The removal of a principal from his position after he wore a Black student’s hair on Halloween has reignited a larger conversation on anti-Black racism and cultural appropriation at a French Catholic high school in London, Ont. “I think this issue has really focused on Chartrand wearing a student’s hair, and (while) that is heinous and gross and disgusting, we need to focus on the real-life traumas ... The Star reached Chartrand at an email belonging to the school board Tuesday, but he declined to comment. She said that when she initially talked to people about it, they found it “disgusting” the former principal kept a student’s hair in the first place. Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading...

Source: thestar June 01, 2021 18:22 UTC