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I'm not Greek but I had to respond to this thread.
This thread tripped me out. I understand that African-Americans often don't get credit for our work, but does not help us any to return the discrimination.
If we all stayed within our cultures then there would be no BGLO's because the WGLO's were started first in the 1800s.
Secondly, stepping is not African-American, it is African in nature and is derived by AA people from the rituals of the mother continent. Do we pay enough homage to that?
Lastly, there are several things that we as AA people imitate from Caucasian folks, relaxers to straighten our hair, colored contacts, blonde hair, etc.
Instead of being mad we just have to be sure that non-Black people know the true history of stepping and recognize that we can share the ritual but will not let its origins be diluted.
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