayoesuola she was being sarcastic...lol
@einsteindarwin87564 жыл бұрын
Thank you. This is a great interview!
@shannabradley30477 жыл бұрын
This is a motivation for writing by Toni Morrison.
@visionaryproject15 жыл бұрын
you can view more of Toni Morrison's clips by following the link in the description.
@GlamourGirlMejor3012 жыл бұрын
Love this woman!
@BriaBarrows Жыл бұрын
Love her ♥️🙏🏾 Whew
@tracischuler491710 жыл бұрын
Yes.
@ddabab14 жыл бұрын
´Wow, what a great woman, writer and personality!!!
@glendawarburton8 жыл бұрын
Inspiring, thank you. There has to be a little bit of hurt ... wow!
@hakimaalem3 жыл бұрын
The GOAT
@avishekpramanik54235 жыл бұрын
Much of respect to you from India!!!!!
@TSquared200114 жыл бұрын
Love this interview.
@macphallic11 жыл бұрын
I can't see how anyone seriously interested in literary work can omit Toni Morrison from their cache of reads.
@pamelam29115 жыл бұрын
So very loved!
@elisabethvalencic87667 жыл бұрын
beloved toni morrisson thank merci
@isabellee12914 жыл бұрын
Does anyone know how to get in contact with her? As in, to write her a letter? She is such an inspiration! Thanks.
@andrianacina14 жыл бұрын
@Angelkid190 You do what you like, and I'll do what I like. I can't imagine a collective response to this interview, except maybe that we can all agree she is an articulate woman. I have kept a bowed head since I read The Bluest Eye, and it will remain so, since in MY eyes she is a legend.
@Eurafrican15 жыл бұрын
have read Sula, Beloved and am reading A Mercy rite now... Will definitely out her other worlds; she presents race issues in a way every author should- as part of a larger world. Love it all.
@08CARIB5 жыл бұрын
this is wonderful!
@Sirchud6811 жыл бұрын
I haven't read her yet, but Beloved is my next to do.
@ashakur7 жыл бұрын
Love this Isha
@Planet9Radio12 жыл бұрын
Wish to meet her one day...
@francisodhiambo47045 жыл бұрын
Did you?
@tiggy900012 жыл бұрын
i have to do a project on an african american who made an impact on our society today and in glad i chose her.
@MizanK2 жыл бұрын
where oh where is the full version of this?
@SaintPandemonium13 жыл бұрын
@branchwater7 And you apparently never read her "Song of Solomon". An inspiring work.
@blcook92055 жыл бұрын
RIP TONI
@liceous10 жыл бұрын
wow wow wow WOW
@denmark55511 жыл бұрын
I find it interesting, that she doesnt mention Wallace Thurmans masterpiece, The Blacker the Berry, published in 1929. There were many black writers, male and female alike, addressing these issues-before she got in the scene.
@andrewkohler37073 жыл бұрын
I thought of Thurman's novel as well, but note that she was responding to what Black men were writing in the 1960s - a very different moment in time. Authors of Thurman's generation distinguished themselves by writing frankly about the uglier side of life, resisting the exhortations for uplift of earlier generations.
@rodderickjames-bp5rp Жыл бұрын
❤
@MrGJ8814 жыл бұрын
she z sinfully talented!
@leylamcleod-ali91494 жыл бұрын
who is the interviewer?
@kerby233313 жыл бұрын
I can't catch the last sentence, can anybody help?
@drea64575 жыл бұрын
What interview is this clip from?
@letthetrumpetsound78932 жыл бұрын
"Why so loud?"😂🙏🏽
@conorw76045 жыл бұрын
Who is the interviewer here?
@sheemakarp64244 жыл бұрын
Yes - who is the interviewer??? Ms. Morrison is so relaxed
@ayoesuola6 жыл бұрын
Why so loud? Sometimes you need to scream to be heard!
@ayoesuola6 жыл бұрын
Sharneil Dunn I do understand, but just being euphemistic so to speak.🤔
@ayoesuola6 жыл бұрын
And sometimes just be silent and walk away!?
@leviamenra12 жыл бұрын
is she talking to Angela Davis?
@edschmitt89555 жыл бұрын
leviamenra The interviewer is the great Charlayne Hunter-Gault.
@Lalachicki14 жыл бұрын
It's hard for "one person" to be racist, whereas by definition racism is more a conglomerate oppression and dislike for a racial group. You might want to say she has some prejudice views or perhaps she is just very opinionated. :)
@mongoslade32112 жыл бұрын
hahaha she is my aunty
@LUVJONZ9914 жыл бұрын
@Eurafrican Well said! Toni helps you see the universal truth, when you get too mired in the race issue, you miss the universal truth!
@c-core9219 Жыл бұрын
Strangely , abantu abavisa abantu kabuhlungu bona bayalibala.
@c-core9219 Жыл бұрын
Focus on people that are not paid attention too .
@deathbybears15 жыл бұрын
Something that any thinking person should understand: the modern, constant reaffirmation- the vocal recognition- of blackness by African-Americans unto themselves, though it was at one time a cultivation by European-Americans, is now firmly, adamantly, upheld by African-Americans despite racial equality in many major cities across the United States. African-Americans alone further feed and cultivate the stereotype to which they were assigned; It's damages are unnecessary.
@Bonitaymorena12 жыл бұрын
Yes you can lived comfortable in Canada, but people are still racist towards each other. Toni Morisson is just acknowledging the racism that still exist in America. And no she's not blaming all white people!!! IF you actually listened to her commentary you would not that instead of jumping to conclusions. Take you're own bias out of the equation and use your ears. She write stories about the prejudice that black people. She blames society and bigotry itself not the people who perpetrate it.
@origamic112 жыл бұрын
yeah ok.. but why so loud? LOL
@Bonitaymorena12 жыл бұрын
Ohh so you're going to conveniently forgot about how Aboriginal people are treated in our country. What the nice prejudice-free Canadians did to them??
@Bonitaymorena12 жыл бұрын
Are you serious?? You think there's no racism in Canada?? WTF are you talking about?? There's plenty of racism toward different minority groups it's just not as bad s America. Stop trying to make it seem like Canada is perfect!! Look at how the Aboriginal people are treated. Not to mention the remarks I heard from white people saying we don't want those peolpe coming here... i.e. Middle eastern and Indian people. They said that in front of me, it's like they forgot I wasn't white either. 0_0