dope saint jude: toni morrison's work has had a big impact on me.ork as a kid, it was the first time i read stories that were centered on, for example, "in the bluest eye," a young black girl as the key protagonist in a story. she has a saying that if there is a book you want to read it that hasn't been written, you should write that book. in the music video, i wanted to create the kind of content i have been missing. that's why that music video is super queer and just an expression of my love for my partner, because i did not see that kind of media between two black women, and also african women expressing their love in that way. host: also in your back catalog, i've noticed that race is a topic that comes up a lot and you tackle it very skillfully through your music. i love "oh hi, g -- "go high, go low." why is it still such an important topic? dope saint jude: it's about experience, i'm not trying to be provocative or political, i'm just expressing my lived experiences. it is something i've had to deal with quite often, and especially during the

the -- by malcolm x -- and the bluest eye by toni morrison. ironically, mind -- by adolf hitler was on the prison bookshelf and i read it. i was 19 when i went to prison and 33 when i was paroled. when i came home, -- what print visitors who could not find jobs, no one would touch me. with my crime, i was considered the worst of the worst. because what i wanted most with security, nine months after i got out, i married a man who was my father's age and had five children who were older than me. having grown up as the youngest of six children, it didn't take me long to realize i had almost perfectly re-created my childhood. i moved with him from georgia to a rural area outside of atlanta. the marriage was control and i ended up back in prison. it was only until i realized i was stuck in a repeating loop. a pattern created by trauma. i began to address the underlying trauma so i could truly begin to move forward. i filed for divorce and my husband left to live with one of his daughters, leaving me alone for the first time in decades. i went onlin

toni morrison said if there's a book you want to read it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it. so i wrote it. when istarted writing this book , i wanted to write it for people who had been incarcerated. i wanted to share my experiences with them and give them not just hope but give them a tool that they could use like i did to create permanent change in their lives. but as i kept writing and sharing my draft along the way people who had never been in prison started sharing their stories with me and then i realized trauma is trauma. you don't have to ever have been arrested to be in a prison in your ownlife . and while obviously not every traumatized person goes on to commit a crime it is nevertheless an underrecognized fact that most former prisoners in the united states were traumatized isbefore they ever entered prison or while in prison. many published studies indicate that the majority of incarcerated people experience childhood abuse or neglect. and this was certainly true for me. so i learned to share a few of my experiences with you and perhaps show how the pressure

that's what makes toni morrison so special. she never stopped reading. she never, ever stopped reading and engaging. she had been an editor at random house. all she did was read. she edited, but she did not stop reading up the pulitzer or the nobel. you can see it informing her work. we need to get young people to study these traditions and have humility in what they don't know and have the determination to study and read with a don't know. >> since you ended with reading, one question that came up in the chat as we segue to the q&a portion is, what are you reading these days? mark, before you have on the plane, what are you reading or selling in uncle bobby's these days? >> that's a good question. i will tell you what we are selling. people are coming in a lot for 1619. that has been far and away the most successful book we have had. we have sold more of will smith's book, michelle obama's book, barack obama's and 1619 more than any other books together. it is very interesting what people are looking for at this moment. the other thing people buy, like

. >>> se pueden encontrar en estantes de bibliotecas y librerÍas como de toni morrison, georges, alexnes a nivel nacional por el retiro de libros, se espera que el prÓximo lunes la junta escolar de keller discuta reformar los lineamientos al revisar y retirar libros y material acadÉmico de las bibliotecas. >>> los problemas de salud mental entre los menores de edad siguen aumentando en todo el paÍs. llevando al suicidio la segunda causa de muerte entre estudiantes entre los 10 y 14 aÑos de edad. el estado de california estÁ luchando contra esta epidemia. >>> fue un cambio para los niÑos y nosotros. >>> lisett velÁsquez se refiere a lo que sufrieron sus 2 hijos a raÍz de la pandemia. >>> un poco callado, tristes, decir quiero ir al parque. no podemos, quiero ir a disneyland y no puedo. quiero ir a la escuela, porque no es lo mismo. >>> la falta de socializaciÓn en estos Últimos 2 aÑos, ha llevado a muchos menores edad presentar problemas de salud mental graves, a nivel rÉcord nivel nacional. >>> obviamente la evidencia es lo que estamos viendo, Índices altos en depresiÓn, ansiedad, aut

