Meredith cites one of her most influential sources — Melissa Harris-Perry — who anchored an MSNBC show for two hours Saturday and Sunday mornings 2012-16. MHP’s show played an important role in shaping Meredith’s education and understanding of institutionalized racism and oppression that undergirds the very operating system of the United States. Also, shout out to Rep. Jasmine Crockett and her new political action committee: FIREpac!
🔗 Links:
📚 Melissa Harris-Perry
⚖️ Representative Jasmine Crockett’s YouTube Live: Black Lady Courtroom: SCOTUS’ Attack on Voters
🔥 Representative Jasmine Crockett’s FIRE PAC leadership political action committee
📰 From NPR: Supreme Court paves the way for largest-ever drop in Black representation in Congress
🖥️ Stacey Abrams
🌐 Fresh Starts Registry: The World’s First Divorce Registry & Global Divorce Support Network
👩🏻🎤 The Agentic Feminine Website
🛍️ The Agentic Feminine Merch Store (just getting started!)
Timestamps:
00:02 — Introduction: Citing sources & the importance of crediting your education
00:30 — Growing up in the conservative Christian South & the first cracks in the record
02:00 — Melissa Harris-Perry's MSNBC show (2012–2016) as a transformative education in Black history
03:10 — The iPhone era, viral police violence videos & progressive white America's incomplete awakening
04:20 — MHP's skill at explaining institutionalized anti-Black racism to new audiences
05:00 — Black Twitter & learning rapidly during the Obama era
05:30 — Why structural racism should be required curriculum, not siloed in African American Studies
06:00 — Reflecting on impact: flipping Texas districts blue & the limits of changing minds 06:45 — The gutting of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act & the Roberts Court
07:20 — Why Meredith boycotted MSNBC & CNN — and the problem with 24-hour cable news
07:50 — Fox News as a foreign-interest-funded attack on America
08:20 — Fun aside: The MHP airport fangirl moment
08:40 — Black commentary on Threads & YouTube; Jasmine Crockett's legal panel on voting rights
09:05 — Texas needs a Stacey Abrams; Rep. Crockett as a future possibility
09:13 — 📣 Mid-episode announcement: Rep. Crockett launches FirePAK
09:38 — Closing: The obligation of white consumers of Black media to show up economically & politically
