According to justhereforthecomments93, you can’t change sororities.

Really? What a ridiculous policy.

Still can’t see your posts.

Okay, you said- “But the answer to it is not to do the same to Jewish people.”

I’m Jewish, so I don’t think you have to worry...

I hope she finds a new sorority.

Wants me to stop by replying to me... thinks that’s an effective plan... hmm...

I didn’t say it was appropriated. She said black people are rarely rewarded for their contributions to pop culture. She’s right.

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According to Wikipedia, Sally Marr was a dancer when Lenny Bruce was young, then quit to work as a waitress to raise him, and only got into comedy later as part of a nightclub act.

A precursor is not the same as the originator. The blues was the precursor to heavy metal. That doesn’t mean Leadbelly invented heavy metal.

Well how can I possibly argue against such a well-reasoned rebuttal?

Oops. My mistake, I read the date of his marriage as his birth. You are correct. But he did play the violin on stage in the beginning. In fact, he started as a musician and moved into comedy. He stopped playing it when he realized that people could get away with just telling jokes on stage and he brought it on as a…

Oh poor white males. Such tough lives...

Bob Hope said he invented it. Bob Hope said a lot of things.

You bet your olives!

Henny Youngman also played the violin, which is sort of my point. Plus, he was a child when Amateur Night started.

I believe stand-up comedy as we think of it today sure did. Song-and-dance-men did a form of it, but it wasn’t the same.

I think it’s a real stretch calling music hall and Vaudeville stand-up comedy. Most of the comedy acts did sketches and/or songs along with the jokes. Stand-up comedy as we know it today, a guy standing in front of a mic just telling jokes, started at the Apollo.

I’m not always confident. Just tired. Black women influence pop culture so much but are rarely rewarded for it.