Joyous viral videos of skaters on Instagram aside, the hobby has a political history that is rooted in the civil rights community.
, TikTok’s kaleidoscopic, algorithm-driven feed has helped drive the trend this summer: there, you’ll find video after video of acrobatic skaters weaving through cones and dancing to disco, wheels spinning beneath their balletic bodies.
On the other hand, its popularity is likely more simple: skating is playtime on wheels, and it is also nostalgic, a throwback to a ’70s childhood many of the TikTok influencers are decades too young to have experienced . Other slightly more po-faced zealots proselytise about honed thighs and whittled abs. Granted, it’s more fun than a HIIT class.Still, it is also far more than just a trend. Rollerblading has a political history that is rooted in the civil rights community in the US.
It is important to remember that even as the sport explodes this summer – helped along by social media – it should not be whitewashed. There have been some fears, for instance, that TikTok’s algorithm favours white skater’s videos over those shared by people of colour. As TikToker and skater Toni Bravo urged in May: “Skating is a huge part of the black community. Please follow black skaters”.
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