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    Boing Boing‏Verified account @BoingBoing 8 Dec 2017

    Square dancing was a racist hoax funded by Henry Ford to get white people to stop dancing to black music https://boingboing.net/2017/12/08/dr-pappy-shaw.html …pic.twitter.com/K4aWDyiBLY

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      2. Resistance RN‏ @DharmaBum62 8 Dec 2017
        Replying to @BoingBoing

        OMG! I how disgusting! I do remember being taught square dancing in school. Who knew it was created by racists for waging a culture war?

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      3. Cherry Hayes‏ @Twitrh8rHayes 8 Dec 2017
        Replying to @DharmaBum62 @BoingBoing

        It wasn't!

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      4. Resistance RN‏ @DharmaBum62 8 Dec 2017
        Replying to @Twitrh8rHayes @BoingBoing

        I mean, I knew that Henry Ford was a notorious racist. But damn! Say it ain't so!

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      5. Cherry Hayes‏ @Twitrh8rHayes 8 Dec 2017
        Replying to @DharmaBum62 @BoingBoing

        This came from a satirical site meant to be funny! Square Dancing goes back to the early 19th century in N. America, and cenuries in Europe...

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      6. Resistance RN‏ @DharmaBum62 8 Dec 2017
        Replying to @Twitrh8rHayes @BoingBoing

        Oh, thank God! I was beginning to doubt reality lol!

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      1. chrispydog‏ @chrispydog 9 Dec 2017
        Replying to @BoingBoing @davispg

        Better detail, and a little less spec-u-latin' about this here:https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/7ihbye/did_henry_ford_really_promote_the_square_dance_to/ …

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      1. Cherry Hayes‏ @Twitrh8rHayes 8 Dec 2017
        Replying to @BoingBoing

        Cute story but it's not factual! Notice it comes from BoingBoing & was written by a Wonkette (satirical) writer? Square dancing goes back centuries in Europe & became very popular in North America in the 19th century!! Check sources...

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      2. Frank Endrullat‏ @FrankEndrullat 8 Dec 2017
        Replying to @BoingBoing @munin

        Fuck me. The U.S. of A. are a weird place with some weird traditions…. Well, learned something new tonight. #ICallThatASuccess

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      3. Cherry Hayes‏ @Twitrh8rHayes 8 Dec 2017
        Replying to @FrankEndrullat @BoingBoing @munin

        It's not true...this comes from a satirical site and was written by a Wonkette writer. Meant to be funny!

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      4. Frank Endrullat‏ @FrankEndrullat 9 Dec 2017
        Replying to @Twitrh8rHayes @BoingBoing @munin

        Ah! Need to tell friend, one thing less then on his list of ‘things invented by Americans’. Thanks!

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      1. Willem DeFOMO‏ @BudLatanville 8 Dec 2017
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        In the land of Liberty, where the folk dance is everyone following the commands of someone who isn't dancing.

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