Simone Biles Wins Historic Seventh Gymnastic National Title

NBC Sports, June 6, 2021

#28 trending in the United States

Simone Biles cruised to her record-breaking seventh gymnastics national title, the most ever for a woman, winning easily thanks to another four incredible routines #NBCSports #SimoneBiles #Gymnastics

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Edited by Azizi Powell

This pancocojams post showcases NBC Sport's video of Simone Biles' gymnastic performance.

Some comments from that video's discussion thread are also included in this post.

The content of this post is presented for historical and aesthetic purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to Simone Biles for her gymnastic legacy and her positive role modeling. Thanks also to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks to NBC Sports for their filming and commentary.

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INFORMATION ABOUT SIMONE BILES
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simone_Biles

"Simone Arianne Biles (born March 14, 1997)[4] is an American artistic gymnast. With a combined total of 30 Olympic and World Championship medals, Biles is the most decorated American gymnast and the world's third most decorated gymnast, behind Belarus' Vitaly Scherbo (33 medals) and Russia's Larisa Latynina (32 medals).

At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Biles won individual gold medals in all-around, vault and floor; bronze in balance beam; and gold as part of the United States team, dubbed the "Final Five".[5]

Biles is a five-time World all-around champion (2013–2015, 2018–19), five-time World floor exercise champion (2013–2015, 2018–19), three-time World balance beam champion (2014–15, 2019), two-time World vault champion (2018–19), a seven-time United States national all-around champion (2013–2016, 2018–19, 2021), and a member of the gold medal-winning American teams at the 2014, 2015, 2018, and 2019 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. Additionally, she is a three-time World silver medalist (2013 and 2014 on vault, 2018 on uneven bars) and a three-time World bronze medalist (2015 on vault, 2013 and 2018 on balance beam).

Biles is the gymnast with the most World medals (25) and most World gold medals (19), having surpassed Scherbo's record 23 World medals by winning her 24th and 25th, both gold, at the 2019 competition in Stuttgart.[6] She is the female gymnast with the most World all-around titles (5). Biles is the sixth woman to win an individual all-around title at both the World Championships and the Olympics, and the first gymnast since Lilia Podkopayeva in 1996 to hold both titles simultaneously. She is the tenth female gymnast and first American female gymnast to win a World medal on every event, and the first female gymnast since Daniela Silivaș in 1988 to win a medal on every event at a single Olympic Games or World Championships, having accomplished this feat at the 2018 World Championships in Doha.[7]

Biles is widely considered to be one of the best gymnasts of all time.[8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15]"... 

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SELECTED COMMENTS FROM THIS VIDEO'S DISCUSSION THREAD
All of these comments are from June 6, 2021 through June 8, 2021.

Numbers are given for referencing purposes only.

1. ktk1737
"I think people forget that Simone is legitimately doing death-defying moves. She makes everything look so easy but there's a reason why no one else even attempted to do them, they're literally THAT dangerous. She's a once-in-a-lifetime athlete and the greatest in the world."

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2. Renee Gloss
"Simone immediately after dominating the competition going over and telling her teammate to be proud of herself and that she deserves to be there, literally made me cry. Simone is not only the greatest gymnast but she's also such a great person as well"

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3. Mark Andrews
"her strength, poise, technique, skill-set, initiative, drive, instinct, passion, vision, vibe, smile, light, beauty, relatability, mentorship, are all truly second to none! the embodiment of a role model in every sense of the word!!!"

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4. AnnaElisavetta Vonnedozza
"She makes Olympic-level gymnastic routines look easy. She’s a legend & an icon"

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5. Legion Ivory
"I love how she encouraged Jordan ever after literally becoming a 7-time champion just seconds prior. That is a true athlete. 💯"

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6. Quinton J
"I like that she’s humble and that’s she trying to bring the next girls up with her. She knows when it comes to the Olympic Games she can’t win the all around gold alone. So encouraging her teammates and keeping them going is a must as well. That’s true leadership."

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7. Elizabeth Culver Edwards
"Simone is completely unique in that she knows she is good, but she also knows her teammates are good and is vocal about it. She's making sure that her teammates are being seen and ranked along with her. I just don't know who else in this level of competition does things like that!"

