It’s more than showing emotions. She did a dance that originated from gangs.

Let the girl have her moment and celebrate however she sees fit. Jason is a HATER in every sense of the word. She was at a sporting event at a sports arena, she didn’t do anything inappropriate. Just because a venue is old and it’s been around for along time doesn’t make it a holy place. Had she crip walked at the Vatican I could understand why he would feel the need to blast her in an article. Get over yourself Jason!!

What is considered “writing” and an “article” nowadays is hilarious to me. The fact that this author called Jason Whitlock an Uncle Tom is at best, stooping down to his level of supposed negativity and at worst, the absolute worst thing an “author” can do. Now I know that this is supposed to be an article based on the author’s opion on the matter, but can you show that you have some type of journalistic integrity and wit and convey your message without stooping to degrading the man for expressing his own opinion on the matter. We get it, you liked the dance, he didn’t, but he expressed his discontent in a much more articulate way than denouncing someone with a racial slur. C’mon people, let’s do better. Let’s disagree without assuming that a black person who disagrees with what another Black person does, is not secretly working for the “man” and trying to bring down all Black people. And in any case, he is right. If she did the “dougie” or any other hip hop dance, no one would’ve cared. But the fact that you did a dance created by gang members as a way of communciating their crimes to each other to illustrate your Compton roots does not exactly spin a positive light on your roots. I am also from a rough city and like Serena, I have also lost a loved one to gun violence, so illustrating a dance started by people who participate in the same gun violence that killed your relative is not exactly showing your city in a positive light. Every city has the good and the bad, and like Serena, I am not afraid to talk about both in my hometown, but that doesn’t mean I glorify it. We can say rap music took the crip walk and made it popular in the mainstream but that does not make it right. People are asleep nowadays, especially Black people, and the people in control know that. We throw up gang signs and do crip walks because we see Snoop do it or hear Rick Ross talk about it, but guess what, those guys do not live the hood anymore. Their kids go to private school. So they sell a violent fantasy to a culture that craves violence and they use that money to raise up out the hood because they know that ish is dangerous!! They probably would smack the mess out of their child if they ever saw them do it lol. All I can say is people wake up…you accept anything, you will fall for everything.

I dont see anything wrong or racial over her dance. She was in ‘her moment’ of triumph. Do u know how hard she puts in to maintain position?? Instead of criticizing her, i wld rather we enjoy her move, like the famous MJ moon walk. ‘Wama’ Serena (lik me & her are really tight…lol) u rock at tennis. Big up girl!!

Let’s not give the media too much credit. Being an old schooler myself, I’ve observed that few people born past 1960 has a clue about ‘our history.’ If the answer aint: ‘MLK or Rosa Parks’, most of y’all new schooler are plain stumped ’cause yall don’t believe in ‘Black History.’ Which brings me to the Crips’ Walk. I dare say nobody (including me…who was living near LA at the height of the Crips/Blood gang wars) would have pegged Serena’s ‘happy dance’ for the infamous Crips Walk had she not called it that. I doubt that anybody has done it since Snoop was a pup….(apologies to Snoop Lion if I’ve affiliated him with the wrong crew). I dare say the folks trying to call her out about it…would not have known the difference. To whomever is stirring this pot – don’t get your panties in a wad…if you don’t start nothin’…it won’t be nothin.’

I don’t think its fair to compare Serena and Gabby comments. Gabby is 16.. I just don’t think its ok to discuss a teenager’s appearance on a social network. Serena.. I think its strange this is a controversy when she has had tantrums on the court.. THAT was something that deserved criticism… A dance? I was grateful she could have and has done much worse…

I did not know that dance was called the Crip walk; in fact, we called it the crazy legs. I guess that it depends on what part of the country you are from. Jason is just mad because he can’t hold a beat if it was stapled to him!! LOL!!

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