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At Last A Black Professional Dancer on Strictly
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Nina_Blake
10-10-2015
Originally Posted by MayD:
“I think that says more about you than me tbph. Can you explain what YOU think is wrong with it please?

I have posed reasonable questions in response to the issue being raised earlier in the thread.

You appear to be looking for problems and attitudes that do NOT exist imho

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I have no issue with your comments whatsoever. It was more a comment on the reactions of some forum users to innocuous questions
MayD
10-10-2015
Originally Posted by Nina_Blake:
“I have no issue with your comments whatsoever. It was more a comment on the reactions of some forum users to innocuous questions”

Ah, I understand now. Thanks for replying and sorry for the "now hang on a cotton pickin' minute"
j4Rose
10-10-2015
Originally Posted by Nina_Blake:
“Oh dear...from past experience comments like that don't go down well in this forum.”

You're been here for 5 minutes. How many accounts have you had?
What name??
10-10-2015
Originally Posted by bendymixer:
“I have been around dancing all my life from attending ballroom and latin comps whilst my parents danced as a child to teaching myself and running a large dance school. Have attended British Championships at Blackpool for over 50 years and in all that time can remember very few Black ballroom/latin dancers taking part Oti being one of them

Then again over the years have met and judged many terrific black dancers who were just not involved with ballroom and latin.

Having a dance school in an inner city area - we have a large number of black dancers but very few of them take ballroom and latin as their dance form of choice or to compete in - tap, ballet, lyrical, Hip Hop and Freestyle being far more popular”

True. But i also think where you source the dancers might be important. All the dancers seem to be European or American and that's not including Latin America...
VirgilHilts
10-10-2015
Originally Posted by MayD:
“I once read there weren't many successful black swimmers. Is that swimming or the competitors problem (for want of a better word)? ”

I read an article once which said that, particularly in the US, many black kids never learn to swim.
bigbro24
10-10-2015
I keep forgetting the couples there so many and I swear for half a second I saw her and Anthony in the highlights tonight and thought OMG some female pro has overdone it on the fake tan. Don’t stone me, she is gorgeous by the way.
Nina_Blake
10-10-2015
Originally Posted by j4Rose:
“You're been here for 5 minutes. How many accounts have you had?”

I've only had one account here, and I don't know what the time frame has anything to do with it. My experience with a similar post happened in the past...what more is there to it?
What name??
10-10-2015
Originally Posted by VirgilHilts:
“I read an article once which said that, particularly in the US, many black kids never learn to swim.”

It's linked to poverty. Less well equipped schools and less private pools and less private lessons. That's a social thing like there are less black tennis players as its a class dominated sport. However obviously that has less to do with dancing.
coppertop1
10-10-2015
Originally Posted by Nina_Blake:
“I've only had one account here, and I don't know what the time frame has anything to do with it. My experience with a similar post happened in the past...what more is there to it?”

IT wasn't a similar post at all, the problems with your post were explained to you many times,

As a discussion, I think Oti is fabulous as a proportion of black Latin and ballroom dancers has her presence skewed the figures so that she gives a false positive view of the number of black Latin and ballroom professional dancers?

Are we going to talk about Karen here, her ethnicity is interesting, coming from Venuzuela with her colouring do we count her as white?

So with Janette as well have they skewed the figures of Latin American professional ballroom dancers?

Quite frankly I think that ethnicity has very little bearing on the show, in Oti I think they have found a fabulous dancer whether she is black white blue or polka dotted.
natalian
10-10-2015
Originally Posted by coppertop1:
“IT wasn't a similar post at all, the problems with your post were explained to you many times,

As a discussion, I think Oti is fabulous as a proportion of black Latin and ballroom dancers has her presence skewed the figures so that she gives a false positive view of the number of black Latin and ballroom professional dancers?

Are we going to talk about Karen here, her ethnicity is interesting, coming from Venuzuela with her colouring do we count her as white?

So with Janette as well have they skewed the figures of Latin American professional ballroom dancers?

Quite frankly I think that ethnicity has very little bearing on the show, in Oti I think they have found a fabulous dancer whether she is black white blue or polka dotted.”

I hereby lodge my objection to the under representation of polka dotted pro dancers on Strictly
Randysback
10-10-2015
Originally Posted by radiofan4:
“The black professional dancer Oti is really good, it's so good to see black ballroom dancers. I look forward to seeing her dance each week now.”

I look forward to a white person on Nigerian TV.. any program will do. Here`s hoping
Nina_Blake
10-10-2015
Originally Posted by coppertop1:
“IT wasn't a similar post at all, the problems with your post were explained to you many times,

As a discussion, I think Oti is fabulous as a proportion of black Latin and ballroom dancers has her presence skewed the figures so that she gives a false positive view of the number of black Latin and ballroom professional dancers?

Are we going to talk about Karen here, her ethnicity is interesting, coming from Venuzuela with her colouring do we count her as white?

So with Janette as well have they skewed the figures of Latin American professional ballroom dancers?

Quite frankly I think that ethnicity has very little bearing on the show, in Oti I think they have found a fabulous dancer whether she is black white blue or polka dotted.”

And the problems with your responses were explained too, so I guess we both learned something
Fatima502
10-10-2015
Even fewer black figure skaters (especially men). No-one is stopping them though.
coppertop1
10-10-2015
[quote=Nina_Blake;79957296]And the problems with your responses were explained too, so I guess we both learned something [/QUOTE
Glad you learned something
coppertop1
10-10-2015
Originally Posted by natalian:
“I hereby lodge my objection to the under representation of polka dotted pro dancers on Strictly ”


Tiny Tina did her best when she had chicken pox
Nina_Blake
10-10-2015
[quote=coppertop1;79957712]
Originally Posted by Nina_Blake:
“And the problems with your responses were explained too, so I guess we both learned something [/QUOTE
Glad you learned something”

Its fun learning! Might teach you how to quote something at some point too
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