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[–] root_beer@midwest.social 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

The good ol’ American tradition of forcing squaredance onto kids in schools—I was a victim myself from the ‘80s to the mid ‘90s—was borne of the fear and disgust of the black and Jewish roots of jazz, with Hitler idol Henry Ford being a big advocate for it.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

Yep, and one of the ways cannabis was demonized in the first half of the 20th century was by associating it with jazz culture, making it very much something that "they" did.