J. Cole Clearly Didn’t Read the Room With Black Women

The song he released doesn’t demonstrate the support we so need right now

Morgan Jerkins
ZORA
Published in
5 min readJun 17, 2020

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A photo of J. Cole performing on stage.
Rapper J. Cole performs during halftime of the 68th NBA All-Star Game on February 17, 2019 in Charlotte, North Carolina. Photo: Jeff Hahne/Getty Images

Recently, a 19-year-old woman with twists around her head and a sweaty face spoke into a microphone during a Black Lives Matter protest in Tallahassee said, “I’m gonna die by my f — — — skin” as a way to exude pride in her Blackness in spite of how…

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Morgan Jerkins
ZORA
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Morgan Jerkins is the Senior Editor at ZORA and a New York Times bestselling author. Her debut novel, “Caul Baby,” will be published by Harper in April 2021.