Malcolm Gladwell

Cocomelon is dangerous. I don't know what's happening.

If I have to listen to any more Cocomelon, I'm bringing back Stop and Frisk. That's how much it will radicalize me.

If I have to listen to any more Cocomelon, I'm bringing back Stop and Frisk. That's how much it will radicalize me.

I'm stealth. I would have, back in the day, would have been very, I was born in the wrong century. 19th century. Fantastic for me.

I'm stealth. I would have, back in the day, would have been very, I was born in the wrong century. 19th century. Fantastic for me.

They're like, wait a minute. Like historians would have uncovered 100 years later. Wait a second.

They're like, wait a minute. Like historians would have uncovered 100 years later. Wait a second.

I did my 23andMe and I'm 23% Igbo. Oh, my God. Which is so fantastic. And I put it on Twitter. And this is like every Nigerian on Twitter is like, oh, my God, fantastic. But every single one was positive. Like it was the most, you know, inclusive experience I've ever had in my life. I was very happy. But it was obvious because Jamaicans are all Igbo, right? Jamaica is just Nigeria.

I did my 23andMe and I'm 23% Igbo. Oh, my God. Which is so fantastic. And I put it on Twitter. And this is like every Nigerian on Twitter is like, oh, my God, fantastic. But every single one was positive. Like it was the most, you know, inclusive experience I've ever had in my life. I was very happy. But it was obvious because Jamaicans are all Igbo, right? Jamaica is just Nigeria.

It's my advanced theory of Jamaica.

It's my advanced theory of Jamaica.

Well, I guessed.

Well, I guessed.

Wait, what is it? So 23% Ebo? That's a significant amount.

Wait, what is it? So 23% Ebo? That's a significant amount.

On the Jamaican front, I was at the World Championships, track championships, and I see Shelley Ann Fraser-Price, one of my heroes. So she's like this big. I go up and say, hello, my name is Malcolm. I don't know if you know this. I'm half Jamaican, she says. There's no such thing as half Jamaican. There's only Jamaican. Yeah. That's the right attitude. That is the right attitude.

On the Jamaican front, I was at the World Championships, track championships, and I see Shelley Ann Fraser-Price, one of my heroes. So she's like this big. I go up and say, hello, my name is Malcolm. I don't know if you know this. I'm half Jamaican, she says. There's no such thing as half Jamaican. There's only Jamaican. Yeah. That's the right attitude. That is the right attitude.

There's no such thing as 23% Nigerian. Yeah.

There's no such thing as 23% Nigerian. Yeah.

You're thinking it's an exercise in self-hatred? Is that what you're saying?