Serena Williams crip-walks after winning Olympic gold. Crass or class?

by Heisenberg Posted 2012/08/05 17:54:09

Related Topics: Olympics, Sports, Gold, Serena Williams, Dance, Tennis, Crip Walk, Walking

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	Crass	104 votes	60%
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The Crip Walk, also known as the C-Walk, is a dance move that originated in the early 1970s by Crip gang members from the Compton suburb of Los Angeles, California.

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Serena blows her golden moment by Crip-Walking in front of royalty.

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Heisenberg 2012/08/05 18:00:53 (edited)

Crass

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Yet another milestone in the decline of the USA.

Liberals will say 'so what?' without any knowledge of what the c-walk stands for.

The crips are a criminal organization built on murder, robbery an intimidation that have oppressed predominantly black neighborhoods through massive violence.

For Compton's most famous woman to celebrate this criminal organization is depressing.

Appropriately enough:

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kerrykregar.mcquillan 2012/08/12 19:28:00

Crass

She just could have chosen something better....and what de hey blocking the video to prove the point???

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gizzibag 2012/08/07 18:54:53

Class

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everyone celebrate in their own way.

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Heisenberg to gizzibag 2012/08/07 18:55:25

+1
Can Phelps celebrate with a sig heil?

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gizzibag to Heisenberg 2012/08/07 19:00:07

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if thats what he want to do

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Heisenberg to gizzibag 2012/08/08 01:48:12

*sigh*

Which country did you emigrate from again?

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gizzibag to Heisenberg 2012/08/08 01:58:01

+1
who was she hurting by celebrating that way. what does that have to do with anything

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Heisenberg to gizzibag 2012/08/08 02:07:38

When you promote a terrorist organization you hurt those that were victims and future victims.

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gizzibag to Heisenberg 2012/08/08 02:09:26

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what terrorist org was she promoting when she did her walk.

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Heisenberg to gizzibag 2012/08/08 02:09:51

*sigh*

Nevermind. go back to sleep

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gizzibag to Heisenberg 2012/08/08 02:15:16

+1
r u saying no other person celebrated when they won their gold medal

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Heisenberg to gizzibag 2012/08/08 03:32:47

Yes that's exactly what I wrote. It's a quote.

You are brilliant.

good night

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Scott C 2012/08/07 03:30:32

Crass

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I guess if you win you can do what you want but I would prefer someone with a little bit more humility and class.

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george 2012/08/07 03:27:37

Crass

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You can take the girl out of the hood but you can't take the hood out of the girl.

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NoBama Man 2012/08/06 22:38:44

Crass

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She KNEW exactly what she was doing...as evidenced in the answer she gave the reporter who asked what the dance was called... "Actually, there is a name. But i don't know if i -------- it's inappropriate," ... "It's just a dance we do in California."...REALLY...just a dance....she could have said ANYTHING...instead by saying nothing she told the truth.

All the libs who say the boy blunders world apology tour is OK because he is repairing all the damage done from American arrogance are full of it...THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT THE REST OF THE WORLD IS TALKING ABOUT...

Nobody is saying anything about the American girl who flashed some gang sign while being introduced before her track event...

Show some class...be an example...pull your selfish head out of your ass and act like you've been there before...you're the best in the WORLD...act like it.

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BigFig#9 2012/08/06 21:19:03

Crass

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The Williams sisters have classed up their act over their careers but IF (only IF) she understood the background of her 'dance' then it was off base... Now if it's just a cute little dance she's seen around and didn't understand where it cam from well that's another story but her background in SoCal suggests she should at least have some idea.

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☆stillthe12c☆ 2012/08/06 20:59:15

Crass

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I really did not think that much about it one way or the other.

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Iamfree 2012/08/06 20:31:01

Crass

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Probably not the classiest thing she could have done. If she had been unaware of the origins of the dance, that might be forgivable. But from what I understand, she knew the source and chose to do it anyway. Not a good example for other young people.

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The River Rat 2012/08/06 18:47:16

Crass

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There has never been anything class about either of the Williams sisters.

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Balladeer-PWCM-POTL 2012/08/06 18:45:52

Crass

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yeah she's really upholding the image of...Da Hood

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Smokey 2012/08/06 18:45:20

Crass

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But honestly, who cares? She did win the gold medal for AMERICA! :)

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Heisenberg to Smokey 2012/08/06 20:26:58

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Because she is representing the country.

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Smokey to Heisenberg 2012/08/08 13:12:00

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I get what you're saying, especially being a former military man. When we were out in public, we always had to maintain a high level of respect because we were representing the Army and the United States. Very good point Art!

Smokey

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Libertys Martyr 2012/08/06 18:33:36

Crass

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Definitely not classy. It's not devastatingly bad, but it lacks any kind of decency.

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Kranky 2012/08/06 18:25:50

Crass

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There should have been a third option, stupid. However, after reading some of the comments here and listening to the interview after the match, Serena knew exactly what she was doing and what the dance meant and therefore she is totally crass and classless.

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none 2012/08/06 17:00:45

Class

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Classless. Her ignorance is showing.

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RS 2012/08/06 16:27:55

Class

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Unless you told me that i would never have known. I have seen much worse. I wonder if she is old enough to know that? I thought it looked like the Icky Shuffle which originated in the late 1980s by Bengals momentary star Icky Woods! LOL

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☆ElenaD... to RS 2012/08/06 17:36:53

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The Williams grew up in Compton.

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RS to ☆ElenaD... 2012/08/07 03:57:48

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I don't know. I guess I stand corrected but I will add (And I am a very conservative guy) that pop culture is often influenced by many things both good and bad and I am still reluctant to condemn the action. Still I appreciate the your answer.

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☆ElenaD... to RS 2012/08/07 12:42:35

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serena's sister was killed by crip related gang violence.

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RS to ☆ElenaD... 2012/08/07 22:31:54

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The only sister I knew of was the other player.

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☆ElenaD... to RS 2012/08/07 22:37:43

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

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RS to ☆ElenaD... 2012/08/08 01:45:42

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Thanks.

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SuperCee 2012/08/06 15:40:46

Class

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Big deal....she did a celebratory dance.....

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GG 2012/08/06 15:37:17 (edited)

Class

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It wasn't classy nor was it crass. She was happy that she won and she broke out into a dance. It is no different from someone jumping up and down because they couldn't contain themselves.

Some people just read to much into certain things so they can start an argument. Congrats Serena, you deserve that medal. GO USA!

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☆ElenaD... to GG 2012/08/06 18:34:02

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she knew

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GG to ☆ElenaD... 2012/08/07 03:54:16

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The dance? Of course she knew it, that's why she was able to do it lol.

On a serious note, you need to be more specific. She knew what?

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☆ElenaD... to GG 2012/08/07 12:33:43

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she knew what it meant. Her half sister's death was a result of crip violence.

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GG to ☆ElenaD... 2012/08/09 19:43:47

So your saying she did the crip walk to celebrate her sisters death? Not putting words in your statement but I don't quite follow.

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Flash,aka,Mr.Lightning 2012/08/06 15:05:16

Crass

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Skills without character symbolizes a decadent society.

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mwg0735 2012/08/06 14:15:25