To respond to the headline, no. She’s not being racially profiled; she’s being conformity-profiled.
But yes, this is cultural appropriation and yes this is just another clueless teenage white dork and yes her mother verges on racism. Isn’t the most important question: why the hell does the school care about this girl’s hair? If schools focused the attention on education that they focus on girls’ spaghetti-strap dresses and boys’ Mohawk haircuts, they could teach important things like math and reading and judgment and a sense of what is important in the world and what is window-dressing. And when to ignore the clueless dorks and just get on with your mission.
Source: Is This White Girl Being ‘Racially Profiled’ For Her Dreadlocks? – MTV
Corbett O’Toole, who will discuss her latest work Fading Scars: My Queer Disability History. Plus, event attendees will have the opportunity to buy their own copy of the book and have it personally signed by the author!
Mary Lou Mobley, whose new photography book, The ADA Image Project, will be available for sale. We are also giving away one copy of this beautiful book as a door prize.
Tracy Lynn Pristas (who created Lucent Immersion, left), Silvana LaCreta Ravena, and Ana Maria Botero, whose “Vivid Visions” exhibit of bold, large-scale abstract paintings is currently on display at Artwork Network Gallery.
Music duo Mike Fitzmaurice (left) and Brian Mullins (right), who will play a variety of acoustic tunes on the upright bass, guitar, and mandolin.
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