In June, Black creators on TikTok went on a widely reported strike — refusing to make dances to a Megan thee Stallion song — to call attention to how the work of Black people was often appropriated without credit or compensation. In a widely cited TikTok video, dancer Erick Louis put it succinctly: "This app would be nothing without Black people.”
The final meaninglessness of the popular
The final meaninglessness of the popular
The final meaninglessness of the popular
In June, Black creators on TikTok went on a widely reported strike — refusing to make dances to a Megan thee Stallion song — to call attention to how the work of Black people was often appropriated without credit or compensation. In a widely cited TikTok video, dancer Erick Louis put it succinctly: "This app would be nothing without Black people.”