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Dear John: How the Community Holds Black Women Accountable for Black Men's Lies
In this episode of The General's Briefing, The Griot introduces three new theoretical concepts that she has never taught before, and grounds every single one of them in what is happening right now in Black culture.
On August 24, 2026, Serayah McNeill ended her engagement to rapper Joey Bada$$ after alleging repeated infidelity, including during some of the most vulnerable moments of her life. She had just had his baby. She was engaged. And he was cheating.
And the community's response?
"She should have known. He's Jamaican."
That response, that one sentence, is doing something very specific…
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