Black TikTok users have vowed not to create a dance for Megan Thee Stallion’s newest banger, and the results are eye-opening

As a society, we like to tell people who’ve had their creative work ripped off that “imitation is the sincerest form of flattery,” a quote attributed to Oscar Wilde. But most forget the second half of the saying, “…that mediocrity can pay to greatness.” Which is a flowery way of saying copycatters wish they had original ideas. And so it goes with Black creators on TikTok, who have grown tired of white influencers stealing their dance moves on the app and go on to gain fame and fortune for appropriating their viral moves.