Zitat des Tages von Tamron Hall:
Victims and survivors deserve more than a person seeking a headline.
When I was a general assignment reporter early in my career, I was the one knocking on their door after a tragedy.
I think when I first straightened my hair, I was a teenager. I don't believe that I was consciously doing it to look white or to be on television. It never crossed my mind. All of the girls in my neighborhood got perms and their hair straightened. But I know that historically it was to assimilate and there are some people who do it for that reason.
I've been engaged a couple times.
It used to upset me - now it makes me sad - to see people use patriotism and our troops as a pawn in their political argument. Because I know personally, growing up in a military family, the sacrifice that is made on a daily basis.
You understand, in my life, the only other person I spoke with or speak with more than Prince is my mother.
I met Bon Jovi on the way to Washington, D.C. I think I called him Jon Jovi. Ugghhhh. I just smiled and pretended it didn't happen. I love him and his wife; they're so sweet. I was very nervous.
I will never answer that question of what are the challenges I face. You speak it into existence, and I choose to use that air for other things.
It's a tough town, it's a loving town, it's a supportive town, and that's why so many great news people, journalists have come through Chicago or are from Chicago.
I love Jidenna and Leon Bridges.
I had braces for six years! Kids would call me 'big teeth' or 'rabbit teeth.'
When I first started out as a young journalist, I know that on at least two occasions, when I walked into a newsroom, I knew I was replacing the black person in that job.
On career day as a young journalist, I scraped up my money and went to this big conference for young journalists, and the great feedback I got was that I would not or should not become an anchor because my eyelashes were too long and too distracting.
I was on morning TV for 10 years in Chicago.
I feel it's tougher for the guys, because if I break up with them, then they can go on and be forced to watch me on TV every day. I don't see them.
My ability to not be afraid to ask tough questions or to confront, that matters.
I am a gummy bear fanatic.
So I have people who tweet and ask me, 'You can't be this happy all the time. You can't be this cheerful.' Well, yes I am. From where I've come from and my family and what I see as real struggles in day to day life, through my reporting. I'm never going to look at challenges.
The thread that has always connected my family was the news.
I am followed in department stores. I have walked in dressed professionally or dressed in jeans, and I have walked into stores, and instantly, security is on my back.
I'm definitely a foodie.
We're not monolithic. What is blackness? To me, how do you define that?
I was 7 years old, and I challenged everything. I never accepted answers on face value.
One of my favorite memories was one time Prince picked me up and said we were going to Michael Jordan's birthday party.
I remember reading the cruelest, most awful thing about my hair online. A person speculated about who I was as a person and even read into my personal life based solely off my hairstyle. He or she said I must be lazy because I have short hair. It was just devastating.
I love Rihanna. She represents that strong, independent woman that you cannot keep down.
What I've learned is that people have a desire to talk after the first line of reporters go away, and they are no longer speaking out of shock.
When I came to MSNBC, its identity as the place for politics was growing.
I grew a reputation for always asking questions and being nosy.
Everything I ask is a question from Tamron, like it or not. My team does not write my questions. We put together a segment. We talk about the elements that I want, but we have a conversation for that hour with our guests.
I date, don't get me wrong. I'm not up here filing my fingernails on a Friday night. I want to find someone to share my life with.
The best advice I received came late, and it's this: Don't read the comments section of any story that mentions you!
We are presented with a unique situation in the black community in that we have embraced the beauty of hip hop, the real rawness of it, the real fun of it, but we also have to address the damage it has done. We have to look at what it's done to our black girls, especially when it comes to domestic violence.
I didn't want to be the aunt where you come over and can't sit on the sofa.
It's not my job to judge or assess. I think single, black, white, married - people are doing the best they can.