Serena Williams's "crip walk" at the Olympics

[Zalatix]

LOVE this commentary!

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/olympics-fourth-place-medal/serena-williams-did-gangster-crip-walk-winning-gold-135906507--oly.html

Serena Williams dropped it like it was hot on Saturday, celebrating her first singles gold medal by performing an impromptu crip walk, a short dance move popularized by gang members in her hometown of Compton.

The move mostly passed by without incident because crip walk controversies date from the same era in which a bare bottom on "NYPD Blue" was considered risque. The dance was just a dance, a nice homage to Serena's hometown. But then someone overreacted and ginned up a phony controversy on this side of the Atlantic and now the very fabric of our culture is threatened because Serena chose to do a rhythmic shout-out.

On FoxSports.com:

And there was Serena — the tennis legend, the winner of 14 individual Grand Slams, the best player of her generation, the American girl being crowned at the All-England Club as the queen of tennis — Crip-Walking all over the most lily-white place in the world.

She didn't do it on purpose. It was a moment of unbridled joy. She pumped her fist, jumped up and down, looked into the crowd, then did her ill-timed dance.

You couldn't help but shake your head. It was as if Serena just couldn't seem to avoid dipping into waters of controversy even as she'd ascended to the top of her sport.

Relax, everyone. This makes it seem like Serena crip-walked away from the Queen after stealing the crown jewels. She broke out the dance for three seconds, while looking at her sister sitting in the player's box! It's a dance move, not a political statement. Are we going to analyze what the implications of Andy Murray climbing into his player's box too? Maybe it a was subtle commentary on the War of Scottish Independence and symbolized his nation's impeding ascent.

[JaneyVee]

1. HERE:

Great celebration dance for a great girl! She deserves it! Go Serena!

[Zalatix]

3. Cut a mean rug and shame the devi...er, Fox Noise!

[Keefer]

6. Looks like a...

"crip walk" to me...

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[cali]

22. cute as hell- and to hell with the racists and haters.

just adorable.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

28. I was hoping someone would have the gif. Thanks so much! I love it!!

[qweasd]

2. Spam deleted by Ruby the Liberal (MIR Team)

[NYC_SKP]

4. Cool Story Bro!

come here often?

Watch where you step...

[htuttle]

5. Engaging bug zapper...

[Poll_Blind]

7. Negro does a little dance in happiness: White people assume it's coded gang message.

I would be laughing my ass off at how absurd that is if it wasn't for all the deeply unsettling things that implies about the collective psyches of the people who choose to view it that way.

White privledge: I can do the same jig and because I'm white, nobody's going to assume I'm doing it as part of gang-related activity I must inherently be associated with. They'd just see me doing a little hoppy dance.

PB

[fascisthunter]

8. not all...this white male does NOT think this way

this is just fucked up "living in a bubble" way of thought(bigotry).

[Poll_Blind]

12. Oh, no, yeah I didn't mean every white person thinks like that but I the people who...

...are writing these stories, making an issue of it. It's a core thing, like the bigotry of it. Like the whole "Driving While Black" thing. It's like can a goddamned black person just do something silly without some crazy "OMG that's a fucking CRIP WALK!" response? Again, I'm talking about the various "journalists" briefly filling the MSM with articles like this.

It's just so scary and absurd.

And, yes, you're right- not all white people think like this.

PB

[JI7]

18. maybe some in AMerica, But i find Whites in the UK have a lot of interest in American BLack Culture

not just whites but others in the UK also . anyways, the white people in the UK would have loved it. most americans wouldn't mind either other than some idiot teabagger type .

[HipChick]

24. The UK has more inter-racial communities,and less Race seperated than the US

the UK would not have cared less if she had mooned them...

[Booster]

9. I loved it. I also loved the exchange with Venus - typical sisters who love each other. I'm not a

huge fan of the Williams sisters, but, damn it, Serena deserved to do that dance. She was awesome.

[rocktivity]

10. Are you freaking KIDDING me???

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People are freaking out over THIS???

And just when I thought it was safe to forget the fuss over Gabby Douglas' hair...


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[CakeGrrl]

11. Just another reminder how far race relations have yet to come in this country...

Black people sending coded messages against whitey.

Leftover paranoia/guilt from slavery days? I wouldn't count it out in some psyches.

[Poll_Blind]

13. OMG THAT'S A CODED MESSAGE TO AL-CRIPPA TO STRIKE!

I know. How crazy is that?

PB

[tammywammy]

17. Well I had no idea that had a name

"crip" dance or whatever. For all I know she's doing a new version of a jig. Who freaking cares? Some people need to get a life.

[MiniMe]

25. It is Fox Noise, figures

[Marrah_G]

27. it's so ridiculous

I think she looked adorable and I love seeing the joy on the winners faces

[hifiguy]

42. Teh stoopid, it does burn, doesn't it.

She won a gold medal and did a little dance. Their problem with this is......?

[Hassin Bin Sober]

44. That's It?

It's not like it was a "terrorist fist-jab" or anything

[rocktivity]

14. That wasn't a crip walk

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THIS is a crip walk!

