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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Katie Hawkinson

‘I’m hurting for my children’: Mom speaks out after video of dance coach hugging team - except for her Black daughter

A dance studio has gone viral after a mom posted a TikTok of a coach hugging every member of a dancing group — except her daughter, the only Black student.

Melissa Breglia shared a video on TikTok on March 24 showing a dance teacher from Dance Xpressions in Plainville, Connecticut, walking onto a stage at a dance competition to congratulate four young girls after they won an award. The coach then hugged three of the four girls standing on stage, excluding only Breglia’s daughter, six-year-old Shaniah.

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