Planking: Is the fad disrespecting the history of African-Americans??

What's all the controversy with "Planking" For the past couple of weeks there has been a lot of talk about planking. Many including celebrities such as Amber Rose and Flava Flav have been spotted "Planking" simply for the fun of it. But is the act of planking a serious matter that needs to be discussed or is it just another one of America's fad that will soon come to past. "Planking" -the act in which you lie face down on an unusual location and balance yourself in a completely flat, zero-degree angle with your palms to your thighs, feet pointed to the floor and face faced down. This popularized social media fad, primarily via Twitter has been supposedly discovered by two Australian men Gary Clarkson and Christian Langdon. Reports have been found where a 20 year-old was planking over a balcony that resulted in a fatal death. This fad is losing its stripes with African-American Protestors. It has been found that this amateur act of "planking" familarizes itself with the position of African-American slaves packed like sardines on slave ships. And according to http://www.ushistory.org/ planks were used as beds for slaves. Placed two-by-two, men and women were forced beneath the ship deck of slave ships. The more slaves a boat could hold, the greater a profit the captain would make.  When the planks were lifted, it provided holding collars for five slaves, and then the plank was chained down. Will the social media communities continue to make a mockery of planking or will the fad continue to entertain? Check out these "Planking" photos found by TheFIGURE.