JGalt
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Just when you thought the Brits couldn't get any wackier, the University of Manchester just banned clapping, and is suggesting the use of “jazz hands” instead.
Aren't jazz hands a racist holdover from the minstrel days, when white performers painted their faces black?
"Not everyone is jazzed about this new rule at the University of Manchester.
The British school’s student union has banned clapping, whooping and cheering at their events — suggesting the use of “jazz hands” instead..."
https://nypost.com/2018/10/03/university-bans-clapping-suggests-students-use-jazz-hands-instead/
Aren't jazz hands a racist holdover from the minstrel days, when white performers painted their faces black?
"Not everyone is jazzed about this new rule at the University of Manchester.
The British school’s student union has banned clapping, whooping and cheering at their events — suggesting the use of “jazz hands” instead..."
https://nypost.com/2018/10/03/university-bans-clapping-suggests-students-use-jazz-hands-instead/