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Dem2theMax

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7. First off, ANYONE who can do that type of dancing should be celebrated!

Sat Jul 18, 2020, 07:29 PM

Jul 2020

That has to be some of the hardest physical work in the world. Let alone being extremely coordinated to boot.

I would have loved to learn how to do that, if only my arthritic body would allow it. Hahaha. That ain't happening.

She is amazingly mature for a 20 year old. I am so happy that the Riverdance troupe is going to let her dance with them. What an amazing experience that will be for her.

And I absolutely love what she said about 'Appropriation vs. Appreciation.' Two totally different things. We should so be able to celebrate other cultures. That is one of the things that makes life so much more full and so much more joyful!

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Riverdancing Black woman accused of "cultural appropriation", so Riverdance team asks her to dance [View all] Takket Jul 2020 OP

OMGAWD........SHE'S AWESOME.... a kennedy Jul 2020 #1

Having grown up in Irish Catholic Boston bottomofthehill Jul 2020 #39

Love ya....... a kennedy Jul 2020 #42

Home is where the heart is bottomofthehill Jul 2020 #44

This song came immediately to my mind also. soldierant Jul 2020 #125

Just rewatched the segment bottomofthehill Jul 2020 #133

K&R (nt) Alex4Martinez Jul 2020 #2

That brought a tear or two to my eyes. chowder66 Jul 2020 #3

Thanks for the happy tears! :-) Maru Kitteh Jul 2020 #4

She is so talented! FM123 Jul 2020 #5

Fantastic! Farmgirl1961 Jul 2020 #6

First off, ANYONE who can do that type of dancing should be celebrated! Dem2theMax Jul 2020 #7

There are a lot of trolls who go on social media trying to accuse others JI7 Jul 2020 #8

Sourpusses, killjoys, and spoilsports Warpy Jul 2020 #62

She's really good! ucrdem Jul 2020 #9

What... The Conductor Jul 2020 #10

Emerald dawg Jul 2020 #11

Phil Lynott - love that guy! nt. BlueIdaho Jul 2020 #88

I'll jump at any excuse to promote these guys. dawg Jul 2020 #120

Don't forget the The Black Pearl Of Inchicore, Ireland's Greatest Footballer ! OnDoutside Jul 2020 #131

This speaks to both of my cultures! Alacritous Crier Jul 2020 #12

its like basketball. she is great. pansypoo53219 Jul 2020 #13

Despite my Irish ancestry, I'm not a huge fan of this type of Irish dancing, generalbetrayus Jul 2020 #14

WHAT??? Ya don't like this type of Irish dancing?? a kennedy Jul 2020 #23

Hey I do not care about any dancing myself. cstanleytech Jul 2020 #124

Enough interest in dance to comment on a thread regarding dance. LanternWaste Jul 2020 #126

agreed Skittles Jul 2020 #32

Stephen Wright.......... MyOwnPeace Jul 2020 #51

... Ferrets are Cool Jul 2020 #60

I've come to prefer the 'Ottawa Valley' style for the same reason catchnrelease Jul 2020 #93

The ghost of Michael Flatley with visit you! Hassin Bin Sober Jul 2020 #34

Great dancing! MaryMagdaline Jul 2020 #15

In the early 80s, I was in a clogging... 3catwoman3 Jul 2020 #16

Did your house have a clogging problem? Wednesdays Jul 2020 #72

No, but I absolutely love... 3catwoman3 Jul 2020 #84

"Cultural appropriation"? panader0 Jul 2020 #17

SHe said people confuse appreciation with appropriation, and her def was great: Amaryllis Jul 2020 #20

A lot of people are adamant that anime cosplay must be performed Wednesdays Jul 2020 #75

This makes me mental. a la izquierda Jul 2020 #47

I'm not Hispanic either, but my DU name is from my Mexican bricklayer buddies. panader0 Jul 2020 #50

Feeling sad about that? MyOwnPeace Jul 2020 #52

I'll have to play secretly, in the dark of the night, panader0 Jul 2020 #54

If taken to extremes, without wnylib Jul 2020 #53

Tomatoes, like potatoes Collimator Jul 2020 #92

Yes, tomatoes originated in the Americas, wnylib Jul 2020 #99

Depends on who calls the shots. But its all bullshit. oldsoftie Jul 2020 #78

This cultural approp thing is going a bit too far onetexan Jul 2020 #87

Hey! I'm of Cajun Heritage. I'm offended. GulfCoast66 Jul 2020 #94

hey there Cajun! :) I gew up in New Orleans for a time during my early teen years & love the culture onetexan Jul 2020 #109

Old style Dance in the South is clogging. scarletlib Jul 2020 #18

Exactly shanti Jul 2020 #73

Magnificent lpbk2713 Jul 2020 #19

Oh come on has no one heard of the whistler162 Jul 2020 #21

Ya beat me to it!!! dixiegrrrrl Jul 2020 #22

Actually, he visited Moneygall as President and they have gas station OnDoutside Jul 2020 #46

How cool. dixiegrrrrl Jul 2020 #90

There's no one as Irish as Barack Obama. Crunchy Frog Jul 2020 #66

My favorite t-shirt of the Obama era was from a place in Ireland that said "O'Bama". a kennedy Jul 2020 #27

President Obama actually did have Irish ancestors Tanuki Jul 2020 #37

Black Irish has nothing to do with skin color Sympthsical Jul 2020 #55

I thought it was from the indigenous peoples cally Jul 2020 #65

It has to do with how the invaders identified Sympthsical Jul 2020 #69

Thank you for providing the historical meaning. SharonClark Jul 2020 #112

Anyone as good as she is DFW Jul 2020 #24

Very well done! warmfeet Jul 2020 #25

A made up term Jimvanhise Jul 2020 #26

Hey, Jimvanhise, welcome....... a kennedy Jul 2020 #29

CORRECT! Skittles Jul 2020 #31

Yes. Blue_true Jul 2020 #40

Taking too far. Binkie The Clown Jul 2020 #28

it's not people on the left. It's some unknown posters on social media JI7 Jul 2020 #30

