Kid criticised for trying to look like his hero
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3759261/It...
http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/parenting/kids/mu...
Young Australian kid idolises an AFL player (AFL = bizarre marriage of rugby crossed with cricket). Unfortunately the kid has a different skin pigment, so his mother used paint to darken him and gave him a dreadlock wig to replicate the hair. To be fair she seems to have done a good job despite it been for 'book week' (not sure if the player in question has a book?)
This has caused social media outrage and screams of racism. They're probably planning a hashtag assault and street protest as I type.
I don't see the issue though? Surely it would be better to celebrate (if anything needs doing as it is such a non-story) the fact a 'white kid' has a 'black idol'? Or are white people only supposed to look up to other whites now?
http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/parenting/kids/mu...
Young Australian kid idolises an AFL player (AFL = bizarre marriage of rugby crossed with cricket). Unfortunately the kid has a different skin pigment, so his mother used paint to darken him and gave him a dreadlock wig to replicate the hair. To be fair she seems to have done a good job despite it been for 'book week' (not sure if the player in question has a book?)
This has caused social media outrage and screams of racism. They're probably planning a hashtag assault and street protest as I type.
I don't see the issue though? Surely it would be better to celebrate (if anything needs doing as it is such a non-story) the fact a 'white kid' has a 'black idol'? Or are white people only supposed to look up to other whites now?
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