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8. caniscora
"The control and grace she shows with each move she does is really incredible. The amount of training and dedication she must give to achieve her level of skill and athleticism is just staggering."

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9. wyCincy
"Brava, Simone! You show amazing skill, fortitude, concentration, discipline, and deserve all your accolades.  Wishing you all the best for the Olympics."

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10. Cindy Fahey
"Simone you're amazing! May the Lord continue to bless you in all you do."

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Examples Of African American Vernacular English In YouTube Discussion Thread Comments About UCLA Gymnast Nia Dennis' Viral Floor Exercise (1-23-21)

Starr Cards, Jan. 25, 2021

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Edited by Azizi Powell

This is Part II of a two part pancocojams series on the floor routine that UCLA Gymnast Nia Dennis performed on 1/21/2021 during a gymnastic competition with Arizona State University.

This post documents some online comments and tweets about UCLA gymnast Nia Dennis' 1/21/2021 floor routine that include African American Vernacular English terms and sayings. 

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2021/01/comments-about-ucla-gymnast-nia-denniss.html for Part I of this pancocojams series. That post presents excerpts from online articles and a sample of  online comments and tweets that indicate that Nia Dennis' 1/21/2021 floor routine was "a celebration of Black excellence" or "an ode to Black culture" or are written in response to  questions about the appropriatness of using the qualifier "black" in a description of that floor routine.

The content of this post is presented for sociocultural and aesthetic purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to Nia Dennis for her awesome floor routine and thanks to the UCLA athletic team.  Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks to the publisher of this video on YouTube.    

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SELECTED COMMENTS
These are some of the examples from these YouTube video discussion threads of  comments that include African American Vernacular English (AAVE). These AAVE words, phrases, and sayings are  given without highlighting them and without providing any definitions.

All of these examples are from January 25, 2021 or January 26, 2021. Numbers are added for referencing purposes only.

Excerpt #1

From https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SB79emH0Ca0&ab_channel=StarrCards

[This is the video that is embedded in this post. The comments are from that video's discussion thread.] 

1. Cajun Girl
"Ummmmm blacknificent 😍"

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2. Lekeasha Brown
"Say it louder for the people in the back🗣🤸🏾‍♀"️

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3. pmf2241
"Yes, slay girl, slay!! You took my breath away! Such grace & power! You killed it! 👏🏻👏🏻"

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4. Stevo T'Loaded
"Perfect! Only issue is that it wasn't long enough! Congratulations you bodied that Nia!"

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5. Brenda Chatman
"Get it GURL!! 👸🏾🔥🔥"

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6. Valencia Shelton
"Ever flowing, N sync with the rhythm of your life! Excellence personified ♥️Black Gurl Magic can’t be duplicated!Loved your routine!"

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7. DC S
"Black girl magic.  Winning all month after her home state Queen sister Amanda Gorman.  🖤🖤"

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8. T2MARA
"Love the support she’s getting from her UCLA peeps on the sidelines!"

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9. Me Me
"BLAQnificent 💯👑🔥 (her teammate's enthusiasm is infectious)"

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10. Karen Henderson
"Speaking with HER voice - beautiful to see in a young woman. Badass moves."

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11. DENISE BUTLER
"BLACK GIRLS ROCK!!!!!"

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Excerpt #2
Nia Dennis - 2021 Floor Exercise (1-23-21)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYZ4GvoZih8&feature=emb_logo&ab_channel=UCLAAthletics

UCLA Athletes, Jan. 24, 2021

[This is the video that is embedded in Part I of this pancocojams post. The comments are from that video's discussion thread.]

1. Mine Arisoy
"she ate it up and left no crumbs"

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2. JuJu and WamWams
"Girlfriend threw a little crip walk in that routine. She’s amazing 😍"

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3. Dave Syakovich
"Yeah she did! She got to stackin there for a minute too👌✌👇"

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4. Justme
"I thought I was seeing things when I saw her buss the crip walk"

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5. Juancho Rancho
"I noticed that towards the end great performance 💪💪🔥"

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6. joycec96
"That was my favorite part. She kept it 💯 with that!"

