Over the past 25 years I have watched as the government refuses to recognize the pedagogical viability of hip-hop dance. I have watched as hip-hop dancers are paid at a lower bracket at certain arts organizations. I have seen dance studios and theaters deny entry to hip-hop companies (using space, overbooking, double booking or sometimes the honest “we don’t rent to your kind.” I have witnessed policy makers, high level arts organizations, government officials and commercial industry decision makers and funding boards blatantly disenfranchise hip-hop dancers. It’s 2011 and it’s still happening! The problem is —just like with racial prejudice, patriarchy, classism and sexism— this generation is ill equipped to recognize or comprehend the surreptitious signs and actions of disenfranchisement as well as oppression or when they do see it, are decidedly unwilling to act.