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👁The Black history of twerking -- and how it taught me self-love
🧠Lizzo
🗣Subtitle: 🇹🇷Turkish | 🇬🇧English
👣Twerking is mainstream now ... but do you know where it came from? Superstar Lizzo traces booty shaking to a traditional West African dance and tells how Black women across generations kept the rhythm alive, from blues and jazz singers to modern rap and hip-hop performers. With her characteristic energy, she shares how twerking empowered her to love her own body -- and explains why understanding its origins helps protect Black culture from erasure and misappropriation. (And, yes, she twerks on stage.)
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🧠Lizzo
🗣Subtitle: 🇹🇷Turkish | 🇬🇧English
👣Twerking is mainstream now ... but do you know where it came from? Superstar Lizzo traces booty shaking to a traditional West African dance and tells how Black women across generations kept the rhythm alive, from blues and jazz singers to modern rap and hip-hop performers. With her characteristic energy, she shares how twerking empowered her to love her own body -- and explains why understanding its origins helps protect Black culture from erasure and misappropriation. (And, yes, she twerks on stage.)
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#TEDMonterey #Lizzo #culture #music #entertainment #dance #history #social_change
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