African American debutante cotillion: Rooted in community, meaningful to families' histories
African American debutante cotillion: Rooted in community, meaningful to families' histories
You may have heard about a debutante cotillion before. They started back in the 1700 as part of British nobility. Young women were paraded in front of eligible suitors for potential marriage as seen in the popular show, Bridgerton. But a traditional African American debutante cotillion is different. Micah Materre reports on its significance in…
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I have always loved cotillions. When my daughter was a girl, I wanted her to participate in a cotillion. Listening to a friend of mine, she did not want to- she said it was not for her. So I let it go. She is now almost 50 years old, and I still feel I should have insisted on this experience for her. Thank you for sharing this video.
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No one ever knew anything about this.
This was a WHT thing….a RICH thing.
Notice how there is no ghetto speech from them.
all the Materre women are very light-skinned. it's not an accident and the part of the history that people are embarrassed to acknowledge.