The New York Times: Black NoVa Girl Says White Private School Classmates Cut Her Dreadlocks

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Anonymous wrote:One boy held her hands, one covered her mouth, one cut her locks, and they previously took lunch away from her? Called her hair nappy? How many white 12 year olds do you know who use the word nappy? I think this is the first time I am using it and I am 40. The family was really quick to alert the news. Sounds reminiscent to the N word incident on a school bus at Frost middle school 1-2 years ago.

I know, I’m so sorry to say that the first thing that occurred to me in reading about this was that white people don’t know and use the word “nappy.” I would think especially white teenage boys would have no idea what this means. It did make me fear that whatever happened was not exactly as the girl recounted.

Tell me more white person. Explain how this black girl made this up. Go on. Share your wisdom about these matters.

Hi there! “White person” here. Since you asked, I am including a link to the Washington Post, which explains that “this black girl made this up.” I hope you have the honesty to admit that the skeptics about this story have been entirely vindicated.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/virginia-sixth-grader-now-says-she-falsely-accused-classmates-of-cutting-her-hair/2019/09/30/ad0cbd92-e390-11e9-a331-2df12d56a80b_story.html#comments-wrapper

Why are you all so gleeful that this was made up? Smh.

No one is "gleeful". The whole thing is sad.

Are you kidding? Some posters are super happy that this was made up; it just drips off their posts, like the one above.

I think they are happy that the girl was not actually subjected to an attack. Isn’t that a good thing?

The story of the boys attacking the girl sounded awful and scary. I am glad to hear that the girl did not actually experience an awful event like that. If I were her guardians, I would be upset with her for lying, but I’d be happy that it hadn’t actually happened to her, if that makes sense.

I guess I'd be a little more than upset for "lying." Falsely accusing someone of a hate crime, especially in this climate, is serious stuff. Not only does it impact the accused, perhaps for life, but it adds to the growing skepticism of reasonable people EVERY SINGLE TIME one of these reports surfaces.

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Anonymous wrote:The Go Fund Me account is up to $1245.00. That should buy some counseling.

or perhaps some legals fees because the boys should take action against this family.

The ACLU should sue the NYT for attacking the reputation and civil liberties of those minors with zero evidence to back their aggressive national coverage.

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Anonymous wrote:One boy held her hands, one covered her mouth, one cut her locks, and they previously took lunch away from her? Called her hair nappy? How many white 12 year olds do you know who use the word nappy? I think this is the first time I am using it and I am 40. The family was really quick to alert the news. Sounds reminiscent to the N word incident on a school bus at Frost middle school 1-2 years ago.

I know, I’m so sorry to say that the first thing that occurred to me in reading about this was that white people don’t know and use the word “nappy.” I would think especially white teenage boys would have no idea what this means. It did make me fear that whatever happened was not exactly as the girl recounted.

Tell me more white person. Explain how this black girl made this up. Go on. Share your wisdom about these matters.

Hi there! “White person” here. Since you asked, I am including a link to the Washington Post, which explains that “this black girl made this up.” I hope you have the honesty to admit that the skeptics about this story have been entirely vindicated.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/virginia-sixth-grader-now-says-she-falsely-accused-classmates-of-cutting-her-hair/2019/09/30/ad0cbd92-e390-11e9-a331-2df12d56a80b_story.html#comments-wrapper

Why are you all so gleeful that this was made up? Smh.

No one is "gleeful". The whole thing is sad.

Are you kidding? Some posters are super happy that this was made up; it just drips off their posts, like the one above.

I think they are happy that the girl was not actually subjected to an attack. Isn’t that a good thing?

The story of the boys attacking the girl sounded awful and scary. I am glad to hear that the girl did not actually experience an awful event like that. If I were her guardians, I would be upset with her for lying, but I’d be happy that it hadn’t actually happened to her, if that makes sense.

I guess I'd be a little more than upset for "lying." Falsely accusing someone of a hate crime, especially in this climate, is serious stuff. Not only does it impact the accused, perhaps for life, but it adds to the growing skepticism of reasonable people EVERY SINGLE TIME one of these reports surfaces.

Indeed

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This is a very sad story. The girl probably had some dumb reason for cutting her hair and then when she realized she was in trouble the attack story tumbled out. The family wasn’t being malicious-they believed her! Unwise to make the accusation public so quickly though, clearly. Of course it must have been awful for those accused-the family’s apology was everything an apology should be so hopefully that will help some.

