It is, very offensive. I am sick of this stereotype especially the stereotypes on white women. I go to a very diverse school in Michigan. I have a big round butt and a lot of black guys have tried to holla at me. Some of them have said to me..."damn girl, you hav a fat ass booty.. you got some black in you."It really irritates me to hear that. Having a big butt is because it runs in your family. It runs in my family. It is not because you are a certain race. Nor is your dancing ability. It's whether or not you were born with rhythm or a talent to dance. We need to stop these stereotypes because it is pushing white and black people farther apart from each other.

BoOTyLiCioUs said:

Oh, but it's totally acceptable for minorities to say stereotypical and racist things about whites. However, all hell would break loose if it was a white person saying something along the lines that about a black person on televison.

theVelvetRoper said:

He was dissing the black people...

Oh, but it's totally acceptable for minorities to say stereotypical and racist things about whites. However, all hell would break loose if it was a white person saying something along the lines that about a black person on televison.

You soooo get off on being white and having a big butt that makes all the Black guys go nutty. Oh well, keep enjoying the good life!

Shapeshifter said:

You didn't read everything I said

I was able to dance very well before I took any dance lessons because it was something I was surrounded by from birth and I also sated that I do know black people who cannot dance

Anyone doing the two-step cpoied it from somewhere else

i hope the mods lock this one.

Are you attacking me or just making a statement. I agree with what you said.




Oh yeah. I like the attention but sometimes it gets real annoying. Like one time, it was every other day that some black guy was making a comment about my behind. Some of the black guys who have tried to get my number have been fine!!!!

Everyone copies something from somewhere - for example, you copied your dancing from your family in childhood. Who is to say that a white child growing up in a similar environment to yours (where, say, they witness their family dance daily or fairly regularly) would not later develop into a great dancer as you you have?

Shapeshifter said:

What kind of dancing are we talking about here?

Well then, if we're heading there ... you ever do the bolero? The samba? The cancan? The waltz? How about flamenco dancing? Or ballet?

I really think this debate is something that we have to be witnessing together because I have seen a shift in the way white people dance from the 80's till now and it has become blurred with the way black people dance. There used to be distinctions. White women were not moving their hips back and forth the way they are doing now

So you go out and watch women in clubs too? Where were you when I needed you?


When you say "similar enviroment" do you mean an urban enviroment?
Not sure what to say to that.


No, I meant an environment similar to the one you described, where your elders danced a lot around their kids - and I mean that literally as opposed to figuratively. Children start off imitating their parents. Therefore it will follow that if a child sees his or her parents dancing a lot, it will emulate its parents. That's basic child psychology for you, not the greatest dancer gene you seem to be suggesting black people possess along with their melanin.

My nephews were bopping their heads at 9 months.

Don't their parents bop theirs? Bet they do.
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I've never known a white person that could dance naturally without formal training

The hip-hop style of dancing was created by black folks and I think that is the kind of dancing on the show. Sure there are black folks that can't dance. I've known some. It's a crying shame

I do. There are some people out there that can watch people dancing and then get the dance move right away.

BoOTyLiCioUs said:

No amount of formal training will make a Fred Astaire or a Gene Kelly. They were incredibly naturally talented dancers who went even further with formal training.

Rather than it being a matter of race, it's more a function of the music you are used to listening to. Rhythmic music with a heavy beat is easier to dance to than let's say, heavy rock or opera music.

It's cultural rather than racial.

BoOTyLiCioUs said:

No amount of formal training will make a Fred Astaire or a Gene Kelly. They were incredibly naturally talented dancers who went even further with formal training.

Rather than it being a matter of race, it's more a function of the music you are used to listening to. Rhythmic music with a heavy beat is easier to dance to than let's say, heavy rock or opera music.

It's cultural rather than racial.

Alasseon said:

That's up for debate. It depends who you ask and is a matter of opinion.

Alasseon said:

Ever hear of black culture?

I didn't suggest that. Like I said, it depends on what kind of dancing is being done here




Well, their single mother, my sister, doesn't bop her head, but I am not going to disagree with the fact they may have seen it somewhere else

All you have to do is watch Spring Break on MTV to know what I'm talking about

Janfriend said:

Well, let's break that down a bit shall we - which "black" culture are you referring to? On which continent? Which country? Whose ethnic minority? European black people see things in a very different way to African-Americans.

Janfriend said:

I hate MTV. Never watch it. Rots the brain.

Janfriend said:

Well, let's break that down a bit shall we - which "black" culture are you referring to? On which continent? Which country? Whose ethnic minority? European black people see things in a very different way to African-Americans.

Shapeshifter said:

Well hello? Did this discussion not originate from something a black American said? I am American. I cannot speak for any other country or continent

Shapeshifter said:

Do you go to dance clubs?

Janfriend said:

Are you asking me out on a date?

Janfriend said:

But did you not say "I've never known a white person that could dance naturally without formal training"? You didn't specify nationality at all, just stereotype.

Shapeshifter said:

Sounds like a connection to me.

Janfriend said:

Are you asking me out on a date?

It is not a race thing. It runs in the family whether or not you have a big behind. I have seen tons of black girls at my college with flat butts.



Uh, well. My butt is wide and round. I have gotten a ton of attention from it. A lot. There's this thing called nightwatch. It's people sitting at the door to the dorms and they watch to see if anyone is coming in who shouldn't. My friend works there and he told me about the black guys who talk about me and say how my butt was nice and round. I would also be talkin to my friend at the front desk, and he said some of the black guys would said damn or o wee. LOL


Not really. They say that black guys try to go for white girls because they think we are easier than black girls. Some of the black girls give me stares when I am talking or sitting with some black guys.

BoOTyLiCioUs said:

You soooo get off on being white and having a big butt that makes all the Black guys go nutty. Oh well, keep enjoying the good life!