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Momma, Muva Rose and Minaj: On Black Women and Teaching Respect Through Clapback (or the Get Jacked Up Where You Act Up Act of 1979)

January 28, 2016

Momma had a policy she utilized to teach us (and other folks) to respect her and to understand what behavior would and would not be tolerated--the Get Jacked Up Where You Act Up Act of 1979. I wasn’t around for the comment period on those regulations. Not that it would have mattered. I know, ‘cause she said so. The enforcement of my momma's policy went something like this--one of us would forget who raised us and step out of line in public. Said behavior was then met with either a swift b[...]

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