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Greetings Bro,
Capoeira is becoming more commercialized as the time goes by to fit the psychological comfort zones of whites who want to reap the benefits of studying Capoeira without engaging themselves in a situation where they must humble themselves to an African way of thinking. This is why many so-called mestres will prostitute themselves and their art to push a Lex (I'm not calling any names).

I'm not saying that every single solitary white person in the world will do this, but differentiating whites who are interested in being respectful towards the intellectual propoerty of the African diaspora from those looking to co-opt it is a time consuming process that uses up time that could be spent exposing Capoeira to young black men and women of the diaspora that are in dire need for exposure to cultural paradigms within their diaspora. This is why Huey P. Newton urged his white supporters to create the "white panthers" while the BPP remained limited to people of African descent. It wasn't because Dr. Newton, Bobby Seale and others were anti-white, but because they understood the sociological climate they were dealing with.

The more progressive Mestres that have closed door sessions do not necessarily hate whites... they just are sick of whites learning Capoeira so they can change the history around and call it "Brazillian" or worse "Portugese" where the truth is, there was nothing in Brazil that looked anything remotely like Capoeira until the Angolese were transported their and brought arts from Angola that were later mixed with arts from other parts of Africa. It did not come from Portugese Ballet... it came from the Angolese millitary combat skills of the day.

Brother, if you are interested in more information, you should email me at myuziweighsaton@excite.com and we'll talk.

MANTIS

You know... you probably are learning the real deal if he is rolling like that. All of my Capoeira training has been informal and I can handle most of these commercialistas in these commercialera schools I've seen.

Next thing you know... you gonna get a Capoeira song CD and ride bumpin it down the street