contentbotB to Today I Learned (TIL) · 8 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) · 8 months agomessage-square8fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareDkarma@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down3·8 months agoAs it should be. Deplorable things deserve to be cancelled. That’s why we have laws.
minus-squareabbadon420@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 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-up5·8 months agoYes, exactly. I think that’s what the post is highlighting…
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…