one is i hope it encourages more people to write books like these toni morrison says she wrote, you know, the books she wanted to read. and i don't think, i think one reason why it took me this long to write these books is because i never thought that these books could have been possible, even if i were to write them. and i, that's one thing. i do hope that i'm more and more people more and more writers. right. you know, rick recognized that the mythologies just lurking right behind them are rich for, you know, for their own, you know, for their own literature. and in terms of, you know, or read ers, i, you know, i just, i hope that on the, the, the mediums that we have that we can empower us whether it's even twitter or social media or so on that we use more because one things i've realized and you're going to realize it if you're writing a carbon novel, an african novela, native american novel, that primarily speaks in a voice that you know is in your head is that. 6 the audience you will find an audience is always been there and waiting and ready to hear you. that doesn't the necessar

. >> when i was trying to sell my books on the street and getting nowhere and toni morrison was getting0 . there's a moment when you have on what that feels like that's why i left it in there so that people can see that you're a human being. it hurts when you have so little and somebody else seems to have so much. what makes the difference is before that, tony and i and june and other women had formed a circle where we decided no matter what happens we would always be true to each other. that's what revolution is. it's really putting it all out there, understanding how it works but getting together beforehand or in the midst and deciding you will not be played in this way. >> watch the full program online anytime at booktv.org. just search alice walker for gatheringblossoms under fire . >> tonight we are celebrating the natural gonzo journalism hunter thompson at the launch of a new book by peter richardson titled ysavage journey, hunter s thompson and the weird road to gonzo o list by a friend at the university of california press focusing on hunter s thompson development and his uniqu

. >> what i was trying to sell my books on the street and getting nowhere and toni morrison was getting $200,000 you have to own what that feels like. that's why i left it in there that people can see that you're a human being. it hurts when you have so little and somebody else seems to have so much. what it makes a difference if but before that tony and i and june and other women had for this circle. where we decided no matter what happens, we would always be true to each other. that's what revolutionaries. it is really putting it all out there, understanding how it works but getting together beforehand or in the midst and saying you will not be played in this way. >> once the full program online anytime at book tv.org. just watch alice walker were gatheringblossoms under fire . >> on sundays book tv brings the latest in nonfiction books and authors. the funding comes fromthese television companies and more. including comcast . >> comcast is partnering with 1000 community centers to create wi-fi enabled lists so students from low income families can get the tools they need to be ready

we do need to reach alice walker and toni morrison and to ladies point, it's even pointed and maurice talked about earlier when he was on the call, you know, toni morrison said it you can't center whiteness we got to stop centering whiteness we got to stop centering white people because we center that and keep putting the conversations around. we are consciously or subconsciously still perpetuating the mythology that white people in whiteness are superior to everyone else. and we know that's a lie that's a lie. and nobody superior. nobody. you know what is superior is the power that some groups have had that have dictated the rest of our lives. but no one is superior to anybody. the stories of that their lives in not superior any of that kind of stuff. and i think that's what the battle's for and i think that that's why you see what we're seeing now with the ted cruz's know blowing up dr. egan's book like the they're saying that we're trying to hold on to white nationalism. we're holding on to white supremacy. we want make a make a make america great again. but it's only for white peo

