22: A Room with a Door (w/ LAUREL RYAN)

<p>A room with a door...</p> <p>Not just a great thing to have in a instructor contract, it's also a great thing to have in the swing dance scene as a whole.</p> <p>In part 2 of 2, instructor, MC, and Lindy Focus meeting co-host LAUREL RYAN shares with us how the standards of Black Excellence give a warped door for Black instructors to enter the Instructor room, how the swing scene is designed like FaceBook, and how the women's bathroom is the secret to good allyship. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p><br></p> <p>0:00 The standard of Black excellence&nbsp;</p> <p>5:30 Every bad experience leads to a better rider</p> <p>11:00 Lindy Hop is a folk dance</p> <p>19:00 There's a huge difference in how Black men are treated in the scene, and how Black women are treated in the scene</p> <p>22:00 Promoters and their Black teachers and follower privilege and leader privilege and children</p> <p>28:00 The threat of marginalized people being edged out</p> <p>33:00 The intersection of opposing ideas</p> <p>39:00 How FB and the Swing Scene are designed similarly</p> <p>45:30 Awkward Allyship</p> <p>49:00 Women's bathrooms: The secret to Allyship</p> <p>1:00:00 What do I like about the way that I dance?</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>Special in this episode, our starting music is Barron Ryan. All other music is by Laurel Ryan &amp; Michelle Stokes.</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_token=QUFFLUhqa2FYQzhRbjFhMXEzS2dTVjhEcXdKMzBpSmU4QXxBQ3Jtc0tuU1NxZ0ZTeG1vUzhMTm91cW45S2RHYWoycXAxaHVhZ3RUTWxpQkl0aHI3WWdpRVMtelRmeXNvZm1zUG5wY0ZuMTBhTWNGc1pRU3VKa3pkbVpkQ3N5dFoweWg1emNrTktYT1FDUzNWalRoTG1MS2gwbw%3D%3D&amp;v=6u_wz65QIHM&amp;ev