Brittney Cooper

The person that lives across the hall from me is a grad student because it turns out the professor money doesn't go as far as you think it does when you don't come from generational wealth. And I'm waiting on a famous millionaire filmmaker to call my phone. And I also have an intense need to pee, but I'm afraid to make a run for it. So, right on time, the phone rings.

The person that lives across the hall from me is a grad student because it turns out the professor money doesn't go as far as you think it does when you don't come from generational wealth. And I'm waiting on a famous millionaire filmmaker to call my phone. And I also have an intense need to pee, but I'm afraid to make a run for it. So, right on time, the phone rings.

Miss Cooper, this is Tyler Perry. Hi, Mr. Perry. Nope, call me Tyler. Okay, call me Brittany. Brittany, you wrote some things about me that I wanna talk about. Well, Tyler, let me begin by saying that I've seen all of your films and I really respect, nope. You said that I hate black women and I don't understand how you came to that conclusion. Deep breath. He really want to do this. All right.

Miss Cooper, this is Tyler Perry. Hi, Mr. Perry. Nope, call me Tyler. Okay, call me Brittany. Brittany, you wrote some things about me that I wanna talk about. Well, Tyler, let me begin by saying that I've seen all of your films and I really respect, nope. You said that I hate black women and I don't understand how you came to that conclusion. Deep breath. He really want to do this. All right.

Miss Cooper, this is Tyler Perry. Hi, Mr. Perry. Nope, call me Tyler. Okay, call me Brittany. Brittany, you wrote some things about me that I wanna talk about. Well, Tyler, let me begin by saying that I've seen all of your films and I really respect, nope. You said that I hate black women and I don't understand how you came to that conclusion. Deep breath. He really want to do this. All right.

Let's begin with the haves and have nots. Why in the first three minutes of that show do we have a maid, a sex worker, and a rich black bitch? These are tropes of black womanhood. And he stops me. He says, tropes? Let me explain something to you. You're talking to a man with a 12th grade education. So I don't know anything about tropes.

Let's begin with the haves and have nots. Why in the first three minutes of that show do we have a maid, a sex worker, and a rich black bitch? These are tropes of black womanhood. And he stops me. He says, tropes? Let me explain something to you. You're talking to a man with a 12th grade education. So I don't know anything about tropes.

Let's begin with the haves and have nots. Why in the first three minutes of that show do we have a maid, a sex worker, and a rich black bitch? These are tropes of black womanhood. And he stops me. He says, tropes? Let me explain something to you. You're talking to a man with a 12th grade education. So I don't know anything about tropes.

But when I was growing up, the person that lived next door to me was a maid and her daughter was a sex worker and they were like the nicest people ever. And so then I realized like, oh wow, yeah, he's Tyler Perry and he's rich and I'm not rich, but I have a PhD and he has a 12th grade education. And so all of a sudden, maybe the playing field is not so disparate as I thought,

But when I was growing up, the person that lived next door to me was a maid and her daughter was a sex worker and they were like the nicest people ever. And so then I realized like, oh wow, yeah, he's Tyler Perry and he's rich and I'm not rich, but I have a PhD and he has a 12th grade education. And so all of a sudden, maybe the playing field is not so disparate as I thought,

But when I was growing up, the person that lived next door to me was a maid and her daughter was a sex worker and they were like the nicest people ever. And so then I realized like, oh wow, yeah, he's Tyler Perry and he's rich and I'm not rich, but I have a PhD and he has a 12th grade education. And so all of a sudden, maybe the playing field is not so disparate as I thought,

And I also think to myself, like, my mother was a single mother with a 12th grade education. And my uncle, who Tyler Perry is starting to sound like on the phone, also had a 12th grade education. So I realized, like, these are the people that raised me and let me switch my tack up a little bit. So I say, Tyler, you know, you and I have a lot in common. We're both from Louisiana.

And I also think to myself, like, my mother was a single mother with a 12th grade education. And my uncle, who Tyler Perry is starting to sound like on the phone, also had a 12th grade education. So I realized, like, these are the people that raised me and let me switch my tack up a little bit. So I say, Tyler, you know, you and I have a lot in common. We're both from Louisiana.

And I also think to myself, like, my mother was a single mother with a 12th grade education. And my uncle, who Tyler Perry is starting to sound like on the phone, also had a 12th grade education. So I realized, like, these are the people that raised me and let me switch my tack up a little bit. So I say, Tyler, you know, you and I have a lot in common. We're both from Louisiana.

We were both raised in the church, right? We both had pistol-toting grannies. We both had an abusive parent. And he said, oh wow, I didn't know that about you, but I just knew you were sharp. And now that I do know this about you, I don't understand why you don't understand what I'm trying to do in my movies. And so I say to him, okay, here's really my question.

We were both raised in the church, right? We both had pistol-toting grannies. We both had an abusive parent. And he said, oh wow, I didn't know that about you, but I just knew you were sharp. And now that I do know this about you, I don't understand why you don't understand what I'm trying to do in my movies. And so I say to him, okay, here's really my question.

We were both raised in the church, right? We both had pistol-toting grannies. We both had an abusive parent. And he said, oh wow, I didn't know that about you, but I just knew you were sharp. And now that I do know this about you, I don't understand why you don't understand what I'm trying to do in my movies. And so I say to him, okay, here's really my question.

why are all the educated black girls in your movie such bitches to everybody? And he says, well, because there was a whole branch of my family growing up. They all went to college and they all treated everybody like trash. And I realized, damn, like, That's exactly the thing that I feared, that having all of this education might make me unrecognizable to the people that raised me.

why are all the educated black girls in your movie such bitches to everybody? And he says, well, because there was a whole branch of my family growing up. They all went to college and they all treated everybody like trash. And I realized, damn, like, That's exactly the thing that I feared, that having all of this education might make me unrecognizable to the people that raised me.

why are all the educated black girls in your movie such bitches to everybody? And he says, well, because there was a whole branch of my family growing up. They all went to college and they all treated everybody like trash. And I realized, damn, like, That's exactly the thing that I feared, that having all of this education might make me unrecognizable to the people that raised me.