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7. Kaitlyn Johnson
"Yessssss it's AMAZING, AWESOME and EVERYTHING ELSE.... Go NIAA OMG!!!!! She CRIPPED, DIPPED and took a SIP LOL....Yaaaassssssss!!!!!!"

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8. AshlyMonet
"She did the heel toe 🤣💪🏽❤️"

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9. Luis Angeles
"That woah and naenae.. 😬😖 ohashi’s routine would always be the goat routine"

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10. MsTempestj
"Love her attitude when she hit the floor. "Yes I'm here and I'm going to show up and show out!" Loved everything about her routine, the music, the style, her form. Diva slayed it. Confident, strong, powerful, beautiful young lady."

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11. Mel Stewart
"Shine QUEEN 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾"

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12. Imani Smith
"She’s sooo fire. Black girl magic ❤"

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13. Naybaby's Account Kiss my a**
"It's the periodt at the end for me 💜"
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This screen name is given as it is found in that discussion thread. 

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14. Ambria Griffin
"Had to go back and look after this comment.  Yaassss! PeriodT! 🙌🏽"

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15. Athena Maggio
"She crushed it AGAIN!!! Damn Nia is on a whole other level"

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16. Emma Buckles
"What a mood and a vibe! The energy brings tears to my face! I love seeing all the girls in the back cheering her on, doing the routine with her- but still giving her the complete show WHILE giving total enthusiasm as she nails EVERYTHING. Thanks for sharing your passion and undeniable talent!!"

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17. Essence Nicole
"DID SHE CRIP WALK TO CALIFORNIA LOVE!!!!!😍😍😍😍😍😍🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽😞🙌🏽🙆🏾🙆🏾🙆🏾🙆🏾🙆🏾🙆🏾 MIND💨💨💨 I LOVED EVERY SECOND!!!"

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18. Yolanda A
"😀SCREAMING IN MY MARTIN VOICE 📣📣📣 "YOU GO GIRL!"  👏👏FABULOUS JOB!! ♠️🥇🏆"

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18. Marissa Billups
"You better work, Nia!!!! 🤟🏾🤟🏾🤟🏾😊😊😊😊❤❤❤. That's it 👑👑👑👑❤"

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19. Dalia Becil
"Omggg yeeess queeennn!!! 🤩"

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20. BaneBalt
"Fire performance sis🔥"

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21. Mz Modesty
"Come on SIS!!! Stuck every landing. Amazing from Beginning to END!"

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22. Heidi Marie
"Go Nia!!!!!! 💜💖💜💖 You did that😎😎💃🏾🤸🏾‍♀️🥇🎉🎉🎉"

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23. Kitty Kat
"Yall peep the coaches!! They was bopping!!"

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24. Sophia Chiaverini
"this goes harddddd"

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25. Annelise VW
"This gives me CHILLS every time!!! She is so talented and she moves with such confidence! You go girl!"

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26. Kyla Bingham
"@dennisnia #ForTheCulture Amazing. Powerful. Graceful. Beautiful. Athletic. Thought provoking. Not many people can invoke so many seemingly opposite feelings in under 2 minutes. And props to her music editor who  started off with Kendrick Lamar then incorporated Beyoncé, Tupac Shakur, Missy Elliott, Soulja Boy and Megan Thee Stallion. They had a serious collaboration of her vision for her routine. That took some work and precision and timing. They even time the breaks in the music so you can hear her stick the landing. #PlannedPurposefulPowerfulSilence That 9.5 shoulda been a 10"

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27. CASHfromINDIANA
"You KILLED that G!!.. Love n Blessings QUEEN!!.. THE WORLD IS YOURS!!!!....."

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28. Stacey Harvey
"Black girl magic periodt!!!"

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29. Janet Dove
"Qween, loved this so much."

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30. Gibbs
"YAAAAAASSSSSSS QUEEN!!!!!!"

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31.  MONICA JONES
"Go head Baby❤"

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32. Oghyeah Oo
"Black is Beautiful!

Kendrick & Pac.. Nia just made history!"

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33. Kiyeko StarchildUnicorn
"I don't know you but I love you. Mad respect!!! 🙌🏾"

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34. Ponita Laussen
"she done did that!!!! props to you mamas and the team."

