[Nea Wood]

I went to a high school that was about 50/50 black/white. The black girls put the word out that they wanted an all-black cheerleading squad, and any white girl who dared try out would be beaten to a bloody pulp after school. Needless to say, no whites tried out, and they got their all-black squad. Nobody dared complain about it, either.

Of course this was in the late '60s, and back then cheerleaders mainly jumped around and looked cute in their little skirts. Now, the standards are quite different, and most cheerleading squads do a lot of tossing and tumbling, standing on each other's shoulders, throwing each other around and other dangerous stuff. At most schools, you just can't accept somebody on the squad unless they really know what they're doing. It's a matter of safety.

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Now, the standards are quite different, and most cheerleading squads do a lot of tossing and tumbling, standing on each other's shoulders, throwing each other around and other dangerous stuff.

Thanks for reminding me, in addition to all the $$$ I shelled out for middle school cheerleading, the medical bills we had when my daughter broke her collarbone at cheer camp in 8th grade.

Does the NAALCP want equality in broken collar bones?

Meyer, I think I'll go take a nap, too. The only thing a nap costs is time, and a bad dream on occasion. I'll take my chances!