• White sorority wins black dance competition, made to share first place with black team
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[url]http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5g0CiyQnstLPTPGAIas816aHbqqCQD9E42R581[/url] [quote]ATLANTA — Visit any of the nation's more than 100 historically black colleges or universities and you'll see clusters of men and women engaged in the rhythmic clapping and foot stomping routines known in black Greek circles as "stepping." Now a white Arkansas team's win in an Atlanta step competition has started a fiery debate over the African-inspired tradition and whether the integration of a once-ethnically exclusive activity constitutes a form of cultural theft. "What has happened is black youth culture, what people would call hip hop, sort of made black culture accessible and appealing to all kinds of people," said Walter Kimbrough, president of historically black Philander Smith College in Little Rock, Ark., and an expert on black Greek life. "It really now has become an American experience." The uproar began when the all-white Zeta Tau Alpha team from the University of Arkansas beat out five other sorority teams to win last weekend's national final in the Sprite Step Off competition. A YouTube video of their performance, inspired by the movie "The Matrix," generated hundreds of comments. Posters questioned everything from whether a white group should have been allowed to compete to whether judges wowed by the unlikely competitors inflated their scores to let them win.[/quote] Imagine the shitstorm had this been the other way around. "[I]Remember, it's only racist if white people do it![/I]" :downs:
[QUOTE=PrismatexV8;20488822] Imagine the shitstorm had this been the other way around. [I]Remember, it's only racist if white people do it![/I] :downs:[/QUOTE] funny but fitting that you use downs on your own comment
[QUOTE=thisispain;20488842]funny but fitting that you use downs on your own comment[/QUOTE] I was being sarcastic.
[QUOTE=PrismatexV8;20488846]I was being sarcastic.[/QUOTE] no way
[quote]Posters questioned everything from whether a white group should have been allowed to compete to whether judges wowed by the unlikely competitors inflated their scores to let them win.[/quote] Ok, first, that's racist in itself, and second, wouldn't the judges be black, for an apparent all black dance compeition? Fucking ignorance....
Making them share it? Was it a Tie? If not, then the value was lost.
[QUOTE=Glaber;20489279]Making them share it? Was it a Tie? If not, then the value was lost.[/QUOTE] No, the white group won.
Even if it were the other way around, I'd still call this bullshit.
Isn't sharing culture both ways a great way of making people less racist?
So they wanted integration, yet they push it away when we offer it to them? What the fuck. [highlight](User was banned for this post ("Racism" - TH89))[/highlight]
[QUOTE=Nick Nack;20489358]So they wanted integration, yet they push it away when we offer it to them? What the fuck.[/QUOTE] who's we here we go again, some small group of black people gets represented as every single black dude on the planet and we get shit like this: [img]http://shakashawshow.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/the-negro-community-frowns-upon-your-shenanigans.jpg[/img]
That's some serious frowning.
Why could black people be so racist? That team of Caucasian performers did nothing to deserve such a fate.
[QUOTE=thisispain;20489375]who's we here we go again, some small group of black people gets represented as every single black dude on the planet and we get shit like this: [IMG]http://shakashawshow.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/the-negro-community-frowns-upon-your-shenanigans.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE] i want to know the context of that picture so i can know what can make like 30 black people gather around a podium and look rather stern
[QUOTE=Lazor;20489393]i want to know the context of that picture so i can know what can make like 30 black people gather around a podium and look rather stern[/QUOTE] epic fag with a beard
Fuck, would this be classified as opposite day?
Now watch, mainstream (CNN, NBC etc.) media will most likely not even touch the story. [editline]yeah[/editline] TH89 is going to have a field day in this thread.
[QUOTE=Lazor;20489393]i want to know the context of that picture so i can know what can make like 30 black people gather around a podium and look rather stern[/QUOTE] McDonalds took the McRib away again. But see, that's racist, isn't it?
[IMG]http://i45.tinypic.com/rk7hww.jpg[/IMG] Oh dear lord, what ever will we do?! [B]Edit:[/B] [IMG]http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yNFLBPuVWyA/Sn0ZI4CHUwI/AAAAAAAAAXA/NTLjBz4sYx4/s320/ying-yang.jpg[/IMG]
everyone, you are correct i've just received word from the United Black People that black people are indeed angry at white people again
[QUOTE=Wakka;20489425][IMG]http://i45.tinypic.com/rk7hww.jpg[/IMG] Oh dear lord, what ever do we do?![/QUOTE] Kind of looks like a gayer version of Matthew Broderick (the one to the left).
[QUOTE=Daolpu;20489411]Now watch, mainstream (CNN, NBC etc.) media will most likely not even touch the story. [editline]yeah[/editline] TH89 is going to have a field day in this thread.[/QUOTE] the article is from the fucking associated press, how is that not mainstream? it's not even that important, it's a small contest with a small amount of people doing something dumb what's the big deal
[QUOTE=Identity;20489435]Kind of looks like a gayer version of Matthew Broderick (the one to the left).[/QUOTE] Now that's change I can believe in.
[QUOTE=Daolpu;20489411]Now watch, mainstream (CNN, NBC etc.) media will most likely not even touch the story.[/QUOTE] because... THEY'RE RACIST AGAINST WHITE PEOPLE!
[QUOTE=thisispain;20489456]because... THEY'RE RACIST AGAINST WHITE PEOPLE![/QUOTE] [IMG]http://incogman.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/kkk-1.jpg[/IMG] Blacky letting us down.
[QUOTE=Wakka;20489447]Now that's change I can believe in.[/QUOTE] [img]http://blogs.babble.com/famecrawler/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/sarah-jessica-parker-sjp-twins-broderick.jpg[/img] That was his only mistake.
[QUOTE=Identity;20489485] That was his only mistake.[/QUOTE] You're right. It needs more queen latifah.
[QUOTE=Wakka;20489512]You're right. It needs more queen latifah.[/QUOTE] [img]http://blogs.bet.com/entertainment/whattheflick/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/queen-latifah1.jpg[/img] I love me some chocolate.
What the fuck are "black Greek circles"? Never heard of a black person of greek ethnicity.
[QUOTE=Virtanen;20489667]What the fuck are "black Greek circles"? Never heard of a black person of greek ethnicity.[/QUOTE] I think they're minority Platonic ideals.
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