I wanted to talk about how joy has to be part of black health too, and how finding these moments of lightness can help us persevere. It’s well documented that black and brown people are at greater risk of death from COVID-19. It’s a secret ingredient to black resilience, in my opinion.Īt the time, my primary motivation for writing this was compensatory. Amid the coronavirus outbreak, these Verzuz battles were reminding me of how vital it is for black people to experience joy. I started drafting this story a week before Mother’s Day, buzzing from how the internet coalesced around Teddy Riley and Babyface and excited to watch Erykah Badu and Jill Scott battle it out. When I first started writing this, I was excited to wax poetic about black joy and Instagram battles.
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