Damn....people really rather talk about Gabby's hair and not her medals?

[playmaker88]

for a young girl to have the weight of a race on her shoulders she kicked any pressure right in the ass and did the dougie afterwards.

That dougie was not that day that was at the qualifier pre olympics

 

[purpngold]

The world might change, technology can move faster, presidents come and go, but I can always find solace in black people's steadfast commitment to belittling each other's accomplishments.

its that crab in the bucket mentality

 

[Melanin_Enriched]

This must be the only black chick in the world that you can't find a back shot of on google.

 

[HassanCHOP]

little bitch look like todd bridges

 

[KingJamal]

Yea I heard about that ignorant shit

I'm glad she went out and tore it up and got gold

 

[UPTOWN]

how should she look

didnt read the article....but her hair needs to be done

^^^^^^^

was this guy raised by all women??

you sound like you do hair like two chairs down from queen latifah at the beauty shop

 

[UPTOWN]

in other news i ended up going to the gym late last night so it took me a while to settle down once i got home.

so i watched gabby douglas in the "all around" competition and i was blown away!!!

16 years old doing flips and somersaults like that??? yo i swear like 3 out 4 of her landings looked like she was weightless or some shit. smh at nfl players doing one little dumb ass flip after a touchdown LOL. this beautiful black princess is gifted and has put in some serious work at the gym!! i dont even really know much about gymnastics but she was obviously above and beyond the other girls. her stride, landings, etc. she made it look mad easy.

(the russian girl who went last was real good too)

the sad thing about this is her accomplishments epitomizes exactly why most black girls fail. worried about if her hair is done?? when your lazy ass only breaks a sweat when your fucking?? she is the exact opposite of these hip hop house wives of atlanta in every way. thats why the world has to give her respect. cause she's not some narrow minded, superficial, airhead who puts her looks and her boyfriends before her goals. so who ever is so obsessed with her hair not looking like beyonces, keep on with your arrogant ass and keep posting on facebook about how your "independent", knowing damn well you spend your child support money on the korean hair and nail salons while princess gabby douglass is the best in the world at what she does. she has no time to be at the chicken head convention you call the "hair dresser", she's too busy being the best.

let one of you dummies be her mom and you would have pulled her out of the olympics because her hair isnt done and she will be on tv. this is the exact thinking that keeps you in that same arrogant, airheaded cycle.

 

[playmaker88]

yea i watched the joint live she was amazing.. the russian girl gave her a good run at the end....

as i said before i want to see what type of love she gets... you already know...

 

[WinterHeat]

I'm more concerned about how whitified she is.

And that dougie was tragic. Who wants to bet that she will date a white guy or already has a white boyfriend?

 

[UPTOWN]

Wait until they expect her to "Give Back" to the community.

Pretty sure if she is in gymnastics, her "community" doesn't consist of people that look like her

^ so sad you think that way.

yeah vboy ... that was a huge fail for you right there

 

[Bussy_Getta]

^^^smmfh

 

[playmaker88]

I'm more concerned about how whitified she is.

And that dougie was tragic. Who wants to bet that she will date a white guy or already has a white boyfriend?

who cares especially because most of you niggas are hypocrites who worship the ground white chicks walk on..

 

[willhustle]

I just refuse to go through this thread and read all these comments it just the same old song of black folks worrying about the wrong shit as usual. She is the first African-American to win a Gold medal in gymnastics and y'all worried about what her hair looks like? Really....

 

[UPTOWN]

But what qualifications does a quote have to meet to be deemed "authentic"?