african-american literature from phyllis wheatley through toni morrison is the king james bible . solomon, my logoodness and beloved. and i did that as i said because as you know as my mother was very sick and she told me one sunday night, i looked up and my parents were all dressed. they were taking to my my mother to the hospital and she cried and told me she was going to die and i couldn't believe it . i'm so close with my mother. i went upstairs to my bedroom and i got on my knees and i cried and i prayed and begged jesus let my mother live, i'll give my soul to you, lord and three days later she came home from thehospital and i looked in the mirror and i said oh . >> now what. [laughter] >> i checked, there were so few black people in eastern west virginia. i grew up halfway between pittsburgh and washington at the allegheny mountains, my mfamily lived there were 200 years . wit's a hotbed of american culture and that's where my people were from. we had one minister for two churches. one in the county seat five miles away. they would have their service on saturday afternoon a

looks like the bluest eye by tony morrison, a graphic novel adaptation of and frank's diary.s they deemed inappropriate. just last year, a committee of community members have decided that some of these books were fine and should be left in schools, but the day before classes started this year, the keller school board started otherwise. an grapevine-colleyville independent school district, a voted 43 to implement a far-reaching set of policies that students could discuss race and gender. the policies prohibit teachers from discussing 16 19 project or critical race theory. it requires schools to restrict bathroom and locker room used to the biological sex listed on students birth certificates. when you hear those stories and you look at those two school districts on the map, you might think that this is just a particularly conservative area getting on board the anti crt, anti lgbtq bandwagon. but at the school board meeting where they passed those policies this week, the majority of the community members showed up, they spoke out against those policies. the county that both of

those -- that review was the bible, graphic adaptation of anne frank's diary, the bluest eye by tony morrisonof those 41 books, about two-thirds were allowed to put back on the shelves or adjusted for more appropriate grade levels like high school or middle school depending on the book. but what has changed, just the day before schools started, principals were told that those 41 books had to once again be pulled off the shelves including the same books reviewed last year. what is sparking the change? in may a right wing christian organization political action group helped elect three new school board members. now the school board has had documented new policies by which books that have been challenged by parents or members of the community are reviewed and once again these 41 books are back under the micro scope. and so all of the principals across the district were told that those 41 books needed to be taken off the shelves. so even though this was done last year, this review process is happening once again in this texas school district. ed lavendera, cnn, dallas. >>> good news for lakers fa

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pieces on black history and culture featuring the works of renowned writers like james baldwin and toni morrison and numerous books and an award winning documentary series and the dean of the columbia school of journalism. jelani cobb, thank you, professor, for joining me there is a lot to talk about here. and i want to start with the slide that seems to minimize the american role in the slave trade and that descent is less morally egregious than the initial slave boats that brought slaves over to the new world, if you will. sociologists and law professor dorothy roberts explains what descent-based slavery actually meant in the americas. >> it is breeding, breeding human beings like livestock. >> i will read a quote from her book. enslaved black women give birth to children, even if the children are white and that law allowed white men to profit from their sexual assaults on black women, freed from the worry that mixed race off spring had any legal claim to freedom, white men could rape with total impunity, their control of black women's bodies was key to creating a permanent labor supply. >> th

toni morrison was getting a thousand dollars. gift on what that feels like. that's why i left it in there so people can see you are human being. it hurts when you have so little and somebody else seems to have so much. before that, tony, i, june and other women had formed the circle. we decided we would always be true to each other. >> oh my goodness for. >> that's a revolution as it's putting it all out there understanding how it works. knitting together before hand or in the midst you will not be played in this way. you continue to see each other's work as a valuable, whole and necessary this room on this planet for all of us. >> is one of the things i did not expect to feel so concretely in the gathering of blossoms help every decision one makesn about the creation and crafting of a book is important. it is equally important on the other side of like what one does with those books and papers. you could put these papers anywhere on earth. you could have them anywhere on earth. you decided they were going to be in georgia, particularly in the south. can we t

