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White People and Dreadlocks

04/04/2016 GMT

BBC Trending: White People and Dreadlocks

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Millions watch video of white student being harassed over his dreadlocks.

Millions watched a video of a confrontation between two American students over dreadlocks. What’s wrong with white people having dreadlocks?

Millions of people watched a video of a confrontation between two American students, one of whom was a white student with his hair in dreadlocks. What’s wrong with white people having dreadlocks?

One student had a problem with Cory Goldstein’s dreadlocks, because he is white and she believed he is “appropriating” her culture. 

Yesha Callahan talks to BBC Trending about ‘cultural appropriation’.  

Photo credit: Golden Gate Express

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