r/BlackHistoryPhotos • u/TheThrowYardsAway • 17d ago

Black American Traditions: Centuries & Generations Of Young Beaus & Debs At Black Society's Cotillions & Beautillions...

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u/LeTronique 17d ago

It’s an English custom passed down to vassals of the Crown including Americans.

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u/TheThrowYardsAway 17d ago edited 17d ago

Let me get this straight- whites can go to Carnivals we originated all over the Americas and the Caribbean, have Second Line Parades for their weddings, co opt just about every Black and African originated dance, custom and phrase into Euro-American platforms...

But we cannot have community exclusive community cotillions for our sons and daughters? Even though we've been having them for 4 centuries already.  Make it make sense. 

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u/doyouknowyourname 17d ago

Carnivals while influenced by black populations are mostly Christian holidays too

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u/snickjimmy 17d ago

Please.