I have no idea what she’s talking about.

Via CNS News:

MSNBC’s Melissa Harris-Perry on her self-titled show on Sunday suggested that people can hide their Caucasian ethnicity and eventually “come out as white.”

“The closet is not a privilege. Right? It simply is not, and to frame it as such I think is troubling,” she said. “On the other hand, your point about people of color and women, there isn’t a moment when you come out as black – I mean I guess for some folks there’s moments when you come out as white.” […]

In a segment about Apple CEO Tim Cook coming out as gay, Harris-Perry said, “But for the most part, there aren’t moments where you come out as black at work, so he gets to a certain level and then can reveal identity.

“And although the closet is not a privilege, it nonetheless may provide a masking opportunity that allows his other relative privileges of whiteness and maleness to operate until he’s in a place where he can say, and now this,” said Harris-Perry.