For most of this nation’s history, lemme tell you how this country defined American: “Not Black people.” That’s right. Ever since the White Lion dropped Angela ’nem off in Jamestown, the subjugation of Black people has been more common than democracy and more powerful than that lil’ Constitution those white folks are always raving about. That was written for them! And that’s not a historical interpretation; it is an inarguable, objective fact. When it comes to the history of folks who look like us, there’s two things I know. When it comes to singing, Frank Sinatra can’t hold Luther Vandross’s
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