Really? Nobody on the left has abused the term "cultural appropiation?" hmmm nt Binkie The Clown Jul 2020 #33

some unknowns on the internet that the lazy media decides to highlight JI7 Jul 2020 #43

It is definitely on the Left Sympthsical Jul 2020 #59

While we're on the subject of Cultural Appropriation, could we PLEASE stamp out "Virtue Signaling??" NBachers Jul 2020 #71

isn't complaints about cultural appropriation an example of virtue signaling ? JI7 Jul 2020 #74

Virtue signaling complaints about cultural appropriation being virtue signaling is virtue signaling. NBachers Jul 2020 #76

I look at each case. cultural appropriation was first used to show JI7 Jul 2020 #79

Which in fact, illustrates the absurdity of both concepts. LanternWaste Jul 2020 #127

virtue signalling is not necessarily a thing only germane to the 'left' (and RW weaponised) Celerity Jul 2020 #100

I encounter right-wing virtue signaling all the time misanthrope Jul 2020 #103

I've only heard that term (VS) from a RW'r. electric_blue68 Jul 2020 #135

It doesn't take BGBD Jul 2020 #77

Who was she apologizing to ? And did she have the cornrows because she actually liked the style JI7 Jul 2020 #89

went and looked it up BGBD Jul 2020 #97

that doesn't really seem like a big deal. Sometimes it's just a white person realizing history JI7 Jul 2020 #107

I wonder if anyone remembers the 1979 movie "10" -- Bo Derek had cornrows. betsuni Jul 2020 #102

That caused a stir BumRushDaShow Jul 2020 #108

And this is an example of what Cultural Appropriation was about JI7 Jul 2020 #137

Yes, One name obnoxiousdrunk Jul 2020 #81

Well said. As I posted elsewhere, Morgan has been fantastically well received in Ireland, people OnDoutside Jul 2020 #130

That was great matt819 Jul 2020 #35

Very thoughtful young woman. Blue_true Jul 2020 #36

I'm Irish. I love that cultural appropriation. Squinch Jul 2020 #38

Cultural appropriation? mountain grammy Jul 2020 #41

Right I guess she appropriated the English language too grantcart Jul 2020 #61

An inconvenient anthropological fact misanthrope Jul 2020 #45

+1. yonder Jul 2020 #63

However ismnotwasm Jul 2020 #83

Bravissimo! Disaffected Jul 2020 #48

That just made my day. notKeith Jul 2020 #49

Brilliant! I Love This! I saw Irish Dancing in The Maritime Islands, Canada Cha Jul 2020 #56

I texted about this my daughter who lives in Richmond. panader0 Jul 2020 #57

Huge K and R Ferrets are Cool Jul 2020 #58

They'd flip over Rhiannon Gideon's singing Gaelic... Lars39 Jul 2020 #64

That was interesting Mosby Jul 2020 #116

She's so talented. Lars39 Jul 2020 #117

She has a beautiful voice. Mosby Jul 2020 #118

How dare trolls decide for another culture who can and can't be included. rwsanders Jul 2020 #67

Makes me proud orangecrush Jul 2020 #68

Cool! mdbl Jul 2020 #70

She's amazing! StarryNite Jul 2020 #80

I seem to remember a show of Riverdance in China and there was a little girl in the audience demigoddess Jul 2020 #82

The idea of Culture appropriation is total bullshit. GulfCoast66 Jul 2020 #85

Cultural Appropriation is a bullshit stick Wolf Frankula Jul 2020 #91

Looks similar to American tap dancing. betsuni Jul 2020 #86

The Nicholas Brothers definitely area51 Jul 2020 #98

I love that they had no formal training. betsuni Jul 2020 #105

Reminds me of the white girl who wore a qipao to prom cabot Jul 2020 #95

Great story peggysue2 Jul 2020 #96

Cultural "appropriation" is stupid no matter what side it comes from 👎 Raine Jul 2020 #101

What a beautiful young lady! essme Jul 2020 #104

Does ANYONE know how STUPID this is to accuse her of cultural appropriation when, well JAZZ, ROCK, The_REAL_Ecumenist Jul 2020 #106

Jazz is a perfect explanation of how problematic these things can be misanthrope Jul 2020 #129

IF you come from a Black family who has been here in the NEW WORLD for at least 100 years... The_REAL_Ecumenist Jul 2020 #134

I'm thoroughly familiar with "call and response" misanthrope Jul 2020 #136

Awesome! volstork Jul 2020 #110

What a wonderful story, and a WONDERFUL woman Tom Rinaldo Jul 2020 #111

That's not Irish Dancing. SharonClark Jul 2020 #113

Cool! chwaliszewski Jul 2020 #114

Just WOW! TheBlackAdder Jul 2020 #115

Do the DNA. Bet ya find some Irish. The Jungle 1 Jul 2020 #119

Awesome!! 🥰👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 BlancheSplanchnik Jul 2020 #121

This made my morning pandr32 Jul 2020 #122

My personal opinion over supposed "cultural appropriation" by anyone for any reason cstanleytech Jul 2020 #123

Morgan was HUGELY well received in Ireland. I suspect anyone making aspersions to the contrary is OnDoutside Jul 2020 #128

"Cultural appropriation" is so damn stupid. Goodheart Jul 2020 #132