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Old 03-03-2010, 12:13 PM
 
Location: MN
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Maybe the IOC should make Shani Davis share his gold medal in speed skating with Chad Hedrick.
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Old 03-03-2010, 05:24 PM
 
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Those whit girls were clearly the winner... However blacks have been winning majority white sports etc times change and every should be able to take pArt of any event, no matter what culturAL history is tied too it
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Old 03-26-2010, 04:47 PM
 
Location: The State Of California
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Co-winners named after step show result causes controversy, sponsor cites scoring discrepancy - latimes.com (http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap-us-step-show-controversy,0,6397741.story - broken link)

ATLANTA (AP) — After days of controversy over a white group's win in a step competition, sponsor Coca-Cola said Thursday the second-place team will share top honors.

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Co-winners. That's awesome. I wish there were co-winners for job interviews. I have been second choice. I call that "loser."


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Scoring discrepancy changes results of Sprite Step Off *| accessAtlanta
"The bottom line was they didn't care if the girls were better or not, the people that were upset were saying white girls should not have won, period," Antoine said. "I think this is bigger than a step competition. Race relations in America still needs a lot of work,” he said.

Ironically, it was an attempt to foster unity that first brought Zeta Tau Alpha into stepping. The chapter at the University of Arkansas began participating 16 years ago in a Unity Step Show sponsored by the campus chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha, Inc., an African-American sorority. Through the years, the Zeta Tau Alpha teams learned a variety of steps as well as some history on the tradition of stepping, said Alexandra Kosmitis, a senior Zeta Tau Alpha who is a member of the current step team
The sky is sure nuff falling , will someone please give those
caucasian girl their's just reward..they earn it..didn't they?
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