Is this 2018 or 1818?
A high school wrestling referee in New Jersey made a wrestler choose between cutting his dreadlocks or forfeiting his match on Wednesday.
Buena (N.J.) Regional High School wrestler Andrew Johnson had his dreadlocks covered before his 120-pound match against Oakcrest High (Mays Landing, N.J.) athlete David Flippen. According to SNJToday, referee Alan Maloney told Johnson he could either cut his hair or forfeit the match. Johnson chose the former.
After going the haircut route, Johnson won the match.
How absolutely humiliating for this young man. Is this even legal? Can this referee get away with so blatantly violating this athlete’s human rights?
I used Mike Frankel’s tweet, but I disagree with his characterization of what happened. Andrew should never have been put in the position of having to sacrifice his rights for the team. Black people are always called upon to be the sacrificial lambs. Enough, already!
The racist assh*le:
My heart goes out to young Andrew Johnson. This is just simply outrageous.
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