The ‘Kamala ain’t Black’ conspiracy theory explained

For years, Black people have trailed their Caucasian counterparts in the conspiracy theory manufacturing industry. America’s greatest white liars perpetrated the most fantastic frauds, including Drapetomania, Stop the Steal, and — maybe the most magnificent myth ever — white genetic and intellectual superiority. Meanwhile, the best Black Americans could do was the Willie Lynch letter – a speech by a fictional racist white man that was loosely based on real-life violence committed by real-life racists.To be fair, Black Americans workshopped a few good ideas. For more than 100 years, African Americans, from Aretha Franklin to Malcolm X believed there was a secret government program that used spies and informants to target every Black freedom movement in American history. Older Black folks spread stories that white doctors and the U.S. military intentionally poisoned Black communities. I’ve even heard ludicrous statistics, like how the government sterilized 100,000 Black women in a nationwide eugenics program. Unfortunately, the wildest, most abominable horror stories conceived by Black brains paled in comparison to the things that white people actually did…Until Elon Musk bought DEI to Black Twitter.Ever since the renowned corporate colonizer turned his social media company into an online university for courses on white genocide,...