they rocked it!

however , i never understood, nor do i care to, why people have this notion that "whites" can't dance. rhythm is not colour specific.

black, white, puerto rican...everybody's just a-freakin'

Lammastide said:

That's precisely what I'm talking about.

I grew up in Austin, a college town with about 100,000 college students. Only about 5% black so the Greeks were extra close. Greek weekends were MAJOR down there so they came from several states to compete. I was going to step shows that lasted 6 hours or more since 10th grade. I also stepped in college myself.

I ain't taking nothing away from these gals, they did their thing and I already got this email yesterday from some black folks. But white folks stepping ain't nothing new to me but they were usually part of a black organization which meritted real respect from me and most black Greeks I know because of what they went through to get it. Also, white Greeks being taught to step by black Greeks has also been a common novelty at step shows for ages. My point, which I said from the start, is that this, in and of itself is meaningless to ME, without the full context of pledging to a black fraternity or sorority.

Didn't you go to school up North? What's ironic to me from your story is that anytime white folks pledged down here, they became instant celebs on the yard and INSTANTLY got mad respect after crossing over based on the fact that they would willingly join a black frat/sorority and subject themselves to shit that would NEVER happen if they pledged a white one. They were generally viewed as being really "down" because of their commitment as long as they didn't "act black" or try to be something they're not.
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CHIC0 said:

Sheeeeetttt some of the madness I saw going on last night at the JayZ concert would definitely dispute your opinion. I've always known white folks who can dance their asses off. But don't kid yourself, there are definitely some excessively rhythmically challenged white folks walking around. It is what it is.

I want to see some black folks try and learn that Irish step dancing(?) that Michael Flatley does. It looks hard. I watched his show that he did on broadway about 4 or 5 year ago on PBS and fell in love with it. Sh*t I watched it twice as a matter of fact, and not embarassed to say as a Black female, I love to watch that type of dancing. I also agree that in today's generation, many of the white kids can dance a whole lot better than the young generation before the mid 80s, that's for sure.
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2elijah said:

Why? Brothers have tap.....

2elijah said:

Irish step dancing is pretty impressive. Was it not Flatley who did a duo performance with Savion Glover some years ago on an award show? If I recall correctly, it started out choreographed as a battle, but it progressed into them dancing together in their complementary styles. It was very cool.

SCNDLS said:

Yep, I did undergrad in Ohio. And the story is ironic against yours, given how the Northern U.S. has always liked to think of itself as so much more racially progressive than the South. It was weird: He'd always hung out with black students, and folk generally left him alone. But the minute he pledged Sigma, you'd have thought he came out of the closet as a Martian. He caught hell from all sides.

Lammastide said:

Now, don't get me wrong, they definitely got "pledged" within an inch of their lives but after they went over it was all good. Don't fuck around and let them white boys be able to step too cuz then they were bonafide stars and would get extra props and cheers at the parties and step shows. So, WE have been giving it up to white steppers for awhile now.

SCNDLS said:

One thing that I suspect made it tougher for this particular white dude is he wasn't bad looking. Once he decided to pledge, a certain cache of the sisters on the yard were ALL OVER him! That confused some of the other sisters and, of course, pissed off the bros. And the white folk on campus simply didn't know what the hell to make of this mess.

It was a 3-ring circus of haters there for a while... but he won out in the end.

Lammastide said:

Po baby!

In my experience, all the white dudes who pledged a black frat only dated sistas and the white girls only dated black guys. The guys were usually cutie pies too. We had a white Alpha that was known as Todd the White Alpha. That became his first name after awhile. He had NO shortage of chocolate honeys after him. We were friends and I used to kick it at his apartment and it was a veritable parade of hoes in and out of that joint.

Now, I know from personal experience that non-black girls pledging definitely got questioned about their "preference" while on line and prolly had it worse, in that regard, than the white guys pledging.

Graycap23 said:

It's a different kind of tap though.

IAintTheOne said:

Hey, those girls did a great job. Very creative in their moves, not boring. It's just that step dancing has been done more by African-Americans, so I guess this is why this received the reaction it did.

TonyVanDam said:

Hell yes.

ThreadCula said:

Thank you.

SCNDLS said:

Maybe those white girls had a great black dance/step instructor. Who knows. AFAIC, they deserved to win.

johnart said:

That's how I as a black man felt about Expose when they earned a huge props at The Apollo in the late 80's. If you can funk & soul, you can funk & soul.

DesireeNevermind said:

During a close up, I thought one of them were latina at first.

CHIC0 said:

.....good times a rollin'!

TonyVanDam said:

I didn't say they didn't deserve to win.

2elijah said:

Oh please, MC Hammer already killed Michael Flatley's candy-ass on the dancefloor years ago.

.....or maybe that was a lost episode of Celebrity Death Match that I was watching.

SCNDLS said:

I know. I was just saying!

Look who won the Fraternity category:

FRATERNITY
1ST PLACE

Alpha Phi Alpha:
Delta Xi

SORORITY 1ST PLACE

Zeta Tau Alpha:
Epsilon
2ND PLACE

Alpha Phi Alpha:
Alpha Phi
2ND PLACE

Alpha Kappa Alpha:
Tau
3RD PLACE

Phi Beta Sigma:
NJ Citywide
3RD PLACE

Delta Sigma Theta:
Sigma

BRRRRR!!!!!

fec06 said:

Need a sweater???

SCNDLS said:

Naww, I'm cold by nature!!!!

fec06 said:

fec06 said:

S'up, frat?

Yes sir! Frat took care of business as usual 1st and 2nd.

that was hot!!!!! go gals go!

Gotta give them their props, they good.