groundbreaking pieces on black history and culture, featuring works from writers like james baldwin and tony morrison. he is also the author of -- and he is also recently been named the dean of the columbia school of journalism. joining us now is the great jelani cobb. thank you, professor, for joining us. so, there is a lot to talk about here. i want to start with that slide that seems to minimize the role of america in slavery. -- less morally egregious then the initial slave boats that brought slaves over to the new world, if you will. sociologist and law professor dorothy roberts explains what's dissent based slavery actually meant. >> the short words breeding. >> yes. >> reading human beings like livestock. >> yes, and i will read a quote from her book. so, virginia decides that enslaved black women give birth to enslaved people, even if those children are white. she says, that law allowed white men to profit from their sexual assault on black women. freed from the worry that their mixed race offspring had any legal claim to freedom, white men could rape enslaved women with total impunity, maint

books from their libraries and classrooms by the end of the day, books like "the bluest eye" by toni morrisonnd a graphic novel representation of ann frank's diary. last year, a community of family members decided they were okay but the keller school board decided otherwise. in grail grapevine-colleyville school district, 4-3 voted to restrict ow students can discuss race and gender. the policies row hibbert teachers from teaching or discussions the 1619 project or critical race theory, and it requires coos schools to restrict bathroom and locker room news to the biological sex listed on student's birth certificates. when you look at school districts on a map, you might think this is a particularly conservative area getting on board with the anti-crt and anti-lbgtq bandwagon but the grapevine-colleyville school board meeting where they passed the policies the majority of the community members who showed up, they spoke out against those policies and the counties that both school districts are in texas narrowly went tore joe biden in 2020, going blue for the first time in six decades. believe i

metric ton of people who either didn't vote or under 8:00 they're going to turn the lives of the tony morrison book burners on their head if they demand accountability for the past, present and future. and on that note, let's get going. please give it up for boris, chris, and russ. [applause] >> thanks, virginia. and thanks to labyrinth books, which donated over 700 books to the library at east jersey state prison, where my students and you're about to meet, three of my most remarkable students, worked on and in the case of us are, finished their college degree summa cum laude, and there are several people here. and jennifer works have been so important in the lives of those who have been demonized and forgotten and, yeah, it's a special night. boris and ron were in the class that wrote the play. ron and russ were in the class where i traumatized them by dragging them through all of sheldon's politics envision. i taught and russ was not in the class but russ just got out in july after 32 years. and so -- they've all read the book, ron and, boris helped edit the book. but i'm going to set it up

also there are other books like toni morrison's novel "the bluest eye," that was also taken off the shelfstrated adaptation of anne frank's diary. and also the bible. yes. the keller school district allows parents, employees, and anyone living in the district to object to books. many of those books were put back on the shelves after the review last year. now there are three new conservative school board members. they were praised by one speaker at a recent meeting as being unwoke and may help pass new policies for library and educational materials. the school district says books that meet the new guidelines will be returned to the libraries as soon as it is confirmed that they comply with the new policy. not impressing a parent who was part of the committee that put many of the books back in circulation last year. >> it was actually a really fast committee. we discussed them. we decided they were suitable for children's shelves. and they come in, this small group of people and say, no, we don't like your outcomes. >> the committee may also decide to limit use of certain materials to certa

included in that review was the bible, a graphic adaptation of ann frank's diary, "the bluest eye" by tony morrisonadjusted for more appropriate grade levels like high school or middle school. but what has since changed is the day before school started, principals were told those 41 books had to be pulled off the shelves. that included those same books that were reviewed last year. what's sparking this change? well, in may, a right wing christian organization political action group helped elect three new school board members. now this school board adopted new policies by which books that have been challenged by parents are reviewed. once again, these 41 books are back under the microscope. so all of the principals across the district are told those 41 books needed to be taken off the shelves. so even though this was done last year, this review process is happening once again in this texas school district. ed lavandera, cnn, dallas. >> ed, thank you so much for that. thank you for joining us at this hour. i'm kate bolduan. "inside politics with john king" starts after the break. with best western re

