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Published: April 8, 2021, 4:32 p.m.

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A Sprinkle of White Supremacy...

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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. 

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**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!**

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0:00 Laurel grew up surrounded by exceptional people 

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7:00 How Laurel got into Lindy Hop (in Tulsa, Oklahoma) 

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17:00 The "path" to international teaching 

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21:00 When the Black folks made space for Laurel in her home scene 

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25:00 A trained teacher and creative artist takes a Lindy class... 

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30:00 Polite gaslighting? 

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34:00 Lindy classes: "It\'s not working for enough people" 

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37:00 Neuro-diverse people are attracted to Swing dancing... 

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40:00 "I started telling people, I don\'t want to hear about..." 

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42:00 The danger of erasing difference in order to make people feel better 

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45:00 The physical elitism of today\'s Lindy Hop contests  

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47:30 Look at the gateway to international instruction 

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49:00 "The times I have won competitions..." and imposture syndrome

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Welcome to Integrated Rhythm! Two Swing Dancing besties (Chisomo Selemani & 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.

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Our music is by Laurel Ryan & Michelle Stokes, our "We\'re back! song" was an improvisation by Steffanie AK Schilling, and the background drumming is by Bobby White

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Find us at your local podcast ap, or at: https://anchor.fm/integratedrhythm 

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Please donate to help keep us in business:

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Patreon: patreoncom/integratedrhythm

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