1. It’s an official state dance in several US states.
2. Henry Ford endorsed it as a wholesome, “white” alternative to “immoral” jazz music and the wild dancing that went with it.
3. It was actually invented by…well, watch and see:
‘Course, square dancing isn’t racist in and of itself. But it was appropriated by racists in a racist effort to wage cultural warfare against racialized people. Maybe that’s why it’s not hip to be square.
Fear doesn't travel well; just as it can warp judgment, its absence can diminish memory's truth. What terrifies one generation is likely to bring only a puzzled smile to the next. --Arthur Miller, "Why I Wrote 'The Crucible'", The New Yorker, October 21, 1996
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