Talking about the politics of identity, particularly in the age of Donald Trump, can feel like you’re walking through a minefield. Whether it’s the President’s immigration policy or two black men arrested in a Starbucks, Chris Hayes argues that all the political debates we’re having are wrapped up in personal politics. But when it comes to confronting those personal politics and examining the power struggles that they invoke, conversations tend to get tense and defensive. Author and Professor Brittney Cooper’s story is compelling and traumatic and illuminating and she uses these pieces to explore how the personal becomes political within her own life in her new book, “Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower”. If there’s anyone who can talk about the politics of identity, feminism, and how we can understand those ideas through the lens of Beyoncé, it is Brittney Cooper. Read more at NBCNews.com/whyisthishappening
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Obama just endorsed my useless PM Justin Trudeau on Twitter,if that’s not foreign interference I don’t what is.Impeach Obama now…lol.
@Jezballz You mean CBC…
Jezballz You’re entitled to your opinion about Trudeau. And so is Obama. He is a citizen of our country where we value freedom of speech over everything.
Instead of personally attacking someone, why not give the facts about Trudeau, pros and cons, whatever. Educate us. Inform us. Don’t attack a fellow American personally simply because you have different opinions. We have fought hard, and many have died, over the centuries to preserve this freedom.for you and all Americans.
Jezballz There’s a whole variety of news outlets including Fox and other conservatives. They will support trump if that’s what you want. MSNBC and others have a different point of view, and they have a right to their own point of you. You need to learn how to get along with your fellow Americans who don’t share all your beliefs and opinions.
There are always going to be good people who disagree with you. If you want to influence their opinion, then focus on the facts, make your argument a clearly as you can.
If your argument is sound, you will get more people to support your ideas.
But don’t just go out and personally attack your fellow Americans. We are all in this boat together.
2 million subscribers….91 views and 3 comments in an hour?? This is why I walked away from YouTube and over 70k subscribers. YouTube is a gamble.
@Debate Me!
Nomen est omen, huh?
@Debate Me! Well if you’re an expert on it, send them a message or Twitter DM, if you think something is wrong.
@Ry Tr I’m not sure who you are thinking I should send the message to what if it’s YouTube YouTube doesn’t care and many of their people are incompetent. I literally watched one woman on YouTube trying to get another assaulted and YouTube looked into it supposedly but did nothing. They’re many cases like this where blatant violations of the policy is happening and they’re doing nothing. If you’re saying I should mention it to this channel I’m sure they already know I’m just like everyone else there’s not really much they can do. There are Youtubers with millions of subscribers who have done tons of videos talking about the problems for years now and it just keeps going meanwhile YouTube continues to lie and deceive and at the same time most people watching have no idea what’s going on. They just see you too but some big company owned by Google and all the millions of views and videos going on and everything looks like it’s normal but there are some very bad things going on Manny behind the scenes what much has already been discussed by YouTubers once their channels start getting affected by. That’s only when they care usually.
And I’m not an expert I’m just someone who has spent years looking into the stuff. In-depth knowledge of something doesn’t make you an expert. Expert implies that you have the greatest knowledge and I certainly don’t but I certainly have a lot more then most but the real exports know much more than I do
Wow, dude. You literally drained the will from me to want to explain this to you. I honestly don’t think you get how life works.
@Fred A my bank account says different. You’re entitled to your opinion though
I don’t understand why a homemaker or stay-at-home mom would think their job is any less respectable than any other job.
Why do they see themselves as lesser than others? Their job is 24hrs/day and includes responsibility for protecting and guiding children. It includes much technical knowledge about how to manage household etc
How do these wonderful homemakers get it into their heads that they are “lesser” than those who work for money outside of the home?
Mothers—especially single moms—are the heroes of our dysfunctional age. God bless them.
I’ve met all kinds of people in my life, wealthy, powerful, highly educated and highly paid people . But, looking back over my 70 years, the greatest person in my life was my mom. She was intelligent, resourceful, responsible, wise and supportive of her family.
No professional person, Doctor, lawyer, business leader I’ve ever met has ever held a candle to her.
I commend me for admitting that you don’t understand. I do not understand why you don’t understand but here is the point. You don’t have to understand and when you begin to understand that point, you will be better able to hear when us women, whether we be home makers or work away from home jobs, speak to you about whatever the circumstance of their individual lives are about. And finally, believe them as individuals. That’s where you will begin to understand. Believe them.
If women don’t work outside of the home a little, they get a jelly belly…
It’s because we as a society have this toxic notion that if you don’t get financially compensated for something, you aren’t doing something “respectable” or worthwhile.
David Trindle: Indeed. And how much would a man get paid outside the home for a 24/7 job protecting and educating children (I think we call them teachers) and managing organizations (I think we call them MBA’s) in comparison to the woman (or man, for that matter, but how many stay-at-home dads are there while the mother is the breadwinner) who stays at home and does all these remarkable duties every day? This is the point at which too many men who do go out to work say, “Oh, but why are you equating money with respect?” Because that is precisely what nearly every man who works for a living outside the home does every day except when talking about whether women should get paid for work done in the home. I am not saying women _should_ get paid for staying at home and taking care of the kids and the household, but understanding why many women want to demonstrate their skills to society in a way not hidden away in the privacy of the home, should not be difficult to understand, since there are few men who feel otherwise about their own work. “Boss, could I just stay at home, and when I produce a report, please don’t put my name on it, nor recognize me publicly in a meeting for having done brilliant research for the organization. Just you and me will know about it. And don’t bother giving me a salary. I do it all for the love of the company.” Oh, I want to be there to hear that conversation.
If everyone was an over achiever, they would not be over achievers.
That doesn’t look like Chris Hayes
just lost a long time viewer. And if there is any implication that my wifes staying home and not working by her own choice makes her somehow less than some one who is working, I only politely say to go have coitus with yourself in an arcane manner!
So, hyperpartisanly dictating a different framework and forum for debate of your claim, because your claim couldn’t survive challenging and scrutiny.
Double dipping circular reasoning, post hoc theorizing, null hypothesis all come to mind. You wanna feel better about yourself without doing any work; blame the system.
I don’t understand why nobody is covering Bernie’s crowd size it was at maximum capacity last night at 25,872 people at his Bernie is back Rally.