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Recognizing Payne's (2020) Cardi B-Beyonce Complex: Ratchet Respectability and Black Adolescent Girlhood

What do you believe is the relationship between Cardi B, Beyoncé, and Black Adolescent Girlhood? Dr. Ashley Payne (@Dr_Ash_Bash), an Assistant Psychology Professor at Missouri State University, centers Hip Hop to provide an answer that captures the complexities of race, class, culture, and identity. Consider Payne's (2020) concept of the Cardi-B – Beyonce Complex. This theme informs the need for a transformative, ratchet educational space for Black girls where the multiplicity of the Black girlhood experience will be appreciated and not silenced.