June 27th 2023.
A group of Black women who decided to twerk and gyrate on top of a former slave dungeon in Ghana are facing backlash across social media.
KhaParisDior, one of the members of the travel group, shared an Instagram post reflecting on her visit to the Cape Coast Castle in Ghana, where African slaves were once held before being shipped to the U.S. and other areas. She wrote: "So today I got to experience The Slave Castle in Cape Coast! It’s wildddddd seeing how they did our ancestors! Treated them worst than animals!!"
In response to the hard-hitting history lesson, the group reportedly decided to turn around and honor their ancestors through twerking. KhaParisDior captioned her post: "It’s sad but of course we had to twerk for our ancestors cause PERIOD!!!!!! Happy Juneteenth from the motherland. I think everybody should go at least once in a lifetime."
However, the post was met with criticism on social media. One person commented, "Desecrating a sacred place is classless." Another added, "Show some respect."
The post was then shared by one user on Twitter who said the group's behavior was "disrespectful" and should be "condemned". One person wrote: "You can take the girl out the ghetto, but not the ghetto out the girl." Another commented: "This has to be one of the most sickening displays of disrespect that I’ve ever witnessed."
Despite the criticism, KhaParisDior kept the video up on her page and even doubled down on her ancestral twerk in an Instagram Story post saying: "We got people so mad. Funny thing is I’ll do it again too!"
This incident has sparked debates across social media about the appropriate way to honor one's ancestors at a former slave dungeon. With both sides passionate in expressing their views, it remains unclear what the best way to pay homage is.
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