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Anonymous wrote:I hope the school expels the lying girl and her lying family.

Not sure about that. 12 year old girl makes up implausible story to explain poor decision related to appearance is a very common thing. Grown-up reporter runs with same.....well, there is the problem right there. The reporter is the one who should bear the real consequences.

Where is the mother or father in all of this?

Or is maternal grandmother doing everything here?

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Anonymous wrote:This is a very sad story. The girl probably had some dumb reason for cutting her hair and then when she realized she was in trouble the attack story tumbled out. The family wasn’t being malicious-they believed her! Unwise to make the accusation public so quickly though, clearly. Of course it must have been awful for those accused-the family’s apology was everything an apology should be so hopefully that will help some.

The media outlets that reported this story without waiting for the school to have time to investigate should be held accountable. The NYT and NBC Nightly News had no reason to report on these accusations when they were still uninvestigated. I'm sure they were excited to get their hands on the story because of the Mrs Pence angle, but it was incredibly irresponsible and damaging to the young girl.

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Anonymous wrote:This is a very sad story. The girl probably had some dumb reason for cutting her hair and then when she realized she was in trouble the attack story tumbled out. The family wasn’t being malicious-they believed her! Unwise to make the accusation public so quickly though, clearly. Of course it must have been awful for those accused-the family’s apology was everything an apology should be so hopefully that will help some.

The media outlets that reported this story without waiting for the school to have time to investigate should be held accountable. The NYT and NBC Nightly News had no reason to report on these accusations when they were still uninvestigated. I'm sure they were excited to get their hands on the story because of the Mrs Pence angle, but it was incredibly irresponsible and damaging to the young girl.

+1.

To the young girl and the young girls and anyone associated with the school.

This was a hacket job.

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What is someone learning at home that when they get caught in a mess up and don’t want to answer that they concoct a story about the other skinned group if boys doing it.

Wow. How do you overcome that ingrained response in the home?

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Anonymous wrote:What happened to that suicidal transgender college kid who shaped a left rope in a dorm elevator into a noose. College and press went berserk accusing him of racism against blacks and he left the school. What did the actual investigation show up?

Bet you have a little chubby just imagining that it might be a hoax, huh?

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Anonymous wrote:I hope the school expels the lying girl and her lying family.

Not sure about that. 12 year old girl makes up implausible story to explain poor decision related to appearance is a very common thing. Grown-up reporter runs with same.....well, there is the problem right there. The reporter is the one who should bear the real consequences.

Where is the mother or father in all of this?

Or is maternal grandmother doing everything here?

Good question

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Anonymous wrote:This is a very sad story. The girl probably had some dumb reason for cutting her hair and then when she realized she was in trouble the attack story tumbled out. The family wasn’t being malicious-they believed her! Unwise to make the accusation public so quickly though, clearly. Of course it must have been awful for those accused-the family’s apology was everything an apology should be so hopefully that will help some.

I thought the same thing, that she cut her own hair and would get in trouble for it.

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Anonymous wrote:One boy held her hands, one covered her mouth, one cut her locks, and they previously took lunch away from her? Called her hair nappy? How many white 12 year olds do you know who use the word nappy? I think this is the first time I am using it and I am 40. The family was really quick to alert the news. Sounds reminiscent to the N word incident on a school bus at Frost middle school 1-2 years ago.

I know, I’m so sorry to say that the first thing that occurred to me in reading about this was that white people don’t know and use the word “nappy.” I would think especially white teenage boys would have no idea what this means. It did make me fear that whatever happened was not exactly as the girl recounted.

Tell me more white person. Explain how this black girl made this up. Go on. Share your wisdom about these matters.

Hi there! “White person” here. Since you asked, I am including a link to the Washington Post, which explains that “this black girl made this up.” I hope you have the honesty to admit that the skeptics about this story have been entirely vindicated.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/virginia-sixth-grader-now-says-she-falsely-accused-classmates-of-cutting-her-hair/2019/09/30/ad0cbd92-e390-11e9-a331-2df12d56a80b_story.html#comments-wrapper

Why are you all so gleeful that this was made up? Smh.

No one is "gleeful". The whole thing is sad.

Are you kidding? Some posters are super happy that this was made up; it just drips off their posts, like the one above.

I think they are happy that the girl was not actually subjected to an attack. Isn’t that a good thing?

