Farai Chideya speaks with the host of MSNBC's "The Melissa Harris-Perry Show" about her book "Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in America" the political and personal lives of black women, and her new motherhood via surrogacy.

Listen to Melissa read an extended excerpt of her book:
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