6 June Selena on Instagram: Please meet Jelani Cobb (@jelani1906)

@selenagomez: Please meet Jelani Cobb (@jelani1906). He is a journalist at the New Yorker, a Professor at Columbia University and a historian. Jelani has written several books including The Substance of Hope: Barack Obama and the Paradox of Progress, and To the Break of Dawn, which is about the origins of hip hop culture. He writes and teaches mostly about the history of race in the United States and the ways that it continues to impact the lives of not only black people, but all 328+ million people sharing this country. Jelani is taking over my Instagram today!