[Rain Man]

Originally posted by SKEEphistAKAte
Exactly what in the hell are you talking about?

As a colledge educated woman, that should be self-explanatory.

"Let's not be shortsighted and make snap judgments here: How do we know the NPHC orgs aren't doing just that IN ADDITION TO showing them how to step?"
- Once again, if those "other things" that they are teaching them are so important, why is the article only focusing on the stepping?
Because that was the perogative and goal of the person who wrote the story. Personally, I take news[paper/letter] stories with a grain of salt. My motto for reading news articles comes from Denzel Washington in "Training Day": "[A newspaper] is 90% bull[jive]. But it's entertaining." I don't read newspapers or watch the TV newvery often for that very reason. Too many questions comes up in my mind that the article/news brief does not address. Most of my news (which is IMHO REAL news) comes from NPR and the BBC World Service. But I digress...


And I actually don't care WHAT "other" things they are teaching them, I don't appreciate them teaching them to step. Bottom Line.

Tough stuff. It will continue to happen, whether you like it or not, and probably, whether NPHC orgs help them or not, as is already the case with fraternities and sororities at Lee University in Cleveland, Tennessee.

"Because sometimes situations require exactly that. No more, no less"
Please explain to me what "situations" REQUIRE that we give them our "culture" on a silver platter. Expound upon that please.

Well, that depends on the very situation(s) at hand. It is not practical for me to give you a situation because there are too many out there already. So take a look at the ones in your personal world and pick one.

"While I see where you are coming from, but if we are going to bridge the racial/cultural gaps in America, you have to give them the whole kit-n-kaboodle."
I repeat, what in the hell are you talking about? Do you really think that teaching some wanna-be's to step is going to "bridge the racial gap in America"?

I defer to the response in the above paragraph

RM, you are about to get me KRUNK up in here.

Ira, I think we're gonna have another GC riot up in heah. Got that big box of 4 x 6 cards ready?



You betcha', Rain Man!

You know this really peeves me, black people are always complaining about people like Elvis Presley and his modern-day clone Justin Timberlake, and Eminem, people who supposedly "steal" and market our culture. Then when fraternities give our culture away, it is ok. So, am I to understand that as long as we teach it to them, it is OK? Because I am sure there JT has a black choreographer. Will somebody please explain to me why this is any different.

Because life is too short to be pissing and moaning about "The white man did this and the white man stole that." Share your wealth of knowledge and culture to the world and you will be blessed beyond measure.