P.S. Do the Crips have a case for copyright infringement?


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[alcibiades_mystery]

19. Love!

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

31. Oh my god!! I LOVE IT!!!!!

[Hassin Bin Sober]

45. I tried something similar at a gay dance club/party.

My friend said I looked like Jed Clampett at a ho-down.

True story.

[virgogal]

54. No thanks.

[Nye Bevan]

15. It could easily have been a Clown Walk.

The Clown Walk is a variation of the Crip Walk. Unlike the Crip Walk, the Clown Walk is strictly just a dance, not associated to the Crips whatsoever. Both dances are sometimes abbreviated to "C-walk," causing confusion as to whether people are Crip Walking or Clown/Crown Walking. Clown and Crown Walk is based on and takes many moves from the original Crip Walk, however it has no gang affiliation and is generally a lot more complex. The main difference between Clown Walk and Crown Walk are that Clown Walkers or "Clowners" tend to be a lot faster and flashier, whereas Crown Walkers or "Crowners" tend be slower and smoother whilst "beatriding" to music, although this is not always the case. Clowners and Crowners can also develop and/or join crews to participate in crew battles and crew tournaments. The Blood Bounce is an alternative dance performed by the Bloods.

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

[uponit7771]

20. +1!

[msanthrope]

16. Tell Fox to go shove it up their Tebow. nt

[IndyJones]

21. Breaking News! Another Fox Nontroversy in the making!!

[JonLP24]

23. I saw it

I can't believe anyone gave a shit.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

26. I noticed it when she did it....

...AND I LOVED IT!!

Serena made me proud!

[malaise]

29. Do these morons know that the Compton Homies cricket team

had a regular tour to England for ages complete with their own song.

[mikeytherat]

30. 2012's "terrorist fist jab"

mikey_the_rat

[1StrongBlackMan]

32. Posted to for future viewing.

[Gormy Cuss]

33. Cuz the "Black Power salute" is so 1968

FOX News to its base: We distort, we decide. You lap it up.

[snooper2]

34. And she didn't even do it "right", or should I say "well" ROFL

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38. Well, now... that's a novel approach to killing ants...

cockroaches and other crawling insects.

[Iggo]

35. This is bullshit.

She did a happy dance, and fox news can fuck off.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

36. There's no dancing in tennis!

... er, wait ...

[JoePhilly]

40. Yea ... but she's a commie socialist!!!

[rocktivity]

43. DUzy candidate!

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[JHB]

37. Here's another pair of dangerous gangstas crip-walking:

[VOX]

53. Oh, My Lord -- BI-RACIAL dancing! All is lost!

[JoePhilly]

39. She dances almost as fast as Romney does when asked about his tax returns.

[BeyondGeography]

41. I've been practicing this all day and I still can't get it right

[mfcorey1]

46. Much ado about nothing. Did she pay her taxes? Now on to MItt. nt

[Arkansas Granny]

47. Oh, good grief. Do people have nothing better to talk about?

[RandiFan1290]

48. More gangsters dancing

[Moltisanti]

49. Fox News has always supported the Bloods... n/t

[Enrique]

51. lol

[toddwv]

50. Just saw Misty May Treanor dance after winning a gold medal.

I'm guessing that the same people complaining about Serena aren't going to level the same ridiculous accusations against Misty...

It's just a hunch.

[betharina]

57. somehow i agree...

[Butterbean]

52. I guess I'm just an ignorant, sheltered white girl....

I never in a million years would have thought she was doing anything other than dancing. Seriously? People are getting their panties in a wad over this? She did what looks to me like a happy dance, and I would have been none the wiser if nobody had ever said anything. This is a nontroversy. Ridiculous.

[JHB]

60. FOX people are paid to get their panties in a wad. It's their job.

Remember the thing about berets for the Olympic uniforms? Conveniently forgetting berets were the standard headcover for the US Army for about 10 years, and had been a symbol of elite units for over 50.

On the other hand, it's entirely possible that nobody at the FOX chickenhawk coop actually knows anything about the military.

[VOX]

55. "Crip Walk"? What rubbish!!

It's a bleeping victory dance of three seconds' duration. Is this ALL that's fit for Olympic coverage?

Jesus bloody wept.

[tabasco]

56. "nice homage to Serena's hometown"

What a shit hole hometown.

[HeiressofBickworth]

58. I saw the clip before I was aware

of the Fox poutrage. The little dance steps reminded me of 1960's rock n'roll dancing. The idea of any gang relation was never in my mind. Just how sick does one have to be to come up with this kind of nonsense? I think their real outrage is that a black woman did well. They are really opposed to that but just don't have the guts to come out and say so in public. I'm so damned sick of Fox, their supporters and their viewers. It's bad enough that they spew hate on their airwaves, but to manufacture some off-the-wall gang nonsense against a woman who is a terrific tennis player is just beyond all bounds of decency.

[Kalidurga]

59. We should all go crip walk over at our local FOX stations.

I doubt they would cover it though, unless it was mostly black DUers doing it.

[Canadian 2]

61. FoxSpurts

bullshit all the time.