2 posts tagged ‘racism’

• Melissa Barrera takes the high road on Scream

  AV Club, Jan 19, 2024

  Melissa Barrera isn’t screaming at Scream—well, at least publicly. “I’m just so grateful on what I got to infuse in the franchise, and that’s something I’ll be proud of forever,” the Keep Breathing actress told Deadline during the Sundance festival’s opening night on Thursday. Read more...

  screammelissa barrerabarrerachristopher landonracismthe sundance festivalneve campbellcaroline lindyjenna ortegaghostfacesundanceethnic cleansingGenocideentertainment cultureyour monsterhuman interest

• Kansas school forces 8-year-old Native American student to cut hair

  Boing Boing, Nov 20, 2023

  An 8-year-old Wyandotte Nation boy was ordered to cut his hair short by R.V. Haderlein Elementary school in Kansas's Girard School District. His mother did so after being told by Joni Benso, assistant principal at the school, that no exemptions to male dress codes would be made for religious or tribal reasons and that "she needed to cut his hair over the weekend or he would be sent home." — Read the rest

  Postdress codeskansasnative americansPoliticsracism