21: A Sprinkle of White Supremacy (w/ LAUREL RYAN)

<p>A Sprinkle of White Supremacy...</p> <p>In part 1 of 2, instructor, MC, and Lindy Focus meeting co-host LAUREL RYAN shares with us the fascinating tales of learning Lindy Hop, confronting its harmful teaching practices, and how Black people are constantly battling between being undervalued and tokenized.&nbsp;</p> <p>**Music in this episode by Barron Ryan! Go to barronryan.com and firstofitskind.net to learn more and get his incredible, new rights free album!**</p> <p>0:00 Laurel grew up surrounded by exceptional people&nbsp;</p> <p>7:00 How Laurel got into Lindy Hop (in Tulsa, Oklahoma)&nbsp;</p> <p>17:00 The "path" to international teaching&nbsp;</p> <p>21:00 When the Black folks made space for Laurel in her home scene&nbsp;</p> <p>25:00 A trained teacher and creative artist takes a Lindy class...&nbsp;</p> <p>30:00 Polite gaslighting?&nbsp;</p> <p>34:00 Lindy classes: "It's not working for enough people"&nbsp;</p> <p>37:00 Neuro-diverse people are attracted to Swing dancing...&nbsp;</p> <p>40:00 "I started telling people, I don't want to hear about..."&nbsp;</p> <p>42:00 The danger of erasing difference in order to make people feel better&nbsp;</p> <p>45:00 The physical elitism of today's Lindy Hop contests &nbsp;</p> <p>47:30 Look at the gateway to international instruction&nbsp;</p> <p>49:00 "The times I have won competitions..." and imposture syndrome</p> <p><br></p> <p>---------------------------------------</p> <p><br></p> <p>Welcome to Integrated Rhythm! Two Swing Dancing besties (Chisomo Selemani &amp; Bobby White) navigate race and the Black Experience in the world of Jazz Dance and other Afro-centric social dancing. Our goal is comfortable conversations about uncomfortable things.</p> <p>Our music is by Laurel Ryan &amp; Michelle Stokes, our "We're back! song" was an improvisation by Steffanie AK Schilling, and the background drumming is by Bobby White</p> <p>Find us at your local podcast ap, or at: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?q=https%3A%2F%2Fanchor.fm%2Fintegratedrhythm&amp;redir_tok