First of all, the culture of the thirties was entirely different from the culture today. People back then did not dress in khaki pants and t-shirts. They dressed in suits and hats. They weren't driving around drunk, going one hundred miles per hour on a small suburban driveway. And they did not listen to rap and rock, simply because it did not exist. That is what the adult culture was like back then.

that culture. It was the culture of the bobby-soxers, also known as teenagers. While they still did not wear t-shirts, they did drive around in insane manners, they drank, they smoked, and they listened not to ragtime, but to jazz and swing. That scared and confused their parents, much like our parents are scared for us today. Jazz and Swing influenced much of that change that goes on. Specifically, it was the Swing. This type of music was fast-paced, and never the same. The best type of dancing to swing was, well, to swing. Teens went to swing concerts to toss their partners, flip, spin, and whatnot. Many people were getting hurt, and scared the adults.

The second thing that contributed to both Jazz and Swing was cultural assimilation. When cultural assimilation occurs, then culture takes traits from other cultures. Again, when the African-Americans came to

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