| Feel nervous about today's game. 11:19 - Nov 19 with 579 views | OriginalMarkyP |
And maybe that's a good thing.
Not a cake walk.
(What is a cake walk btw?) |  |
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| Feel nervous about today's game. on 11:39 - Nov 19 with 532 views | ArnoldMoorhen |
I knew it was a dance, and then Google led me to this, which gives some historical context:
https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2013/12/23/256566647/the-extraordinary-s
(Article contains some contextual historic discriminatory language)
Anything with links to Minstrels and Blackface is obviously potentially problematic, as is the origin of Black people dancing to win cake for the delight of the White, wealthy audience. But there seems to be an element of subversion in the way the dance was performed. |  | | |
| Feel nervous about today's game. on 11:41 - Nov 19 with 524 views | thatbdude |
| Feel nervous about today's game. on 11:39 - Nov 19 by ArnoldMoorhen |
I knew it was a dance, and then Google led me to this, which gives some historical context:
https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2013/12/23/256566647/the-extraordinary-s
(Article contains some contextual historic discriminatory language)
Anything with links to Minstrels and Blackface is obviously potentially problematic, as is the origin of Black people dancing to win cake for the delight of the White, wealthy audience. But there seems to be an element of subversion in the way the dance was performed. |
I wonder why people still use the phrase despite its heavily racist origins |  |
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| Feel nervous about today's game. on 11:45 - Nov 19 with 506 views | Nthsuffolkblue |
| Feel nervous about today's game. on 11:41 - Nov 19 by thatbdude |
I wonder why people still use the phrase despite its heavily racist origins |
Probably because the vast majority of people who use it have no idea of its origins (as with many words and phrases). |  |
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| Feel nervous about today's game. on 11:48 - Nov 19 with 491 views | Nthsuffolkblue |
| Feel nervous about today's game. on 11:45 - Nov 19 by Nthsuffolkblue |
Probably because the vast majority of people who use it have no idea of its origins (as with many words and phrases). |
As for the OP, the fact that the manager and team do not take these games as being a walk in the park (I hope that one has no hidden unpleasant origins), is a large reason why we are doing so well.
We have to be better than the opposition we play on the pitch.
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| Feel nervous about today's game. on 11:50 - Nov 19 with 477 views | Ely_Blue |
Are you unhappy on this profile about Harness & Chaplin playing again? |  |
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