While the The Olympic Games are coming to an endBlack people are still finding a reason to laugh on social media. This time, it’s because of the newly introduced “Breaking” competition at the Summer Games.
On Friday, breakdancing made its debut at the Paris Olympics, with teams from the United States, Australia, China, Japan, Lithuania, the Netherlands and many other countries fielding dancers.
Viewers didn’t know what to expect when they tuned in to the competition, but what they got was probably even more entertaining than anyone imagined (and not for the right reasons).
That’s not to say the dancers didn’t show off their skills particularly well—Black Twitter was just more amused than impressed, and they weren’t afraid to crack a few jokes on social media.
Users on X made fun of everything from the dancers’ attire to some “interesting” moves they showed during the competition.
With the growing popularity of hip-hop and black culture, breakdancing has become a global sensation that young people all over the world are discovering. But what fans saw on television at the Olympics has nothing on the movies some people watched as children, like “You Got Served” or “Stomp the Yard.”
It’s more like that infamous “hip hop dance” video from the 1990s where viewers are taught how to breakdance in the most embarrassing and shameful way possible.
While Black Twitter has a lot of fun watching the competition, the actual dancers take it seriously.
The first person to win a gold medal in breakdancing is B-Girl Ami, a 25-year-old woman who represented Japan. She defeated B-Girl Nicka from Lithuania in the gold medal round.
B-Girl 671 from China defeated B-Girl India from the Netherlands to win the bronze medal. (Don’t worry, these are not their real names, they just used them during the Olympics).
If you’re wondering where in the world the black people are, there’s a post about Team USA: Jeffrey Louis, also known as “B-Boy Jeffro”.
