A British African woman partners with Adobe to teach the world about Black American skating culture
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HarlemHottie
Uptown Thoroughbred
Okay?
Only thing is if she's saying AA folks are credited, she can take some of her revenue and give back to the descendants of AA folk
I hate to say it, but we gon hafta learn how to beat down that 'black benefit of the doubt.' The grace we extend to ourselves should be probationary when it comes to others. 
Voice of Reason
Veteran
always crying for shyt you dont care about until its " taken" ....then its a whole new found "care" story
stop crying
Black folks from Detroit will slap your Kufi off about skating culture
Did she really say all that ? DamnTHIS THE SAME bytch
THAT WAS TALKING
THAT "AKATAS ARE CULTURELESS" shyt.
KILL YASELF
Black folks from Detroit will slap your Kufi off about skating culture
Dude's from the UK. He don't know shyt about our skate culture
It's been real
God of Destruction | CatSet General
Idk brehette, if I took something from AA folk, it's only right to give back to me but others don't have the same respect. But I feel you, AA culture is beautiful, and ADOS brehs made me feel at home when I came here. I'll always ride for y'all.
HarlemHottie
Uptown Thoroughbred
That's dope, breh. Rep. I always try to extend love. I was raised pan africanist, after all. 
But when the cousins get out of line, it must be checked, same as i do with ados c00ns.
It's been real
God of Destruction | CatSet General
But when the cousins get out of line, it must be checked, same as i do with ados c00ns.
Any c00ns can get that work
Low End Derrick
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TLR is always upset at some bullshyt.
Place is full of mental midgets.
This site is a parody
The same broad said ADOS don't have a culture.
The same broad who played Harriet Tubman and Aretha
Y'all are always talking that culture vulture shyt, well that broad is literally a culture vulture. 'The heifer literally preys upon African American culture to make her living.
My question for people like her is why don't they teach people about their own culture, rather than trying to co-op someone else's culture?
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generic-username
Superstar
Roller skates was invented by a White man
generic-username
Superstar
Look who is talking. Your entire profile pic and name is co-opting culture that isn't your. I am not even gonna go into you claiming to have "mende ancestry"
“I was so excited to work with Adobe on Stories on Skates to showcase Black skating culture, especially as an expression of Black joy and creativity,” Erivo said in a press release. “This project brings to life stories from the rink that are inspiring, important, and deserve to be remembered. My hope is that Stories on Skates is a fitting tribute to skating and Black culture while celebrating its rich history in music, movement, style, empowerment, community, and legacy.”
Stories on Skates, a 3D Storytelling Project with Cynthia Erivo
Cynthia Erivo on ‘Life Changing’ Hollywood Bowl Debut and New Adobe Digital Roller Skates Collection
Erivo offered creative input on a line of digital roller skates for Adobe's 'Stories on Skates,' a project that celebrates the beloved past time while also highlighting its place in Black culture.
Cynthia Erivo has rolled her way into a new project with Adobe. The actress, artist and performer, who is currently nominated for an Emmy Award for her work as Aretha Franklin in Nat Geo’s Genius: Aretha, has partnered with Adobe on Stories on Skates. The project features a line of digital roller skates that showcases a beloved pastime — one that has grown amid the pandemic and on social media but has always been in vogue in the Black community — while also highlighting Adobe’s Substance 3D design software.
Why did you partner up with Adobe on these digital skates?
"What drew me to the project was the opportunity to dive into the technology and the creativity that I love being a part of. The most beautiful thing about this is that we get to celebrate the aspects and touchstones of our Black community, the Black college culture, the Black experience [because] roller skating is, as a whole, part of the Black experience. Using that medium to pull out specific moments and facets of our culture to celebrate was a really cool thing."
"Being able to express that using technology was really exciting, and no one had ever asked me to do anything like that before. I was able to come on as a creative director and share my ideas and help influence how things looked. Forgive me for making this more like medicine than sugar, but to have been asked as a Black woman to come on board and help shape the way we see Black culture and shape the way we look at our lives, that felt really good to be included in that way."
How do the designs reflect your creative input?
"The first one is style. I wanted to mess around with the textiles, the materials and the prints that could be used. I still wanted to maintain practicality as I wanted people to be able to skate in them but they need to look good. They need to reflect a style that isn’t just current but …also reflects the era when skating became a refuge, in the ’70s. The neon wheels, the print, the fur and the loudness of the style, not only reflect who I am as a person — someone who loves to express herself through fashion and style — but also the community. Black people, as a community, are consistently reinventing the wheel when it comes to the way we dress, the way we look and the style we dress in."
Cynthia Erivo on Hollywood Bowl Debut, Adobe Digital Skates Collection – The Hollywood Reporter