Luvvie, You Are A Guest Of African-American Culture. Act Accordingly

speaks onstage during the 2018 Essence Festival presented by Coca-Cola at Ernest N. Morial Convention Center on July 7, 2018 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Getty

How does a beloved social commentator go from the inner workings of Black collective dialogue to the “You can’t sit with us” section? Well, ask Blogger Luvvie Ajayi, whose casual dismissal of legendary crooner Tevin Campbell, earned her the dragging heard round Twitter. Now what should’ve simply been a discussion about cultural submersion and secondary cultural disconnect turned into the Black Awards, with everyone chiming in as to who who gets to present on the main stage and who doesn’t. Adding fan to the flame was Ms. Ajayi herself, crafting an elongated epistle personally absolving herself from any wrongdoing and chastising her naysayers. The basis for said denial was simply the argument that everyone doesn’t have to be Black American to be Black. Granted, she does have a point when it comes to Blackness being treated as if it were an exclusive component of African-American culture, but that’s about where she stopped making sense. And since Luvvie ended her piece on the same note it began with, blatant confusion, I thought she might benefit from a more direct explanation of her transgressions. So, from one African to another, Luvvie you are a guest of African-American…