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Jes Grew Hits the For You Page

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  Charli D’Amelio and Addison Rae dance with   Jalaiah Harmon, the original creator of the viral Renegade Dance. While black style and artists are the root of most popular TikTok dances, frequently white creators go viral with the dances, and the original black creators are left without attribution and much of the profits from their content. When Jes Grew took over the country in Mumbo Jumbo , an epidemic of dance and jazz culture of the 1920s, the readers are left with questions about the role of black culture in a modern, specifically American, society. Mumbo Jumbo tells an Afro-centered history, particularly a cultural history, that traces back thousands of years to ancient Egyptian mythology to demonstrate how Black culture is the root of almost everything in main society. The battle lines between the monotheistic pearl-clutching Atonist and Jes Grew in Mumbo Jumbo is one of the few constants throughout history, from the Wallflower order's plans against the Jazz epidemic...

Wait. Why is Houdini Here Again?

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  Wait. Why is Houdini Here Again? That is what I was wondering as the book rounded out – where did Houdini go for the last half of this book, and now why the *beep* is he hanging 12 stories in the air . He was thrown into the last chapter, I suppose to round the story out, but my inclinations say that there must be a deeper story or metaphor here. Those last few pages left me lingering with questions. Just to recap, Houdini – famous historical character, performer to be remembered for centuries – is right now dangling by his feet primed for an epic escape. Once he got all bundled up in a straightjacket, the cable attached to his feet and on the other end a crane lifted him into the sky. This all happens seemingly quite randomly in about the last three pages of Ragtime . I didn't think much of it until earlier when I sat down and googled up the picture on the left. It made me feel a little bit uneasy, mostly because of its similarity to some other historical events. If you put in t...