Jimmy Fallon featured a segment where Addison Rae (we have no idea who she is) taught him eight TikTok dances.
Ok, while it’s very awkward and cringy in general, apparently there is something bigger here to be concerned about …
Watch (if you can stand it).
8 Tik Tok dances with @whoisaddison!! pic.twitter.com/slKkOOSECI
— jimmy fallon (@jimmyfallon) March 27, 2021
The people who created those dances are black.
And Jimmy had a cute white girl ‘teach’ them to him
Hrm.
Guess how this went over with the MOB.
Stealing from black entertainers and having white "creators" regurgitate it to the masses is american history 101.
— ✨ Dracula Spectacular✨ (@gimmefangs) March 28, 2021
Have fun with that, Jimmy.
It's not too late to credit the #black creators of these dances and maybe have them on the show @jimmyfallon
— Lisa Tener, Book Coach-Creativity Catalyst (@LisaTener) March 29, 2021
Yeah, Jimmy.
— may-li ? khoe (@mayli) March 28, 2021
Oof.
where are the black creators who made every single one of these dances at jim??
— AMIL (@Grilledcheeezus) March 27, 2021
Yeah, Jim!
Taking our dances with zero credit…like Fortnite all over again
— berette m (@SeBiArt) March 29, 2021
I’m embarrassed for and infuriated by you for this. Both of you. pic.twitter.com/284nx5iNM3
— Skylar Ezell is a Black, Broke, and Bougie Writer (@Skylar_Writer) March 28, 2021
Or as Tik Tok would say:
OH NO
OH NO
OH NO NO NO NO NO— Matt Wright (@mattwrightcomic) March 29, 2021
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Heck, we’ll go along with this and say NO NO NO as well.
Why not? We can rage mob with the best of them.
Heh.
I emailed #nbc the other night. No response. Next I guess is the FCC. It's IP theft.
— Liz Moran Capone, M.Ed. (@ESheilaanne2) March 29, 2021
Ruh-roh.
SHE EMAILED NBC, Jimmy.
You’re done for now.
this was so embarrassing to watch
— نيروز (@neyhoez) March 29, 2021
I'm bout to throwup
— YourRAGE First Account (@YourRAGEz) March 29, 2021
Look at what you did, Jimmy.
Shame shame.
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