Bless Your Heart

Why is trusting poor people so controversial? Dr. Brittney Cooper, author of Eloquent Rage and professor at Rutgers, sits down with Aisha Nyandoro to discuss respectability politics and the ways poor Black women have had to perform worthiness just to be treated as legitimate. 

What is Bless Your Heart?

Bless Your Heart is a Southern expression. It sounds sweet on the surface, but it’s really our way of saying you’ve got it completely wrong. Hosted by Aisha Nyandoro, CEO of Springboard to Opportunities and architect of the longest-running guaranteed income program in the U.S., each episode is a deep conversation with a guest who helps set the record straight. This season we’re challenging everything you think you know about the South.