For it to be real...that letter was written in the 1990's not during slavery...simply reading the letter itself can show you that if you look at the time the letter was written and some of the words used in the letter. Especially being that many of them weren't even being used at the time

@vboy513 Sorry I have a life outside the IC so I don't sit and wait to instantly respond to posts every 5 minutes...but to answer your question since you seem to be unable to do a simple search yourself

FIRST REFERENCE TO LYNCH SPEECH

The first reference to the Willie Lynch speech was in a late 1993 on-line listing of sources, posted by Anne Taylor, who was then the reference librarian at the University of Missouri at St. Louis (UMSL).[2] She posted ten sources to the UMSL library database and the Lynch speech was the last item in the listing. Taylor in her 1995 email exchanges with the late Dr. William Piersen (Professor of History, Fisk University) and others interested in the origin of the Lynch speech indicated that she keep the source from where she received the speech anonymous upon request, because he was unable to establish the authenticity of the document. On October 31, 1995, Taylor wrote:

“Enough butt-covering, now it’s time to talk about where I got it. The publisher who gave me this [speech] wanted to remain anonymous…because he couldn’t trace it, either, and until now I’ve honored his wishes. It was printed in a local, widely-distributed, free publication called The St. Louis Black Pages, 9th anniversary edition, 1994*, page 8.”

20th CENTURY TERMS IN LYNCH SPEECH

There are a number of terms in the alleged 1712 Lynch speech that are undoubtedly anachronisms (i.e. words that are out of their proper historical time period). Here are a few of the words in the speech that were not used until the 20th century:

Lynch speech: “In my bag here, I have a fool proof method for controlling your Black slaves.”

Anachronisms: “Fool proof” and “Black” with an upper-case “B” to refer to people of African descent are of 20th century origin. Capitalizing “Black” did not become a standard from of writing until the late 1960s.

Lynch speech: “The Black slave after receiving this indoctrination shall carry on and will become self re-fueling and self generating for hundreds of years.”

Anachronism: “Re-fueling” is a 20th century term which refers to transportation.

http://manuampim.com/lynch_hoax1.html there's one link

enjoy...

this can be argued but the contents of the letter is what most important. same as the whole " did this rapper really sell drugs and live on the streets" arguments

i dont care if nwa didnt really live in compton and get harrassed by police. when they made the song "fuck the police" (or it might have been another song lol) about being tired of it .... no one argued that it wasnt happening. so the content of the song was relevant, meaningful, and made a powerful and true statement about the SITUATION.

 

[UPTOWN]

yea i watched the joint live she was amazing.. the russian girl gave her a good run at the end....

as i said before i want to see what type of love she gets... you already know...

well i think it was that lead anchor white dude on abc that made some kind of journalist "speech" based on the fact that she was the 1st african american to win the "all around"

i dont watch too much tv but it seemed like right after it was love anyway

but they prolly will give all the glory to the white girl swimmer tho smh

 

[blackrain]

But what qualifications does a quote have to meet to be deemed "authentic"?

For it to be real...that letter was written in the 1990's not during slavery...simply reading the letter itself can show you that if you look at the time the letter was written and some of the words used in the letter. Especially being that many of them weren't even being used at the time

@vboy513 Sorry I have a life outside the IC so I don't sit and wait to instantly respond to posts every 5 minutes...but to answer your question since you seem to be unable to do a simple search yourself

FIRST REFERENCE TO LYNCH SPEECH

The first reference to the Willie Lynch speech was in a late 1993 on-line listing of sources, posted by Anne Taylor, who was then the reference librarian at the University of Missouri at St. Louis (UMSL).[2] She posted ten sources to the UMSL library database and the Lynch speech was the last item in the listing. Taylor in her 1995 email exchanges with the late Dr. William Piersen (Professor of History, Fisk University) and others interested in the origin of the Lynch speech indicated that she keep the source from where she received the speech anonymous upon request, because he was unable to establish the authenticity of the document. On October 31, 1995, Taylor wrote:

“Enough butt-covering, now it’s time to talk about where I got it. The publisher who gave me this [speech] wanted to remain anonymous…because he couldn’t trace it, either, and until now I’ve honored his wishes. It was printed in a local, widely-distributed, free publication called The St. Louis Black Pages, 9th anniversary edition, 1994*, page 8.”

20th CENTURY TERMS IN LYNCH SPEECH

There are a number of terms in the alleged 1712 Lynch speech that are undoubtedly anachronisms (i.e. words that are out of their proper historical time period). Here are a few of the words in the speech that were not used until the 20th century:

Lynch speech: “In my bag here, I have a fool proof method for controlling your Black slaves.”

