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Posted on 10/05/2026 3:31:39 PM PDT by VanShuyten
Cornrows are at the center of a controversy between the Baltimore Rock Opera Society and its former executive director. Kelly Carnes says the group terminated her contract as executive director two weeks after she started the job after she wore her hair in cornrows. …………………. "We have received many heartfelt and concerned messages from members of our community regarding a video circulated on social media showing our new Executive Director, who is white, wearing cornrows at a recent BROS public event. We share the weight of these concerns and take this matter seriously," the statement from Baltimore Rock Opera Society said. ……………………. She learned volunteers complained about her hairstyle and that there were cultural appropriation concerns a few days after the BROS event. ………….. Carnes' lawyer, Owen Bement, says she is considering her options. Bement points to the CROWN Act, saying in part, "In Maryland, BROS may not lawfully separate my client because it believes one group of people may have a certain hairstyle while others may not. That is as clear cut a violation of Maryland's anti-discrimination laws as I have ever seen."
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(Note that their is nothing in the article about blacks with straight hair.)
More mentally ill people.
I don’t recall Bo Derek getting any backlash at the time...
All you FReepers whose ancestors are from the European continent, or the Asian or African continent who are reading this in ENGLISH are cultural appropriators of the English language.
You are only allowed the language of your ancestors.
And if you are not French, shame on you for enjoying French Fries.
“Kelly Carnes says the group terminated her contract as executive director two weeks after she started the job after she wore her hair in cornrows”. WNBA material.
Hmmm...mom’s family was from East Yorkshire until they left for Canada in 1865. Dad was born in Germany and they came to the states in 1927.
So am I a “half-propriator”? It’s all so confusing.
“Kelly Carnes says the group terminated her contract as executive director two weeks after she started the job after she wore her hair in cornrows”. WNBA material.
Is this slave DNA taking over and ‘coloring’ her fashion choices?
I’ve never heard of ‘cotton rows’.
I have always told them it is all about the hair. Skin color has nothing to do with it.
Cornrows are not, or at the very least not necessarily a black invention, the hair style has been around 1000s of years.
I still think Maxine Waters is guilty of cultural appropriation for adopting James Brown’s hairstyle.
I’ve lived in the Baltimore area for the past 18 years. I’ve honestly never heard of these retards.
You’re a day late and a dollar short.
Baltimore Rock Opera Society ousts exec over cornrows
10/04/2026 8:05:26 AM PDT · by DFG · 68 replies
WBAL Baltimore ^ | 10/02/2026
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4397891/posts
She is the postergirl for the “commie hag karen” look.
She dresses like a teenager, and she’s in her 80s.
She couldn’t look much more hideous than she does. Those glasses are really something other than else.
All this over a job that pays around $16000 a year.
This was from 2024:
Name Title Compensation
Patrick Staso EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR $15,833
Aran Keating EXEC DIRBOARD MEMBER $5,000
Dylan Koehler TREASURER $N/A
Claudia Jolin BOARD MEMBER $N/A
Dominic Cerquetti SECRETARY $N/A
Claire Constantino CHAIR $N/A
The Wiz and Hamilton were both Cultural Appropriation.
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