Black Women Are the Adults in the Room

We’re so often the only ones ready to call people out when necessary

Luvvie Ajayi Jones
ZORA
Published in
5 min readApr 3, 2020

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Maxine Waters. Photo: John Sciulli/Getty Images

TThe dumpster fire that is the state of affairs keeps raging, with no real end in sight. The coronavirus pandemic is showing how unprepared we are, around the world, for real crises. It is especially showing America’s underskirt. That’s what Nigerians call the slip you wear under your…

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Luvvie Ajayi Jones
ZORA
Writer for

2x NYTimes best-selling author, speaker and podcast host. Latest book: Professional Troublemaker: The Fear-Fighter Manual. The goal is to loan people courage.