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Black ballerinas have constantly been pushed out of the typically and traditionally white ballet world because our bodies aren’t like theirs and this is just another way to make us feel unwanted! This goes further than shoes, prejudice and racism within them dance community-
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is passive in my experience but very much there !! It’s not much to ask for shoes to match our skin tones so please take a few seconds to sign this petition.
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“this isn’t about shoes, it’s about who belongs in ballet and who doesn’t” -Virginia Johnson, artistic director of Dance Theater of Harlem
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the ballerina pictured on the right is Cortney and she teaches ballet in Harlem ! If you’d like to give her any money her cash app is $negusballerinaproj
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Show your support by wearing the Black Lives Matter bracelet by @BLMbracelet!
Proceeds goes to The Bail Project.
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