You Can’t Separate Latin Dancing From Its Black Roots

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Saw on Social Dance Conversations ! An article and list of resources about the black roots of latin dances.

If you dance salsa, bachata, and other Latin dancers, you’re dancing to music that has its origins not just in Latin America and New York but also in black African culture and the Atlantic slave trade. Chances are, some of the songs you dance to sing about the impact of global inequality, structural racism, and living in a diaspora.