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. – Tamron Hall
Someone – a man – advised me not to become a news anchor because my eyelashes were too long, and they would distract the viewers. – Tamron Hall
The troops aren’t red and blue. They’re not black and white. They’re not male and female. They are Americans! When they put their uniforms on, they are Americans. And that’s a fact. – Tamron Hall
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. – Tamron Hall
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. – Tamron Hall
Every time a young girl comes in and asks me for advice, if you start your conversation with, ‘How hard is it as a black woman,’ or, ‘How hard is it as a woman,’ I turn you around. Because I cannot – we cannot look at the roadblocks and see the road at the same time. – Tamron Hall
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. – Tamron Hall
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. – Tamron Hall
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. – Tamron Hall
I love morning television because it’s the most vulnerable time of day, when you are at your rawest, and if I have the ability to make viewers smile, that’s a gift from God. – Tamron Hall
The biggest compliment I get is when someone tells me, ‘You’re so real.’ Even if my journey isn’t exactly like theirs. – Tamron Hall
I quite enjoy cooking. I love cooking for my friends. It’s communal, it reminds me of being with family, and it’s also a form of therapy; it heals you from the inside out. – Tamron Hall
We all have these challenges and stereotypes that exist, but you can’t let that hold you down… If that’s the first thing you think about as a black woman – the challenge that lies ahead – you are thinking in the wrong direction, in my opinion. – Tamron Hall
I’m about being honest and knowing that people are watching, and they want to know that I’m asking questions that they want the answers to. – Tamron Hall
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. – Tamron Hall
I am grateful that as a reporter and as an anchor, people have allowed me to share their stories. – Tamron Hall
When I was a general assignment reporter early in my career, I was the one knocking on their door after a tragedy. – Tamron Hall