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Originally Posted by Velvet
If it’s folk dancing it is inappropriate to be in the Olympics. I mean is it not cultural appropriation?
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If salsa, merengue, polka, tango, hula, and bellydancing aren't Olympic competitive dances, then breakdancing should also not be an Olympic competitive dance.
But I wasn't arguing that the dance shouldn't be in the Olympics at all. I don't care if it is or not, since I wouldn't watch it anyway. It IS a culturally black-American form of dance expression, whether people want it to be or not. And it is disappointing, to me personally, that since the Olympics chose to have breakdancing this year, that there were no black female breakdancers competing.