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"[The industrialist Henry Ford] believed that Jews invented jazz as a plot to corrupt society. [...] As a result, he used his wealth to promote square dancing, through books and square dancing events. Ford also promoted square dance classes in public school, which were present in half of all American schools in 1928 as part of the standard physical education curriculum."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_Western_square_dance#History_of_modern_western_square_dance

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Attached: 1 image TIL modern square dancing was popularized by Henry Ford, in reaction to the rise of jazz, which he saw as a Jewish plot to corrupt society.

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