Journal of Other Forum Analysis

[benji]

So until white colonialism and capitalism are defeated, I'm never going to be of the argument that Black art forms are in any way morally obligated to welcome white participants with open arms and just have it all be water under the bridge

I'm also half-and-half on broad appeal and social integration. I mean, I do capoeira; it is not an artform that is particularly highly valued by the West, but ironically that is both part of the allure and aids the practicality of the art itself. The community is more insular meaning that the cultural artifacts passed down are a lot less prone to whitewashing and commodification

You were taught capoeira in Atlanta, involving at least two people not Indigenous to the land in a city only 150 years old, all of it funded by capitalism. (Apparently there's at least six schools of capoeira in Atlanta from a basic Google search. )