I used to think my sister had all the rhythm genes in the family. But not being able to dance really bothered me, so I kept trying. I would go every weekend to the clubs, and instead of doing what everybody else was doing, I just started moving with the music. I just cannot think of anything blacks cannot do very well. This is just another urban legend.
Blacks are actually terrible dancers.
Frustration reached the boiling point in 1962 with the embarrassment of Chubby Checker's lack of vertical amplitude while doing the twist. Rather than yield the dance floor to more graceful whites, however, resourceful blacks decided to take over the music industry, and achieved their goal following the breakup of the Osmonds in the 1970s. If you tell two friends, and they tell two friends, and so on, we can all finally put this black dancing myth to rest. This could all be hooey, too. I have no idea.