contentbot@lemmy.caB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 6 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-up176arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up173arrow-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.orgcontentbot@lemmy.caB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 6 months agomessage-square8fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareDkarma@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down3·6 months agoAs it should be. Deplorable things deserve to be cancelled. That’s why we have laws.
minus-squareabbadon420@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·6 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-up5·6 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…