i don't know whether abuse the word -- as one tony morrison is taken off the syllabus.ou, know i don't need to say this, nobel prize winner. the first african american writer whose work blooded or the bluest eye is in fact a way of trying to understand the heritage of slavery in the americas. which isn't very similar to salmon trying to understand, the postcolonial more migrant road in britain. what is soon challenging about what these rioters to is they make us rethink the long and cherished treason side to junctions. a respected of the migrant, perspective of the post mate, postcolonial, makes history read the history of metropolitan societies. that is what is resistant. that is why children are in school may not be able to have some new morrison because pause the beat, do not want them to be able to understand the history and origins of their own current ciders >> thank you for joining, us will recover, station professor homi bhabha -- at harvard

many titles that feature lgbtq+ characters, and one book by tony morrison.ricts considered they parental consent area until the process is complete. but the timeline for that process is unclear. last school year, such complaints were resolved by committees of teachers, and then as traders, and parents, and the book stay approved returns until this week. >> all of the books that had passed the challenge committees were now being pulled back off of shelves because all of the outcomes were ultimately overturned. >> lanny hobbs is a killer parent who was on the book review committee for and franks illustrated diary last school year. at that time, the issue becoming increasingly heated, with parents on both sides sounding off at a school board meeting. >> just because some parents don't want their children to read a heart wrenching, eye-opening author but shouldn't mean that the opportunity is taken away for every child in the district. >> if they're allowed to read these specific, pornographic books that show nasty parts, whether it be heterosexual or, day it sh

the when i was trying to sell my books on the street and getting nowhere and then tony was get tony morrison was getting three hundred thousand dollars, you know, there's a moment when you have to own what that feels like and that's why i left it in there so that people can see that your human being. i mean it hurts when you have so little and somebody else seems to have so much now. what makes the difference is that before that? tony and i and june and into the sake shanghai and other women had formed this circle. yeah where we decided that no matter what happened. we would always be true to each other. oh goodness. that's what revolution is. it is really putting it all out there understanding how it works but getting together, you know beforehand in the midst. and deciding that you would not be played in this way, you know so that you will continue to see each other's work as valuable and whole and necessary and that there's room on this planet for all of us. yes. yeah, so, you know. you know and one of the things that i did not expect to feel. so concretely. in a gathering of blossoms was

american history, jim crow segregation, and slavery >> when i was writing "underground railroad," toni morrison know. >> what is that about? >> well, you know, i was basically intimidated, i'm not worthy, definitely my anxieties and stuff were preventing me from living my best life but i think she survived >> do you think you could have ever imagined the career you would have had >> i can't imagine doing network tv. >> in between writing world renowned books, whitehead has devoted time to some more mundane accomplishments. >> doing a self-improvement kick i'm getting my driver's license, which i never got. i think i'm the oldest student of my instructor he has like 16-year-old girls and then me, and he's yelling at me all the time. colson, colson >> he's also a father of two, his oldest a teenager. >> you have a teenager, has she read any of your work or not yet. >> she read "underground railroad." >> did she like the rest of the world think it was a masterpiece? >> she didn't use the word masterpiece, but she liked it. the books aren't going anywhere. one day she'll probably go on a jag, and u

here in the nation's capital, packed on the shelves at loyalty bookstore -- >> it was toni morrison,e just got so excited. >> there are a lot of stories that aren't told on a regular basis. people get to come in and see the world from a different perspective. >> the owner has made it her mission to highlight those voices. >> there's mystery, there's romance. i want to make sure people know there's a multiplicity of black stories. >> with her new goal on wheels, hannah is passionate about providing novels across the district to those who need them the most. the economy has made it extremely difficult. >> it can be a lot on a day-to-day basis. paying a living wage is extremely difficult and something we're committed to doing. >> we brought in author jason reynolds, the young adult writer. known for "guhost," and "all burned bright." >> i'm about to go inside and surprise my girl, hannah. >> joining the conversation with loyalty book lovers. >> brother, what are you doing? >> and celebrating hannah's success. >> i think independent bookstores in general, but black independent bookstores