Melissa Harris-Perry

Maya Angelou Presidential Chair for Wake Forest University

Melissa Harris-Perry is the Maya Angelou Presidential Chair at Wake Forest University. There, she is the founding director of the Anna Julia Cooper Center and the executive director of the Pro Humanitate Institute. She is also the co-host of “Freedom on Tap” and an editor-at-large for ELLE.com. From 2012 to 2016, Harris-Perry hosted the television show Melissa Harris-Perry on weekend mornings on MSNBC. She is the author of the award-winning books “Barbershops, Bibles, and BET: “Everyday Talk and Black Political Thought” and “Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in America.” Previously, she taught at the University of Chicago and Princeton University.

Debates Featuring Melissa Harris-Perry

Liberals Hold the Moral High Ground

With David Brooks, Howard Dean, Robert George, Melissa Harris-Perry
December 7, 2017

Do conservative or liberal philosophies lead to more just outcomes? Opposing moral philosophies have long fueled debate about America’s policy goals and national identity. For conservatives, morality is grounded in ideals such as patriotism, including a respect for order and authority; fairness and liberty in the sense that an individual’s actions yield just rewards, or consequences; and reverence for the sanctity of religious and moral tradition. Liberals place moral emphasis on caring: for the poor, the disadvantaged, and the marginalized;…

Liberals Hold the Moral High Ground

With David Brooks, Howard Dean, Robert George, Melissa Harris-Perry
December 7, 2017

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