(I am now theoretically at the table.) She/they and it’s hard to overstate the importance and power of blues! Or even just syncopated rhythms in general which are also African in origin!

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He/him peanut butter

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He/him and a lot of 70s-80s style dancing was of black influence! Very fun dancing style and inspired a lot of Elvis’s move (unfortunately that also means he took a lot of credit for it)

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they/them and storing blood for blood transfusions!! thank u dr charles drew

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She/her and mine is the lightbulb if that counts

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she/her soul food and using seasoning

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he/him and i really don't think anything can top jazz. i love being is my music theory classes and being told that none of it applies to jazz.

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She/Her Rock and Roll

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He/they, and my favorite contribution would have to be midwifery and open surgery

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they/them and as everyone in my house except me is sick right now and I'm the only one up to date on their vaccines... but it's incredibly unfair that Henrietta Lacks was not given a chance to give consent or receive adequate compensation & social credit for the use of her cells that ended up being used to develop vaccines for over half a century

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She/her, I did competitive ballroom in undergrad and burlesque now so 500% different dance styles (ESPECIALLY jive, that’s a super fun dance!)

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He/they and it’s gotta be all of their influences in music especially country

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She/They and Potato chips. I love all potato things to potato chips are just delightful.

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She/they and Henry T. Sampson invented the cell phone in 1971! He invented more than that but we are using our phones right now.

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they/them and also c-sections!!!

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they/them, jazz!

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Oh also Reading Rainbow 🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️

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pronouns + peacemaker reference, we love to see it

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They/she, Jazz

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