You can't outdo black people, specifically black girls. There's a valid reason why black girls have been dubbed magic.
Miami Northwestern Senior High's dance team strutted their stuff during a school football game and they did amazing!
In one of the clips, you can hear the crowd yelling things like, "You betta walk, girl!," because you know, black girls can turn a simple function like walking into a work of art.
2017-2018 #MNWGgirls
09.22.17 MNW vs. btw #DesignedByGodTouchedBySupa
#TheTenaciousTen
#MiamiNorthwesternSeniorHigh
pic.twitter.com/uPDOd04wWV— Traci Young Byron (@Supa_BlackGirl) September 23, 2017
And the performance itself was fire! Check it out below!
They did that!
Serving Kitana, from Mortal Kombat, realness:
However, according to ABC Miami, it wasn't just the performances that stole the show. Rumblings about the girls' costumes started to surface on Twitter, and many questioned whether the dance team's attire was appropriate for high school students to wear.
This is a good example of the #Adultification of Black teen girls— Peaches Jenkins (@PeachesJenkins3) September 25, 2017
The designer of the costumes, Traci Young-Byron, took to social media herself to clap back at the controversy:
Nothing is wrong with these girls wanting to dance and play the part their given. The dance teacher sends all her girls to the top dance
— Your Goddess (@goddess_tay) September 26, 2017
Schools and they are all on the honor roll. So don’t come for how they look for doing something they love #MNWAlumni
— Your Goddess (@goddess_tay) September 26, 2017
One student's grandparent, Debbie Frasier, said that although the costumes might be a little theatrical, she feels that she can give the girls a pass since they are entertainers.
"If they're dancers, they're entertainers," she said. "So if you have the same problem, you have the problem with Beyoncé or young child stars who dress that way on national television."
"While all the parents of the dancers who participated in the event approved of the attire, we understand the concerns that have been raised, and sincerely apologize for any offense this may have caused," the school's principal said in a statement. "Looking ahead, we will implement a more comprehensive and stringent uniform approval process to ensure an appropriate representation of our school."