Teenagers are often insufferable, and in my formative years I vividly recall my mother bestowing some invaluable advice that remains with me to this day.
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After our umpteenth dispute over my lackluster grades, or talking back after breaking curfew, or whatever the hell it was, she looked me dead in my face and said, โYou canโt be wrong and strong.โ
When Snoop Dogg stared into his iPhone, called Gayle King a โfunky dog-head bitch,โ then doubled down on it by defending his explosive rant on The Rickey Smiley Morning Show, he was exactly that.
As were the legions of โgirl dadsโ who hid behind keyboards, obtuse #IStandWithSnoop hashtags and reprehensible death threats, railing against King for exercising her integrity as an accomplished journalist.
Now, was I surprised by Snoop doing any of this shit? Nope. But imagine living in a world where a nigga whoโs built his entire career off of misogynoir is upset about a black woman doing her damn job. You canโt make this shit up.
But clearly disgusted by her sonโs affinity for being wrong and strong, Beverly Tate, Snoopโs own mother, apparently checked the 48-year-old rapper for tearing down yet another black woman.
On Wednesday, the man who once taught us that bitches ainโt shit but hoes and tricks took to Instagram to offer his mea culpa.
โTwo wrongs donโt make no right. When youโre wrong, you gotta fix it,โ he began. โSo with that being said: Gayle King, I publicly tore you down by coming at you in a derogatory manner based off of emotionsโฆ Me being angry at questions that you asked. [I] overreacted and shouldโve handled it way different than that. I was raised better than that, so I would like to apologize to you publicly for that language that I used and calling you out of your name and just being disrespectful.โ
He continued, โI didnโt mean for it to be like that. I was just expressing myself for a friend that wasnโt here to defend himself. A lot of people look up to me and they love me and they appreciate me, so I want to let them know that anytime you mess up, itโs OK to fix it, itโs OK to man up and say that youโre wrong. I apologize. Hopefully, we can sit down and talk privately. Have a good day.โ
He captioned the clip, which you can watch below, with the following: โHad a talk with my momma thank u mamma ๐๐น 2 wrongs donโt make it right time to heal ๐๐ฝ๐ @gayleking Peace โฎ๏ธ n love Praying for u and your family as well as Vanessa and the kids ๐๐ฝโจ๐น ๐โ
King has yet to comment publicly on Snoopโs peace offering, but I canโt help but feel that this all couldโve been avoided had he takenย a moment to actually listen to the same black women he routinely tears down ahead of time.
Because being wrong and strong is never a good look. Ask my mother.
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