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3:57 pm - 08/07/2012

Serena Williams' Crip Walk Dance Criticized As Inappropriate



By Cavan Sieczkowski

Serena Williams was so overjoyed after defeating Maria Sharapova in the Olympic singles and winning the gold that she broke into a Crip Walk dance.

"It was just me. I love to dance," Williams told reporters who inquired about her Crip Walk. "I didn't know what else to do. I was so happy, and next thing I know I started dancing and moving. I didn't plan it. It just happened."

When one naive reporter asked what the name of the dance could be -- "The Wimbledon?" or "The Serena?" -- Williams said, "Actually, there is a name. But I don't know if I -- it's inappropriate. It's just a dance we do in California."


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*I fixed the title and I posted to ONTD because Venus and Serena have tags here*
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fabouluz 7th-Aug-2012 08:15 pm (UTC)
Rme, let her celebrate!
hot143chocolate 7th-Aug-2012 08:15 pm (UTC)
they can hate all they want

she's still has a TON of medals, accolades, achievements, etc that her haters can't ever touch
mellarks 7th-Aug-2012 08:15 pm (UTC)
Even as Olympians, black folk can't catch a break. Goddamn.
massielita 7th-Aug-2012 08:20 pm (UTC)
you ain't lie
childish 7th-Aug-2012 08:27 pm (UTC)
lol even as PRESIDENT we can't catch a break
hardbeats 7th-Aug-2012 08:15 pm (UTC)
this some reaching right here. the author must live in their mama's basement cuz everyone do this in the club.
brucelynn 7th-Aug-2012 08:15 pm (UTC)
I just love how Venus and Serena make people soooooo angry lol

it's to the point where idgaf when they do shit like this to rub in the hater's faces
emesieremonde 7th-Aug-2012 08:15 pm (UTC)
I'm going to need the American media to stop going after the black women athletes. They and the rest of the American women have been bringing home the gold medals!! When y'all win, y'all can come up with your own celebration dances, but until then, SHUSH!!!
skeet_skeet 7th-Aug-2012 08:22 pm (UTC)
I second this comment.
boomstick 7th-Aug-2012 08:15 pm (UTC)
Sheesh. Leave her alone and let her continue to be awesome.
dirrtypony 7th-Aug-2012 08:15 pm (UTC)
is the gif the dance she did? because that is awesome. lol its a total look at all the fucks a give dance.
brucelynn 7th-Aug-2012 08:16 pm (UTC)
yes lol
cityxpretty 7th-Aug-2012 09:56 pm (UTC)
Should be made into one of those gifs tbh.
aaameeting 7th-Aug-2012 08:15 pm (UTC)
Serena Williams is a professional tennis player, originally from Michigan, with an estimated net worth of $85 million dollars. Serena Williams has been ranked number one in the world five times and has earned the most prize money of any female athlete ever, with over $30 million dollars in prizes.

kimberwyn 7th-Aug-2012 08:46 pm (UTC)
Tbh I'm surprised she doesn't have more than that.
chaylay23 7th-Aug-2012 09:01 pm (UTC)
lol mte and gif is perfect
jasmina12345 7th-Aug-2012 08:16 pm (UTC)
the dance was a symbolic fuck you to the crips that murdered her sister

d00ditsemily 7th-Aug-2012 08:35 pm (UTC)
wait wat???!
jasmina12345 7th-Aug-2012 08:38 pm (UTC)
her sister was murdered by crip gang members
asteriatic From Wikipedia...7th-Aug-2012 10:52 pm (UTC)
Yetunde Hawanya Tara Price (August 9, 1972 – September 14, 2003) was the elder half-sister and personal assistant to leading tennis players Venus and Serena Williams. At the time of her death, she was 31 years old, the eldest of Oracene Price's five daughters, mother of three children, a registered nurse and owner of a beauty salon. Price came into the public eye when she was the victim of murder by shooting on September 14, 2003, in Compton, in Los Angeles County, California, known for its history of gang violence. She was shot in the head while riding in an SUV driven by her boyfriend (whom police reported was the intended victim) and died at Long Beach Memorial Medical Center.
thickfreakness 7th-Aug-2012 08:16 pm (UTC)
Is this article serious? Let the woman dance; she deserved it.

Always criticizing people just because you can't. The fuck outta here with that.
agent99 7th-Aug-2012 08:16 pm (UTC)
She could have gone off and gave the person sitting the closest to her a fucking lapdance for all I care, she just won. She can do whatever the hell she wants as far as I'm concerned.
kurtvonnegut 7th-Aug-2012 08:16 pm (UTC)
lol yet people continue to think ryan lochte and his appropriation of black culture is just ~cute~

when an actual black person does something, haaaaaaale no
kalie_m 7th-Aug-2012 08:22 pm (UTC)
MTE. Sooo fucking tired of Ryan Lochte, his bullshit, and his fans.
rlmoonyk 7th-Aug-2012 08:27 pm (UTC)
ia
cab 7th-Aug-2012 08:27 pm (UTC)
ikr
funkybaby 7th-Aug-2012 08:30 pm (UTC)
i haven't been following the Olympics but from the pics i've seen on here, he looks like a douche.
lalameanslove 7th-Aug-2012 08:31 pm (UTC)
me too. he's ugly as sin too idgi
ms_mmelissa 7th-Aug-2012 08:37 pm (UTC)
+1
vanishingbee 7th-Aug-2012 08:25 pm (UTC)
lochte has been pretty much a 0 on my pay attention scale, what's he done?
brucelynn 7th-Aug-2012 08:28 pm (UTC)
I like Ryan Lochte but I agree
odetobilliejoe 7th-Aug-2012 08:29 pm (UTC)
Perfect observation is perfect.
kimberwyn 7th-Aug-2012 08:47 pm (UTC)
Finally, someone said it.
heybrittanyxo 7th-Aug-2012 09:20 pm (UTC)
I see you in a lot of Ryan posts, did he kill your puppy or something, you seem to have a lot of feelings about him
sastra_fuss 7th-Aug-2012 09:34 pm (UTC)
Let me stop you right there. I think you mean hip hop or rap but not black.
cityxpretty 7th-Aug-2012 09:58 pm (UTC)
Not being snarky, just actually wondering...is it still appropriation if you legitimately like another culture besides your own?
goldynchickie 7th-Aug-2012 10:13 pm (UTC)
mte
yaoidemon 7th-Aug-2012 11:09 pm (UTC)
IA
sarahvma 7th-Aug-2012 08:16 pm (UTC)
What is this, the most racist Olympics since Munich?
ladyjj 7th-Aug-2012 10:24 pm (UTC)
I think I love you
watchsnowfall 7th-Aug-2012 08:16 pm (UTC)
omfg it's not like she did it on the podium during the anthem. they're making it a bigger deal by bitching about it.
ms_mmelissa 7th-Aug-2012 08:37 pm (UTC)
LOL that would have been awesome if she was doing it on the podium to the national anthem. Fox News would have imploded.
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