White Student That Was Assaulted By Black Student For Having Dreadlocks Speaks Out
A day after video footage surfaced online of a white student rudely stealing a black student’s culture by wearing dreads, the white student finally got a chance to tell his side of the story without getting harassed.
The student, Cory Goldstein, told the student-run newspaper the Golden Gate Xpress that he tried to walk away from the situation. However, Goldstein said the other student, identified by media reports as Bonita Tindle, followed him down two flights of stairs and kept the confrontation going.
I know, I know, I know. He’s most definitely a Bernie Sanders supporter and even dropped a hardcore “my rules, my body” quip in there, but we must look past our differences in this situation.
Goldstein makes several points in the video about why he doesn’t think a dreadlocks hairstyle is cultural appropriation, including that dreadlocks are not just in African culture. Having dreads? No cultural appropriation. Wearing Native American headdresses? Cultural appropriation. Wearing a sombrero? Racist AF (yes, even if Jose at La Siesta gives you one and an extra shot of tequila because it’s your birthday).
Tindle, who has not come out to tell her side of the story, is reportedly a part-time employee of SF State. Her now-deleted LinkedIn page described her as a “Cinematographer, Photographer, Editor, Journalist, Media Specialist.”
Wait. University employee? Media specialist? Hates when people record them assaulting someone?!
Sweet mother of god! IT’S HER! Melissa Click is in San Francisco! EVERYBODY PANIC!
According the Golden Gate Xpress, the interaction took place in the Cesar Chavez Student Center. The university describes the center as “a popular venue for live music, ethnic celebrations and political soapboxing.”
But there’s been no ethnic celebrating going on this week, only cultural appropriation.
Despite the incident and everything surrounding it, Goldstein’s been pretty chill about the situation..
This guy was definitely cyber bullied in the AIM days
9 years ago at 5:39 pmThis kid is Jewish. The reason Rastafarians wear dreads is because they are copying the religious practices of Nazirite Jews on whom the Rastafarian religion is based, and one of those is the traditional Nazirite Jewish practice of not grooming their hair in accordance with the Book of Leviticus’ ban on hair-cutting.
So to sum up: Some black chick accused a Jewish kid of “appropriating” a hairstyle that black Rastafarians themselves appropriated from said kid’s Jewish ancestors. Ironic.
9 years ago at 6:28 pmGreat point, gangbang. I underestimated you.
9 years ago at 11:13 pmrastfarianism is pretty new 60s/70s and dreadlocks have been used in africa way before that
9 years ago at 3:03 pmTBNM
9 years ago at 6:38 pmIs it just me or does the chick interviewing him have a biased tone?
9 years ago at 7:57 pmDefinitely gave off a cunty vibe
9 years ago at 1:56 amLol am I racist for not being the least bit surprised when I read the name “Bonita Tindle”
9 years ago at 8:49 pmThis story is getting more NF by the minute let’s just forget about it.
9 years ago at 9:04 pmThe term “assaulted” is being used pretty loosely here if you saw the video. Just trying to stay unbiased
9 years ago at 9:09 pm…and incorrectly because it was battery. AKA “Harmful or offensive touching”.
9 years ago at 9:30 amDreadlocks. TFM
9 years ago at 10:21 pmNever
9 years ago at 11:54 pmOk you SJW pieces of shit here’s a new rule for you: From now on unless you’re a blonde women of northern European ethnicity you can’t wear your hair in pigtails because it’s cultural appropriation.
9 years ago at 1:27 amHim referencing the “Colored Community” somehow makes me feel closer to him
9 years ago at 8:28 am