I feel like I’m constantly promoting this book but I can’t suggest it enough. Are you a non- Black person hoping to understand Black folks more? Do you want to make a Black friend without embarrassing yourself? are you doing dances from Black culture and don’t know no Black people? You wanna know why Black […]
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Do you know the name James Baldwin? I sure didn’t until about a year ago when me and the best friend went to watch this movie in a nearly empty theater. All the few guests were Black. After that night, several debate videos, and readings of his later and I was shocked that such a
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In our scene, Black women are avoided. There is a reason why Black women are among the lowest demographic in the blues/swing dancing communities. And yet, thus far it’s something we’ve refused to talk about because we fear getting pushback for discussing it. So these discussions take place in small group chats and behind the
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I was recently on the Blues Dance World podcast in a conversation about Blackness in blues. Although, we didn’t get as far as I would’ve hoped we didn’t talk a lot about some common experiences of what it maybe like in the scene for community member. I think sometimes people don’t understand if you’re not
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For the record, there will be spoilers. If you haven’t seen Black Panther, stop doing what you’re doing right now, buy tickets, and go see it. One theme that came up often throughout the movie was the idea/ question on the importance of family and how your parents shape you. To me it breaks down
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Often when we think of Piedmont leaves we think of West Virginia’s hills and men. The simple fact is Blues is not only men’s music. The women play their own Blues just like the men did. A slight difference comes into how they approach that music. The woman’s Blues is lighter was a slight
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The power of women There will be spoilers. If you haven’t seen Black Panther, stop doing what you’re doing right now, buy tickets, and go see it. In Black Panther, one of the clearest and most undeniable themes is the power of women. As I talked about vaguely before, the Black Culture in America, and
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For the record, there will be spoilers. If you haven’t seen Black Panther, stop doing what you’re doing right now, buy tickets, and go see it. I saw Black Panther last weekend and did a lot of thinking about it. I just refreshed my viewing on it just a few minutes ago and was hit
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I often get a lot of questions about interracial dating and why it’s so hard, confusing, and awkward. Below are two questions asked! “Are you able to talk about the difficulties that arise when a Black woman wants to date outside her race, how difficult it can be for guys outside her ethnicity to understand
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Ask a Black person: What does a white ally do, when they run into Black conservatism, and prejudice? (disclaimer this is all the opinion of Grey and does not talk about outright bigotry/hate ) Secretly, I’ve always chuckled to myself wondering what must happen when this happens in real life. The thing that most allies
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