By now, everybody should have heard the hubbub about the women of Zeta Tau Alpha sorority winning first place at the 2010 Sprite Step Off. Oh, and if you’re Black and have never heard of them, it’s because they are a white sorority. Peep game.

Yes, you read that right. A white sorority won a national step competition that prominently featured Divine 9 organizations. Our rhythmically-challenged, recessive gened sistren from the University of Arkansas, walked into our house, wiped their feet on the rug (they are Southern afterall), stayed, ate, then walked out with a win that I’m sure surprised everybody. Now, I’ve seen their routine. They did a good job. I have not seen the other routines so I’m not in a position to speak on their winning (and apparently due to a “discrepancy” Sprite has upgraded the 2nd place Tau Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha into a 1st place tie with the ZTA chapter – sounds like pandering to a gang of angry ninjas), but I will say that I’ll bet your last month’s rent that the “white girls doing Alpha steps efficiently” factor weighed heavily on their win. It’s like seeing the mentally challenged 6’15″ kid dunk on somebody. It looks WAY worse than it actually is making it look way better than it will ever be on a historical scale.

But like I said, they did a good job and I didn’t see everybody else. However, this did make me think about the fact that, “hey, white chicks won a step competition against a GANG of Black folks whose sole purpose was to win a step competition. Here they go again. First it was jazz, then it was rock ‘n roll. They jacking us AGAIN when we least expect it.” If we’re not careful, there’s more to lose.

Such as?

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