Officials at San Francisco State University are investigating a videotaped confrontation between an African-American woman who grabbed a white student with dreadlocks and accused him of cultural appropriation. "You're saying I can't have a hairstyle because of your culture? Why?" Cory Goldstein asks the woman. "Because it's my culture," she responds, blocking his path. "She kept grabbing me,'' Goldstein later said.
Subscribe to The Week
Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.
Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.
-
How Elon Musk is transforming American governmentTalking Points Trump's ally is moving 'with lightning speed'
-
4 ways to pay down student loan debt fasterthe explainer Some of these changes may seem minuscule, but they add up over time
-
Beyoncé, Kendrick Lamar take top GrammysSpeed Read Beyoncé took home album of the year for 'Cowboy Carter' and Kendrick Lamar's diss track 'Not Like Us' won five awards
-
USC under fire for canceling valedictorian speechSpeed Read Citing safety concerns, the university canceled a pro-Palestinian student's speech
-
Florida teachers can 'say gay' under settlementspeed read The state reached a settlement with challengers of the 2022 "Don't Say Gay" education law
-
Biden administration to forgive $39B in student loan debt for 800K borrowersSpeed Read
-
Advocacy groups challenge Harvard's legacy admissions policySpeed Read
-
2 Michigan school districts ban backpacks after confiscating 4th gun this yearSpeed Read
-
Education Department to limit bans on transgender student athletes but allow exceptionsSpeed Read
-
UAE becomes 1st Middle Eastern country to mandate Holocaust education in schoolsSpeed Read
-
College admissions scandal mastermind sentenced to 3.5 years in prisonSpeed Read