Anachronisms: “Fool proof” and “Black” with an upper-case “B” to refer to people of African descent are of 20th century origin. Capitalizing “Black” did not become a standard from of writing until the late 1960s.

Lynch speech: “The Black slave after receiving this indoctrination shall carry on and will become self re-fueling and self generating for hundreds of years.”

Anachronism: “Re-fueling” is a 20th century term which refers to transportation.

http://manuampim.com/lynch_hoax1.html there's one link

enjoy...

this can be argued but the contents of the letter is what most important. same as the whole " did this rapper really sell drugs and live on the streets" arguments

i dont care if nwa didnt really live in compton and get harrassed by police. when they made the song "fuck the police" (or it might have been another song lol) about being tired of it .... no one argued that it wasnt happening. so the content of the song was relevant, meaningful, and made a powerful and true statement about the SITUATION.

the content of the letter is fine because it's accurate, but again it's only accurate because it was written after slavery. The things in the letter not only weren't happening, but weren't even being suggested by any slave owners.

 

[UPTOWN]

I'm more concerned about how whitified she is.

And that dougie was tragic. Who wants to bet that she will date a white guy or already has a white boyfriend?

who cares especially because most of you niggas are hypocrites who worship the ground white chicks walk on..

a want there girl to have long straight hair and other kinds of white girl features LOL

 

[Ibex]

But this bitch hair is nappy is it not?... I only watch this shit cuz I like to see young thick thighed ho's do splits..No fucks given about her medals...Dominique Dawes still the GOAT

 

[Rahlow]

sad...

congrats to that baby for her accomplishments.

I would bet some limp wrist, pixie dust & glitter tossing faggot hairdressing nigga started this dumb shit.

Our own always find a way to fuck shit up.

 

[stringer bell]

dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2183284/London-Olympics-Ill-timed-NBC-ad-showing-monkey-airs-Gabby-Douglas-victory.html

[NBC woes continues as ill-timed ad features a monkey doing gymnastics - right after showing Gabby Douglas' gold medal victory

NBC has become the centre of a race storm after airing an ad featuring a monkey performing gymnastics, right after showing the performance of Gabby Douglas, the first African-American to win Olympic gold.

The controversy ignited as sportscaster Bob Costas wrapped his analysis of her incredible routine during the all-around competition last night.

Costas said: 'There are some African American girls out there who tonight are saying to themselves: "Hey, I’d like to try that too." More from London in a moment.'

The broadcast then went to a commercial break, showing an advertisement featuring a monkey wearing a gymnastics uniform and performing a rings gymnastics event. 

The unintentional, but poorly-timed ad was for Animal Practice, an upcoming NBC sitcom.

 Angry viewers lashed out at the network on social media platforms like Twitter, accusing them of racism.

'Disgusted at NBC for showing Animal Practice with monkey right after Gabby wins her gold,' one user posted.

Another called it 'risky.'

Gabby but her golden achievement has also brought unwanted attention.

The race uproar came after another nasty row involving Twitter over the gymnastics sensation’s hair, expressing their disapproval over how it was styled.

One user wrote: 'Gabby Douglas gotta [sic] do something with this hair! These clips and this brown gel residue aint it!'.

Another posted: 'In Olympic news, why hasn't anyone tried to fix Gabby Douglas' hair?'.

To which a further user replied: 'That's an Olympic sport too!'

Despite the unwanted criticism, Douglas has also had a strong show of support from public figures like singers P!nk and Nicki Minaj, as well as Condoleezza Rice, the first African-American secretary of state.

The Capuchin monkey in the ad, named Crystal, is the same primate that appears in We Bought a Zoo, The Hangover Part II and the Night at the Museum films.

She also appears in Community, another NBC sitcom.

NBC's broadcast of the London games has come under intense scrutiny, which has been exacerbated due to Twitter, which viewers have used as a soap box to gripe about the coverage.

It was accused of manufacturing unnecessary suspense for the women's team gymnastics final on Wednesday night- which was arguably not even close.

Smdh...