The story of the boys attacking the girl sounded awful and scary. I am glad to hear that the girl did not actually experience an awful event like that. If I were her guardians, I would be upset with her for lying, but I’d be happy that it hadn’t actually happened to her, if that makes sense.

I guess I'd be a little more than upset for "lying." Falsely accusing someone of a hate crime, especially in this climate, is serious stuff. Not only does it impact the accused, perhaps for life, but it adds to the growing skepticism of reasonable people EVERY SINGLE TIME one of these reports surfaces.

The girl is not the one who went to the media. She’s a 12 year old, for heaven’s sake. Who among us did not do dumb things when we were 12, and possibly even told a lie to get out of trouble? It is not her fault that this story went to the media, and I feel very bad for her that this is now online with her name and picture.

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Yep. Content in my little world that I called it, Day 1, absolute nonsense. And yes, the NYT has become a tabloid.

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Anonymous wrote:One boy held her hands, one covered her mouth, one cut her locks, and they previously took lunch away from her? Called her hair nappy? How many white 12 year olds do you know who use the word nappy? I think this is the first time I am using it and I am 40. The family was really quick to alert the news. Sounds reminiscent to the N word incident on a school bus at Frost middle school 1-2 years ago.

I know, I’m so sorry to say that the first thing that occurred to me in reading about this was that white people don’t know and use the word “nappy.” I would think especially white teenage boys would have no idea what this means. It did make me fear that whatever happened was not exactly as the girl recounted.

Tell me more white person. Explain how this black girl made this up. Go on. Share your wisdom about these matters.

Hi there! “White person” here. Since you asked, I am including a link to the Washington Post, which explains that “this black girl made this up.” I hope you have the honesty to admit that the skeptics about this story have been entirely vindicated.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/virginia-sixth-grader-now-says-she-falsely-accused-classmates-of-cutting-her-hair/2019/09/30/ad0cbd92-e390-11e9-a331-2df12d56a80b_story.html#comments-wrapper

+1

It is sad but it is true that there's a clear pattern at work, fuelled by the media industrial complex fighting for views and readers.

Editorial standards have apparently gone out the window even at the Times.

Well, now that our POTUS lies 10x/day I don't see why we are holding kids up to higher standards. If it's OK for him, it's OK for this girl.

Look! More excuses for one’ own behavior already!

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Anonymous wrote:One boy held her hands, one covered her mouth, one cut her locks, and they previously took lunch away from her? Called her hair nappy? How many white 12 year olds do you know who use the word nappy? I think this is the first time I am using it and I am 40. The family was really quick to alert the news. Sounds reminiscent to the N word incident on a school bus at Frost middle school 1-2 years ago.

I know, I’m so sorry to say that the first thing that occurred to me in reading about this was that white people don’t know and use the word “nappy.” I would think especially white teenage boys would have no idea what this means. It did make me fear that whatever happened was not exactly as the girl recounted.

Tell me more white person. Explain how this black girl made this up. Go on. Share your wisdom about these matters.

Hi there! “White person” here. Since you asked, I am including a link to the Washington Post, which explains that “this black girl made this up.” I hope you have the honesty to admit that the skeptics about this story have been entirely vindicated.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/virginia-sixth-grader-now-says-she-falsely-accused-classmates-of-cutting-her-hair/2019/09/30/ad0cbd92-e390-11e9-a331-2df12d56a80b_story.html#comments-wrapper

Why are you all so gleeful that this was made up? Smh.

No one is "gleeful". The whole thing is sad.

Are you kidding? Some posters are super happy that this was made up; it just drips off their posts, like the one above.

I think they are happy that the girl was not actually subjected to an attack. Isn’t that a good thing?

The story of the boys attacking the girl sounded awful and scary. I am glad to hear that the girl did not actually experience an awful event like that. If I were her guardians, I would be upset with her for lying, but I’d be happy that it hadn’t actually happened to her, if that makes sense.

I guess I'd be a little more than upset for "lying." Falsely accusing someone of a hate crime, especially in this climate, is serious stuff. Not only does it impact the accused, perhaps for life, but it adds to the growing skepticism of reasonable people EVERY SINGLE TIME one of these reports surfaces.

The girl is not the one who went to the media. She’s a 12 year old, for heaven’s sake. Who among us did not do dumb things when we were 12, and possibly even told a lie to get out of trouble? It is not her fault that this story went to the media, and I feel very bad for her that this is now online with her name and picture.

Maybe she should sue her grandparents and the NYT?

And her parents if they are alive who knows where?