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35. Sarisa Sarisa
"Dope🌹♥️"

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36. Paola Tellez
"UUUUUHHHH Ms Nation you did THAT!!!"

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37. Ms Young
"She did that thang!!! 🥰🥰🥰"

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38. Brande Ellsworth
"UCLA Floor Choreographer deserves an award for the years of ah-mazing routines these athletes work through!  I love UCLA Gymnastics!!!!!  They know how to get the job done!  Props Ladies!"

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39. dragonfly111cute
"She owned that! Wow! I was just cheering for you out loud! Best floor routine!!"

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40. Geo Leo
"She hit the nae nae into the whoa into a double tuck. That's tuff"

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41. Travis Robinson
"See reminds me of Gabby,nSimone Biles even Dominique Daws from back in the day my era ☺️🙌🏾✊🏾all USA Gymnast that I love and admire! 🇺🇸 I’m after seeing you on the Lest Holt show tonight lol!"

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42. TheFraggler
"This is more fun and exciting to watch than the traditional ones that I usually see. It is nice to see some of our culture on the floor. Much deserved and girl just killed it."

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43. Lupe LLerenas
"If you can’t understand the magic Nia carries, you must be an uncultured person. She did Kendrick Lamar, Beyonce, Missy Elliott, Megan Thee Stallion and Tupac Shakur with BLM all in one 🔥 UNTOUCHABLE!"

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44. Aria Miller
"OMG YASS"

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45. kayudvari
"She brings fire 💥💥"

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46. Alejandra Esquer
"Nia Nation tell 'em"

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47. Mic
"This is so great!!!! She killed it!!!"

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48. Nicole salas
"OK MISS QUEEEENN"

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49.  Shannon Ford
"Gone Sis with your crip walk!"

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50. Phillygirl215 _
"OFF THE CHAIN SISTER!!!!!!!"

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51. Uncle Nahshon
"Did she go crip walk and then heel toe? Yo sis went off with this routine. ✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾"

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52. Ebizzill
"what's the name of the dance during tupac's song around: 1:20- 1:24"

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53. Yaya Yaya 
"crip walk 😂"

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54. Ebizzill
"@Yaya Yaya really? I know the one right around 1:23-1:24 is the c-walk.... but the one before it 1:20-1:22.... it's so... different, can you point me to a video to such a similar move?"

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55. Azizi Powell 
"I think the dance you are asking about it the heel toe. Here's a link to a video of the heel toe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ojbbe2GLdWc&ab_channel=DanceKizombaTV "

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56. Regina Craig
"Well... she added flavor to that.

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57. Dondizm!
"SERVING!!!! 🤩🏆🔥🔥🔥🔥🦄🦄🦄🦄💕💕💕💕"

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58. nyg1984
"She served it up with excellence and pure joy 🤩🤗💕👏🏼"

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59. Nana
"Chile can y’all taste the flavor 🥵😍"

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60. Cinnamon Spice
"You go girlfriend the World Is Yours."

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Comments About UCLA Gymnast Nia Dennis' Viral Floor Exercise (1-23-21) Being "A Celebration Of Black Excellence"

UCLA Athletics, Jan 24, 2021

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Edited by Azizi Powell

This is Part I of a two part pancocojams series on the floor routine that UCLA Gymnast Nia Dennis performed on 1/21/2021 during a gymnastic competition with Arizona State University.

This post presents excerpts from online articles and a sample of online comments and tweets that indicate that Nia Dennis' 1/21/2021 floor routine was "a celebration of Black excellence" or "an ode to Black culture" or are written in response to  questions about the appropriatness of using the qualifier "black" in a description of that floor routine.

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2021/01/examples-of-african-american-vernacular.html for Part II of this pancocojams series. That post documents some online comments and tweets about UCLA gymnast Nia Dennis' 1/21/2021 floor routine that include African American Vernacular English terms and sayings. 

The content of this post is presented for sociocultural and aesthetic purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to Nia Dennis for her awesome floor routine and thanks to the UCLA athletic team.  Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks to the publisher of this video on YouTube.    

