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Matt Bateman
@matt
I run 100+ US Montessori schools and field a lot of culturally contentious complaints, but here’s one that’s new to me: The “cupcake walk” booth at a children’s fair is racist, because cakewalks are racist, because cakewalking is actually a specific dance tradition with roots in slavery/minstrel shows/blackf
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Matt Bateman
@matt
This is apparently the factually true etymology for the term cakewalk for what it’s worth
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Brian Kim
@brianjckim
i have not heard this one before…
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