Princewill Pius
As much as Dance Mom fans like the drama, they also enjoy getting to watch young girls do what they are passionate about: dance. So, when one of those young girls experienced what appeared to be pretty blatant racist profiling by Abby Lee Miller, it was hard to watch. In episode seven of Season 1 of Dance Moms, Holly Frazier, mother to Nia Frazier was outraged at what seemed like Abby stereotyping her daughter.
In fact, the episode description from the Lifetime website literally states: “Abby’s continuous typecasting of little Nia in ethnic stereotype roles sends her mother Holly over the edge. For the first time, Holly takes off the gloves and the fighter in her comes out.” Holly took issue when Abby had Nia dance to the song, “They Call Me Laquifa” wearing an afro wig and leopard jumpsuit. Clearly, the problematic nature of … all of that is apparent, but still, the outrage came quickly.
As the self-described “largest independent African American marriage and parenting site on the web, Black and Married with Kids, described the bizarrely offensive routine, “Abby Lee makes it clear that Nia and likely all Black dancers in her eyes will be stereotyped and typecast based on race; therefore, Nia must know how to drop it like it’s hot if she’s going to make it in the ‘biz.'”
Written by: Nicki