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ARTICLE EXCERPTS & EXAMPLES FROM ONE ARTICLE'S COMMENT SECTION
Excerpt #1
From https://www.today.com/news/ucla-gymnast-nia-dennis-celebrates-black-excellence-viral-routine-t206821?cid=sm_npd_td_tw_ma "UCLA gymnast Nia Dennis celebrates 'Black excellence' in viral routine"

The Bruins gymnast has earned high praise from champ Simone Biles and other notable names.
Jan. 25, 2021, 10:13 AM EST / Source: TODAY; By Ree Hines
"UCLA Gymnastics scored a major victory over the weekend with a season-opening win against Arizona State that included a floor routine from Nia Dennis that went viral. The Bruins star was nearly flawless in her routine celebrating "Black Excellence," scoring a 9.95 out of 10.

In an interview with the Los Angeles Daily News, Dennis said the routine was as much a mission statement as it was a reflection of those who came before. "This routine definitely reflects everything that I am today as a woman and of course I had to incorporate a lot of parts of my culture," Dennis told the newspaper.

The routine, which ran just over a minute and half long, showcased her prowess on the mat and effervescent style — filled with stepping, dance and a nearly ever-present smile. It was all set to a mashup of music by Black artists, including Kendrick Lamar, Beyoncé and Missy Elliott."...

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Excerpt #2
From https://www.huffpost.com/entry/nia-dennis-ucla-gymnast-black-culture_n_600ed6acc5b6fe97669e50ea "UCLA Gymnast Nia Dennis’ Viral Floor Routine Was An Ode To Black Culture"

“I had to... for the culture,” the college senior wrote about her electric performance.

By Kimberley Richards
"UCLA gymnast Nia Dennis celebrated Black culture in a floor routine performance over the weekend that has the internet doing flips.

 The senior’s celebrated routine from Saturday’s competition in Los Angeles kicked off with Kendrick Lamar’s song “Humble.” The rest of her routine featured a mashup of music by a number of Black artists, including Missy Elliott, Soulja Boy and Tupac.

Dennis’ electric floor exercise and dance, which earned her a score of 9.950 out of a possible 10, also included nods to California Black culture and to historically Black Greek-lettered sororities and fraternities.

Her routine clinched UCLA’s win over Arizona State University (196.150 - 195.950). She also won a vault event earlier in Saturday’s competition.

Dennis posted a clip of her floor routine on Instagram on Monday.

“I had to... for the culture,” she wrote, adding a shout-out to Black Greek-lettered organizations.”…
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Here are some comments from this article. All of these comments are from Jan. 26, 2021 and are numbered for referencing purposes only.

1. bark mayglen
"what is reaction if a white gymnast performed to white culture music?  like country/western or nickelback?  shame or cheers?"

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2. bark mayglen
"Country/western?   Nah, let's go with Metal, Punk, or let's go with Polka or Folk.   How about Jazz?    Do you at all see the issue?   As the dominant culture, white people haven't had to have a specific "culture music" because they could claim anything that was mainstream, or just anything.   So when it bothers someone like you that a minority group honors music that was important to them culturally during very difficult periods, this is what we call White Privilege and bigotry."

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3. draco Blanc
"I must have missed something...all I see is a talented young lady executing a dance routine flawlessly (as far as my untrained eye can tell).

 

What precisely was "black culture" in this?

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Sarah Barns
"Her dance moves were selected from traditional West African dances , "Step" moves from Black Fraternities and Sororities, and Black cultural hip-hop dances.  These Black dance moves are not often included in the world of gymnastics.  Gymnastic music and dance moves are traditionally conservative, and when popular genres are included, they are still Western or White.

 

The fact that she performed to Black music and did Black dance moves unapologetically and was given the accolades she deserved is a big leap forward.”

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Excerpt #3
UCLA gymnast Nia Dennis wows with floor routine ft. music from Kendrick, Beyonce, 2 Pac, et al.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SB79emH0Ca0&ab_channel=StarrCards

Starr Card, Jan. 25, 2021

[comments from this video's discussion thread]

1. michael mcgovern, January 25, 2021
"If this routine had been presented on The Masked Dancer, no one would have known if the gymnast's racial heritage was African, Asian, European or any other. The excellence is astounding, but this is no more "black" excellence  than  Mary Lou Retton's achievements are "white" excellence or Greg Loganis' "gay" excellence. I'm hearing echoes of Adolph Hitler cheerleading his people into believing in their  racial supremacy."

