Yeah, me neither. I mean, I am glad that at least Lindy hoppers are fairly aware of the dance's history, but the community here is very white and Asian. Manning also mentions racism and Jim Crow in his biography, but he kind of glosses over it and focuses on the dancing instead, or just shrugs and says something like, "Those days were different."
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Thu, Apr. 30th, 2009 06:01 am (UTC)