Black dance and dancers and the white public

What struck me about this article was the potential for contrasting views regarding the act of being categorized or placed in a subdivision.  The notion that "America has learned that separate is, inherently, unequal.  No dancer or choreographer wants a separate category created for his or her work," needs to be unpacked.  The first part, I believe, has certainly proven to be true.  Any distinction between two things innately implies a hierarchy - two things distinguished from one another are inherently done so qualitatively.  The statement, though, that no one wants to be considered in a separate category I think is more difficult to assert.  While I think that in the context, for instance, of ballet, the subdivision of "black classicism" is not a productive category, that is to say, it is a subdivision of an existing category rather than a new category being created for a fully formed new aesthetic of dance, the creation of new terms and categories allows for a new basis for analysis - one category need not be compared to another.  While the category of "black dance" can on the one hand impede an unprejudiced view of dance as it is performed and created, on the other hand it creates a community of "black dance" dancers and choreographers, which promotes further dance being created.