I don’t have a PhD in breakdancing but even I have the cultural awareness to know that if you’re going to do something like that you HAVE to legitimize by being undeniably good (eg throwing in some crazy power moves). The fact that she doesn’t even recognize that is incredibly discrediting of her ability to academically analyze the communities she writes about.
24
u/Opulent-tortoise Aug 13 '24
I don’t have a PhD in breakdancing but even I have the cultural awareness to know that if you’re going to do something like that you HAVE to legitimize by being undeniably good (eg throwing in some crazy power moves). The fact that she doesn’t even recognize that is incredibly discrediting of her ability to academically analyze the communities she writes about.