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Liné Donnelly, January 25, 2021
"Really? No. The moves, dancing, all an ode to Black culture. Nice try."

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Me315, Jan. 26. 2021
"Damn! Let us have our excellence. Y’all don’t want  us to have any excellence. We as a people have been oppressed for so long, and continue to be. Mary Lou didn’t need any white excellence..... because she was white. She was celebrated in all of her whiteness. Let this sister celebrate her blackness. Excellence on full on display. In a world that told black girls they couldn’t achieve in a predominantly white sport. She’s here to show all the other black girls coming up behind her. You can excel and still be who you are, culture on display.... unapologetically black. Respect it. The world is changing. So sick of white folks who are so hell bent on believing in their supremacy. It’s all a farce, wake up! Black excellence is here to stay!!!! Representation matters! We matter! Black Lives Matter! ✊🏿"

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EXAMPLES OF TWEETS ON THIS SUBJECT
All of these tweets are from Jan 24 and Jan 25, 2021 . Information about who these tweets are in reply to has been deleted because of  space concerns. 

From https://twitter.com/uclagymnastics/status/1353398409038680065

UCLA Gymnastics

@uclagymnastics

Jan 24

This is what #blackexcellence looks like.

@DennisNia

 does it again! 🔥

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UCLA Gymnastics Retweeted

NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt

@NBCNightlyNews

[Jan 25, 2021]·

Coming up:

@LesterHoltNBC

 speaks with UCLA gymnast Nia Dennis about her viral floor routine: https://on.today.com/3iMA1Kp

 "I really want to shine light on Black culture and bring it to the gymnastics world."

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"Samuli Glöersen"

@SamuliGloersen

Jan 24

Amazing!

Think how great it would've been if she was not black but just excellent!

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Matt Archbold

@archbold23

Jan 24

Wait.  You think it would be great if she wasn’t black?  Bold thing to publicly disclose.

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"Samuli Glöersen"

@SamuliGloersen

Jan 24

It would be great if she was not called black.

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Matt Archbold

@archbold23

Jan 24

Better, but I think you’re missing the point. Were you watching the routine?  She’s mixing cultural dance with cultural music.  Just as a hint, she wasn’t river dancing.

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Professor

@HighlandReach

Jan 24

It explains a lot that a person wouldn't default to differentiating people by their race for the purpose of applauding them? It wouldn't seem strange if someone danced to a Celtic song and it was applauded as "White Excellence" as opposed to just excellence?

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Matt Archbold

@archbold23

Jan 24

What?  You undermine yourself. You’d say “great representation of Celtic heritage.”  This is no different.  Would you rather “African Excellence?”

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Professor

@HighlandReach

Jan 24

No. My point is that we don't use those modifiers because it's "excellence".

My point it seems odd to separate her or anyone by race. Reread my comment. It's not encouragement to use a modifier. It's just the opposite. She's excellent.

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Sonicsfan10

@sonicsfan10

Jan 24

What if a white gymnast did this amazing routine? I think labeling it whiteexcellence would be a very bad idea.

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KNemo

@knemoX79

Jan 24

Come on dude. I checked out your profile and your retweets would seem to indicate that you get this. White gymnasts have always been on a pedestal and at the top of the podium. Elite gymnastics is expensive AF, and the Simone Biles’ of the sport are rare at the nat’l level still.

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KNemo

@knemoX79

Jan 24

The other problem with “White excellence” is that whites have been telling themselves that they are excellent for centuries, while oppressing and owning people of color. Black excellence needs to be witnessed and celebrated. All day, every day.

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Reggie Nepomuceno

@meepdog

Jan 24

I think the answer to some of the questions or derision in the comments is that we get so much more excellence when  people are more freely expressing themselves, rather than strictly having to fit within some artificial and arbitrary norm.

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peachyKING1911

@AfreyaKing

[Jan 25, 2021]

Exactly! For so long we were forced to conform & not be able to express our culture. For too long we've been forced to conform. It's refreshing to see her do that routine unashamedly,  dance & music!!

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