“Lets talk about Lindy Hop and Blackness” is a great multi-part series released by iLindy and written by Grey Armstrong. You should take a look!

From the introduction:

“Over the last few years, there has been a slow increase in discussions about being Black in the swing dance community. Yet, there has also been a lot of pushback around talking about racism in the community. Worse still, there has been limited action taken to do anything about it. In big and small ways, we haven’t really impacted the Black experience beyond discussing it. With the BLM gaining more “mainstream” — aka white— awareness and a wider-spread acceptance that, “Oh no! Racism is real,” only now has the community has really started to seriously look at this problem.

“This series is for dancers around the world who have questions about racism in the community, how it shows up, and how it affects the Black members of the community. Most importantly, it’s here to prompt thoughtfulness and give ideas on how this community can be more respectful and welcoming to the people this heritage and legacy belong to. This is for people who want guidance on how to extend that to outside the dance community. ”

Here, we are sharing the links to all parts of this series so you can read it for yourself!

Part 1: https://ilindy.com/blog/lets-talk-lindy-hop-and-blackness/

Part 2: https://ilindy.com/blog/lets-talk-about-lindy-hop-and-blackness-part-2/

Part 3: https://ilindy.com/blog/lets-talk-about-lindy-hop-and-blackness-part-3/

Part 4: https://ilindy.com/blog/lets-talk-about-lindy-hop-and-blackness-part-4/

Part 5: https://ilindy.com/blog/lets-talk-about-lindy-hop-and-blackness-part-5/

Part 6: https://ilindy.com/blog/lets-talk-about-lindy-hop-and-blackness-part-6/

Part 7: https://ilindy.com/blog/lets-talk-about-lindy-hop-and-blackness-part-7/

Part 8: https://ilindy.com/blog/lets-talk-about-lindy-hop-and-blackness-part-8/