Sprite Step-Off Update: ZTA and AKA to share 1st place
Step team shares 1st in national finals after racial controversy
http://idsnews.com/news/story.aspx?id=74077 I dont know if this is old news but I thought it was interesting. I wonder what the "descrepancies" were. |
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I'm glad that both organizations did well at this step-off, but to take away someone's "honor" because there was racial controversy says a lot about today's society. Just "WOW" is pretty much all I can say. Oh, and FWIW (before I get flamed for my opinion) I respect all GLOs and some of my best friends are SGRhos, AKAs and Deltas. I don't really know many Zetas, but the ones I have met have been sweet, as well. I just think that in this day and age people need to see beyond color and be happy that they can share a stage and an incredible talent. |
^^^Agree 100%
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From what I've heard, the discrepancies seem to be that ZTA copied AKA's routines, therefore being unoriginal which is not acceptable in any kind of competition, really. And apparently none of the judges were Greek so some feel that they weren't qualified to judge such performances.
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And those are "the discrepancies" that will likely be used to "justify" this decision.
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I would urge you ladies (als and kappamd) to take a look at the discussion on this topic on the Alpha Kappa Alpha and Delta Sigma Theta boards--if you want to broaden your perspective, that is.
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Correct, any organization with no real history of stepping, that won because it shocked people and that's all, can't be seen as the 1st place organization. In this instance, it was a "historically and predominantly white sorority." That is also why this news feed is reaching so many people who would otherwise not give a damn about ANY of this stuff. Therefore, it is also reaching people who have absolutely no basis for their opinions and they don't know that stepshow results that are deemed unfair are always challenged. People just have different reasons to challenge these results because they know the nature of the beast. Sprite and MTV2 knew what they were doing--welcome to the world of race (which is not synonymous with racism). A non-NPHC org that was still predominantly Black wouldn't have received such coverage. |
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If anyone is to blame it's Sprite and/or MTV and they are just trying now to save face although it's really too late. Many errors and wrong doings occurred during this event even in the regional competitions. My sorors for example, competed against other D9 sororities coming in last place in Chicago when it was obvious that they should've come in 1st or 2nd. Sprite then reviewed the scoring sheet and changed the decision and gave my sorors 2nd place, although some still believed they should've gotten 1st. Errors like this occurred throughout the entire competition from what I hear and everything was very disorganized. Scoring sheets were reviewed several times because of discrepancies. It became obvious to many that Sprite was really only interested in capitalizing on the popularity of the D9. Many also thought that this was only a D9 competition since the D9 was used mostly for advertising and promotion. Many members were shocked to learn eventually that the competition was not a D9 event. Oh and ZTA's "honor" has not been removed. If Sprite wanted to take away their win and therefore their "honor," they would disqualify the team for doing all D9 steps and for booty popping at the end of their performance, something that D9 orgs were told not to do or they would be disqualified. |
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1) Made people, in general, pay closer attention to the competition and THIS team. That had a social-psychological impact on damn near everyone who was paying attention to this; 2) added insult to injury regarding the results; 3) and; provided a historical reminder of days not too long gone. |
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