A petition is calling for San Francisco State University (SFSU) to
“remove” the woman who was filmed attacking a fellow student over
“cultural appropriation” from campus due to her displaying “racism”
against white people.
The
petition,
which was started by Lu Hart from London, requests SFSU “Remove Bonita
Tindle from campus, for intimidation racism and bullying.”
In the petition, Hart recounts the incident in which Tindle attacked
her follow SFSU student, Cory Goldstein, for having his hair styled in
dreadlocks.
“Dreadlocks are not exclusive to the black community, and as he
politely tried to explain this, Tindle's behaviour became increasingly
erratic and alarming. She began to PHYSICALLY grab him, insult him and
demand a pair of scissors so that she could cut his hair off,” Hart
writes.
Hart asserts, “Not only is Bonita a racist, for insisting dreadlocks
are ‘her culture’ inaccurately - she is also ignorant to the fact that
dreadlocks are part of many cultures, originating in India - this shows
that she is not concerned with her culture, she is more interested in
being a bully.”
Hart asks readers to “Imagine, if this was a white man, PHYSICALLY
GRABBING a young black girl with dyed blonde hair, threatening to hurt
her and cut her hair off, saying that she had no right to have a
hairstyle of her choice.”
“San Francisco State University has a bully on their campus - a
racist, physically violent, dangerous bully who should be removed,
before she attacks any more innocent students for both their race, and
how they look,” Hart concludes.
SFSU is currently
investigating the incident.
Although SFSU maintains Tindle does not work for the university, she
works for Associated Students, the student government at SFSU.
Associated Students
said
Tindle was “not acting on behalf of Associated Students in any
capacity, when the incident occurred” and that they are cooperating with
the school’s investigation.
The petition has garnered nearly 4,000 signatures in less than a week.
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