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Wiley's memoir discusses her upbringing and the values instilled in her by her family, particularly the importance of pride, justice, compassion, and gratitude in navigating a racist world. She shares stories of her parents' activism and their influence on her own life and career.
Remember, you are a Wiley is what my father's mother, my grandmother would say to her six children, her six black children when they would leave her doorway every day and go out into a white world tha...
— Episode: Morning Joe 9/19/24
Episode: Morning Joe 9/19/24
Wiley's memoir discusses her upbringing and the values instilled in her by her family, particularly the importance of pride, justice, compassion, and gratitude in navigating a racist world. She shares stories of her parents' activism and their influence on her own life and career.
Remember, you are a Wiley is what my father's mother, my grandmother would say to her six children, her six black children when they would leave her doorway every day and go out into a white world that was also a racist world, but one in which they were as a very religious family.
They always believed in both pushing as hard as you can for justice, for what was right, for being bold, for thinking that you can end poverty and knowing that you should try whether you can or not.
The fight itself was worth fighting and you were going to do something and you were going to do it for someone if you just kept doing it.
They could be militant. They were they were very radical in their day. Right. They were calling for a real change.
But anger isn't about abusing another person or denying the possibility of reaching another person.
Episode: Morning Joe 9/19/24
Wiley's memoir discusses her upbringing and the values instilled in her by her parents, emphasizing the importance of pride, integrity, and compassion in navigating a racist world. The title itself is a phrase her grandmother used to encourage her children to carry the family name with pride and live with integrity.
Remember, you are a Wiley is what my father's mother, my grandmother would say to her six children, her six black children when they would leave her doorway every day and go out into a white world that was also a racist world, but one in which they were as a very religious family.
My parents both believe in my mother was white and grew up in racist West Texas, so I know exactly what you're talking about and how you actually try to cross that bridge of racial divide, of recognizing that that very poverty that your family experienced, Joe, and that so many black families were experiencing was exactly the bridge my father was also trying to build, but confronting race.
