She then explores Jones’ choreography and how it reflected his personal struggles and questions he continuously asked himself about identity. Throughout his career, Jones was labeled and stereotyped constantly. Therefore, he used dance to fight against the stereotypes and give a voice to those who shared his race, occupation, or sexual-orientation. Morris’ main goal in this article is to give her readers an understanding of who Jones is and how he used dance to spread his message and impact what society identified him as. Morris maps out Jones’s issues he addresses into three categories that are related to him being an African American, being a dancer, and being homosexual. To give her readers more context, she informs them on the typical stereotypes associated with these categories. First, black males were seen as dangerous, primitive, and sexually immoral beings that should be
She then explores Jones’ choreography and how it reflected his personal struggles and questions he continuously asked himself about identity. Throughout his career, Jones was labeled and stereotyped constantly. Therefore, he used dance to fight against the stereotypes and give a voice to those who shared his race, occupation, or sexual-orientation. Morris’ main goal in this article is to give her readers an understanding of who Jones is and how he used dance to spread his message and impact what society identified him as. Morris maps out Jones’s issues he addresses into three categories that are related to him being an African American, being a dancer, and being homosexual. To give her readers more context, she informs them on the typical stereotypes associated with these categories. First, black males were seen as dangerous, primitive, and sexually immoral beings that should be