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Originally posted by JayBEE!:
What do you consider proper respect.
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Proper respect, in my opinion, simply involves acknowledging the act's origins.
For example, at my school, Texas A&M University, NPHC hosts an event called Stompfest in which NPHC org. on campus is paired with a PHC Sorority and we teach them to step. Then the PHC Sororities compete at Stompfest. However, at the onset of the show, which draws thousands, an NPHC member speaks on the history of stepping and where it truly originated. No one will ever say that stepping started with PHC
Sororities. This to me is proper respect.
This is important to me becaue jazz, gospel music, and yes, even rock and roll, claim roots in African American heritage, but due to mainstreaming, without a history lesson most wouldn't know that now!