Questions were raised when a white sorority from the University of Arkansas won a share of the title in a national stepping competition, something typically associated with historically black universities and colleges.
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Law student Fern Carty said “If it's open to all people, whoever goes in and wins the title deserves it. I'm really proud of this university to be the first one to take this step.”
But some have said the Zeta's victory at the national competition was a slap in the face to black sororities nationwide that pioneered the activity of stepping.
In fact, Coca Cola, which put on the contest, went back and said there was a scoring error during the competition. They made the sorority share the title with a second team.
Coca-cola said Thursday the Alpha Kappa Alpha team from Indiana University, whose members are black, would share first place and would also receive the same $100,000 dollars in scholarships that the Zeta Tau Alphas won.
White team wins. Blacks mess themselves, need diaper change. Black team allowed a share of 1st place. Anyone else see the absolute idiocy here? "Scoring error" my butt.
This is yet another example of where true intolerance lies. I'll give you a hint. It's not on the white right.
Here's the video of the Zeta Tau Alpha team being announced as the winner, and receiving a chorus of boos from the African American crowd.
(the announcement comes at roughly 3 minutes into the video.)
If you think this reaction is solely because of an undeserving performance, try again.
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