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There's a long history of dances being pilfered for profit – and TikTok is the latest battleground

  • Written by Jill Vasbinder, Senior Lecturer in Dance, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
There's a long history of dances being pilfered for profit – and TikTok is the latest battlegroundLaying claim to a dance isn't as straightforward as doing the same for a poem.Tara Moore via Getty Images

In January 2020, 14-year-old Jalaiah Harmon created what would become one of the biggest viral dance sensations on TikTok.

But few users knew that Harmon, who is Black, invented the dance, which she dubbed the Renegade – at least not...

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