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

+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!

You are very happen to excuse lies from other people - why not this particular girl?

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I believe her when she said they had stolen her lunch, and I can believe she had had issues with them in the past. Bullies can be hard to get away from in small schools. I have a daughter the same age and I sincerely doubt she understood the magnitude of the accusation. What 6th grader imagines that she'll be in the NYT for trying to get a few jerks at school in trouble and cover herself for a mistake.

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Will she be expelled? Because she should be. I would not want this gal around my children. Let alone would I pay $15,000 tuition a year to be around unstable children like this. This was not a little white lie. This was not getting caught vaping in the bathroom. This was national news of a fake hate crime.

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Anonymous wrote:That girls grandparents looked intimidating. The girl may have fibbed to avoid getting in trouble over the cut hair. Girls this age like to cut and style their hair. More likely she cut it herself.

Of all the comments, this one aged pretty darn well!

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Anonymous wrote:Will she be expelled? Because she should be. I would not want this gal around my children. Let alone would I pay $15,000 tuition a year to be around unstable children like this. This was not a little white lie. This was not getting caught vaping in the bathroom. This was national news of a fake hate crime.

+1.

I feel sorry for the girl, but more sorry for her classmates and the school.

They all have to learn that actions have consequences. She should be expelled.

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

The New Hoax Times.

The ultimate hoax is that they get people to fork over a ton of good money in order to be fed not that good stuff.

Has tNYT issued a retraction?

The local CBS reporter, Mikea Turner, who is family friends with the girl’s family and scooped this story with a video interview, has updated the original story:

https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/virginia/girlmakesupstoryondreadlocksbeingcut/65-73c8a4a3-b8fc-4b87-8c64-ebb194c99872

https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/virginia/girladmitstomakingupstoryabouboyscuttingdreadlocks/65-e7c04f1d-bd5e-4118-80c8-acab679e2bb9

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I believe her when she said they had stolen her lunch, and I can believe she had had issues with them in the past. Bullies can be hard to get away from in small schools. I have a daughter the same age and I sincerely doubt she understood the magnitude of the accusation. What 6th grader imagines that she'll be in the NYT for trying to get a few jerks at school in trouble and cover herself for a mistake.

No, no. You don't get to sit here and still sympathize with her. SHE is the bully and the 3 boys are not the victims. This made national news. The family jumped the gun going to the media right away instead of letting the school handle it and do a sit down with everyone. They wanted their 5 minutes of fame shaming the VP's wife's school. Shame on them. Expel her and be done with this.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I believe her when she said they had stolen her lunch, and I can believe she had had issues with them in the past. Bullies can be hard to get away from in small schools. I have a daughter the same age and I sincerely doubt she understood the magnitude of the accusation. What 6th grader imagines that she'll be in the NYT for trying to get a few jerks at school in trouble and cover herself for a mistake.

No, no. You don't get to sit here and still sympathize with her. SHE is the bully and the 3 boys are the victims. This made national news. The family jumped the gun going to the media right away instead of letting the school handle it and do a sit down with everyone. They wanted their 5 minutes of fame shaming the VP's wife's school. Shame on them. Expel her and be done with this.

I fixed the above. The boys are the victims.

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Anonymous wrote:Ok nappy and attention-seeker were total giveaways. . The story sounded completely fabricated. So tired of these fake stories that detract from real instances of racism and discrimination. Hope they get some help for the girl

But the culture and glorification of victims today just makes everyone want to be one. Who cares about collateral damage.

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Anonymous wrote:I believe her when she said they had stolen her lunch, and I can believe she had had issues with them in the past. Bullies can be hard to get away from in small schools. I have a daughter the same age and I sincerely doubt she understood the magnitude of the accusation. What 6th grader imagines that she'll be in the NYT for trying to get a few jerks at school in trouble and cover herself for a mistake.

No, no. You don't get to sit here and still sympathize with her. SHE is the bully and the 3 boys are not the victims. This made national news. The family jumped the gun going to the media right away instead of letting the school handle it and do a sit down with everyone. They wanted their 5 minutes of fame shaming the VP's wife's school. Shame on them. Expel her and be done with this.

SHE is a child.

I'm not defending the choices her family made.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Will she be expelled? Because she should be. I would not want this gal around my children. Let alone would I pay $15,000 tuition a year to be around unstable children like this. This was not a little white lie. This was not getting caught vaping in the bathroom. This was national news of a fake hate crime.

+1.

I feel sorry for the girl, but more sorry for her classmates and the school.

They all have to learn that actions have consequences. She should be expelled.

Great point. People who lie should be removed.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Ok nappy and attention-seeker were total giveaways. . The story sounded completely fabricated. So tired of these fake stories that detract from real instances of racism and discrimination. Hope they get some help for the girl

The allegation that boys said the word "nappy" was suspicious to me too. I don't think many boys today would even think of the word "nappy" -- that's like from the 1950's.

I'm black and 1st-gen, and actually heard it growing up enough to be familiar with the word, beginning in about 4th grade. I'm 40.

well, yes.... you are 40! And you are AA. So, yes, you heard and understood the word. But, white 12 yr old boys in 2019 are very unlikely to have heard or understood any use of the word "nappy." I actually have heard it many times (white, female, 50), and I know it refers to AA hair -- and that it's not a good thing. But, I couldn't actually tell you specifically what it means about the hair and I wouldn't know how to use it other than that it isn't a compliment. Black people know exactly what it means. White people have no reason to know what "nappy" hair means and little reason to use it. And any 12 yr old white kid who wanted to denigrate a black classmate would think of something much more obvious to throw out as a slur -- "nappy" would not come to mind as a verbal dagger.

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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!

You are very happen to excuse lies from other people - why not this particular girl?

Np. I oppose lies from anyone. I also oppose excuses, deflections, and paltering from anyone. And my children know this.

You are excusing one persons possible lies due to some other unrelated persons possible lies! What a society.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I believe her when she said they had stolen her lunch, and I can believe she had had issues with them in the past. Bullies can be hard to get away from in small schools. I have a daughter the same age and I sincerely doubt she understood the magnitude of the accusation. What 6th grader imagines that she'll be in the NYT for trying to get a few jerks at school in trouble and cover herself for a mistake.

Even when CNN video van came over to tape her dressed up aunt, grandmother, grandfather and her? Indeed, what are you thinking.?.

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Well, I for one hope she’s starts a new series of Young Adult novels on the matter and makes a ton of money.
All the DC area SJW schools will be sure to add it to the literature curriculum pronto.