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Jumoke Balogun and Mitu Yilma

Jumoke Balogun and Mitu Yilma are authors of “This Black-Ass Life,” a for-us, by-us newsletter for the Black diaspora. Click here to subscribe.

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For Black Women, First Comes Success, Then Comes the Hate

Francesca Amewudah-Rivers is the latest Black woman to face racist hate because of her success — and it's a sadly predictable pattern.