Why Lauryn Hill’s “Miseducation” Album Matters Now More Than Ever

Where are the dark-skinned women artists?

I was twenty-five when the album of my life “The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill” dropped in late summer of 1998. A friend, who is no longer a friend because I wrote something about her recently — excitedly alerted me to Lauryn Hill’s long-awaited gem, and as young women with a healthy…