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Tik Tok- a place where black dance thrives, but black people cannot.

How the meaning of black dance is lost due to soicety’s obsession with black culture and its inability to credit black bodies.

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Oct 17, 2021

Context Collapse- Protecting the Cypher

Context Collapse has always been prominent in the dance world, especially for black dance…

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Paige Litle in Tik Tok- a place where black dance thrives, but black people cannot.
Oct 17, 2021

“The Face” of Black Content

When we think of some of the most popular Tik Tok dances- The Renegade, Savage, Corvette Corvette- who comes…

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Paige Litle in Tik Tok- a place where black dance thrives, but black people cannot.
Oct 17, 2021

Imitation- Oversimplification- Loss of Integrity

Dance is one of the most important aspects of black culture. Unlike European cultures where dance is used as a cultural practice, African Americans use dance to prove their blackness. “Dance becomes the Litmus test for cultural integrity” and…

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Tik Tok- a place where black dance thrives, but black people cannot.
Tik Tok- a place where black dance thrives, but black people cannot.
The spreading of social dance through new media is all fun and games until we disregard the roots and meaning of the movement. Platforms such as Tik Tok creates a ditigial space that enhances cultural appropriation of black dance practices.
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