contentbotB to Today I Learned (TIL) · 10 months agoTIL that the Radio City Rockettes didn’t allow Black dancers in until 1987, claiming that their skin tone would distract from the group’s consistent look.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up177arrow-down13file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up174arrow-down1external-linkTIL that the Radio City Rockettes didn’t allow Black dancers in until 1987, claiming that their skin tone would distract from the group’s consistent look.en.wikipedia.orgcontentbotB to Today I Learned (TIL) · 10 months agomessage-square8fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareabbadon420@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up8·10 months agoIt’s funny how that argument would’ve been passable in 1987, but in 2024 they would immediately be cancelled.
minus-squareDkarma@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down3·10 months agoAs it should be. Deplorable things deserve to be cancelled. That’s why we have laws.
minus-squareabbadon420@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·10 months agoYes but laws don’t matter much if the public opinion isn’t there as well. Public opinion is there now, but aparantly it used to be different in 1987
minus-squarePlease_Do_Not@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·10 months agoYes, exactly. I think that’s what the post is highlighting…
minus-squareabbadon420@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·10 months agoYes, I’m not wordsmith so “funny” will have to suffice.
minus-squareSerpent@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 months agoDepends on the definition intended, but other adjectives could probably describe it better.
It’s funny how that argument would’ve been passable in 1987, but in 2024 they would immediately be cancelled.
As it should be. Deplorable things deserve to be cancelled. That’s why we have laws.
Yes but laws don’t matter much if the public opinion isn’t there as well. Public opinion is there now, but aparantly it used to be different in 1987
Yes, exactly. I think that’s what the post is highlighting…
Is it funny?
Yes, I’m not wordsmith so “funny” will have to suffice.
Depends on the definition intended, but other adjectives could probably describe it better.