Dr. Kellie Carter Jackson

People didn't realize I'm people. I didn't realize that. She talks about this. She talks about this on her show. She talks about the idea that she sort of voted both ways, but it's really not till Obama comes on the scene that she's like- She's actively involving herself in politics. Yes. Right. In an explicit way. Yes. But she was very much, I would say, of a bootstrapper kind of ideology. So

She comes from Mississippi. She hails from poverty. She is the ultimate self-made woman story. That's a very Americana kind of story. Started from the bottom, now we're here. And so it makes a lot of sense to me that she would gravitate toward people who would push those same sort of ethics. I mean, listen, Donald Trump does the same kind of thing.

She comes from Mississippi. She hails from poverty. She is the ultimate self-made woman story. That's a very Americana kind of story. Started from the bottom, now we're here. And so it makes a lot of sense to me that she would gravitate toward people who would push those same sort of ethics. I mean, listen, Donald Trump does the same kind of thing.

She comes from Mississippi. She hails from poverty. She is the ultimate self-made woman story. That's a very Americana kind of story. Started from the bottom, now we're here. And so it makes a lot of sense to me that she would gravitate toward people who would push those same sort of ethics. I mean, listen, Donald Trump does the same kind of thing.

It shouldn't surprise any of us that he's on her show. You could say she gave him a platform as well. It's so interesting. I mean, no, this is a lot to take in. This is a lot to take in. This is interesting. This is interesting. Coming up.

It shouldn't surprise any of us that he's on her show. You could say she gave him a platform as well. It's so interesting. I mean, no, this is a lot to take in. This is a lot to take in. This is interesting. This is interesting. Coming up.

It shouldn't surprise any of us that he's on her show. You could say she gave him a platform as well. It's so interesting. I mean, no, this is a lot to take in. This is a lot to take in. This is interesting. This is interesting. Coming up.

So much of that Puritan work ethic has guided our psyche as a country that like we don't value ourselves if we're not relentlessly tired and working and striving and, you know, hustling.

So much of that Puritan work ethic has guided our psyche as a country that like we don't value ourselves if we're not relentlessly tired and working and striving and, you know, hustling.

So much of that Puritan work ethic has guided our psyche as a country that like we don't value ourselves if we're not relentlessly tired and working and striving and, you know, hustling.

Oh, no question. I mean, I think part of it is, it feels very prosperity gospel. Like you can have the best of everything. You can be number one in everything. You can have wealth. You can have health. You can have the man. You can have the kids. You can have the home. You can have the style. You can have everything that you want.

Oh, no question. I mean, I think part of it is, it feels very prosperity gospel. Like you can have the best of everything. You can be number one in everything. You can have wealth. You can have health. You can have the man. You can have the kids. You can have the home. You can have the style. You can have everything that you want.

Oh, no question. I mean, I think part of it is, it feels very prosperity gospel. Like you can have the best of everything. You can be number one in everything. You can have wealth. You can have health. You can have the man. You can have the kids. You can have the home. You can have the style. You can have everything that you want.

And that lifestyle feels extremely attractive, not just then, but even now. I mean, if you look at influencers now on TikTok, all of that stuff is very tantalizing.

And that lifestyle feels extremely attractive, not just then, but even now. I mean, if you look at influencers now on TikTok, all of that stuff is very tantalizing.

And that lifestyle feels extremely attractive, not just then, but even now. I mean, if you look at influencers now on TikTok, all of that stuff is very tantalizing.

It is the perpetual sense of dissatisfaction that you are never good enough. You are never content. You are never, you know, sort of just supposed to rest that everything is about accumulation and I mean, even her Oprah's Favorite Things episodes was like, they grabbed it like, oh my gosh, I have to have this new panini maker. I have to have this. It's like, do you?

It is the perpetual sense of dissatisfaction that you are never good enough. You are never content. You are never, you know, sort of just supposed to rest that everything is about accumulation and I mean, even her Oprah's Favorite Things episodes was like, they grabbed it like, oh my gosh, I have to have this new panini maker. I have to have this. It's like, do you?

It is the perpetual sense of dissatisfaction that you are never good enough. You are never content. You are never, you know, sort of just supposed to rest that everything is about accumulation and I mean, even her Oprah's Favorite Things episodes was like, they grabbed it like, oh my gosh, I have to have this new panini maker. I have to have this. It's like, do you?

Never had a panini, but I know I need a panini maker.