- Dec 14, 2009
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i would say you covered this perfectlyI think it said her father is half Mexican. Or her mother is half Mexican. The daughter is 1/4 Mexican. Not that I think her ethnicity has anything to do with this.
Randomactsofcheer breakdown of events:
Mother becomes irate when the gym suggests a compromise instead of immediately saying "Yes" to her special snowflake having the most specialist, super power hair at competitions.
Mother becomes belligerent when asked to leave. The police are called. Mother leaves before police arrive but the damage is done. Daughter is removed from the team.
Mother seeks revenge by reporting her "story" to the media that her daughter was kicked off the team for having curly hair. Mother says she will look for another gym for daughter.
Story gets picked up by national news. Headlines of more reputable news sources are now "Girls is kicked off cheer team for refusing to straighten her hair." Mother tries to find daughter new cheer gym but no one will return her phone calls.
Mother realizes that putting the spotlight on her daughter at this angle may have not been the best idea. Now she is reporting that it wasn't just her daughter, that two other girls had the same problem. And now the race/ethnicity angle is brought in. Mother also begins to tell reporters that her daughter may never go back to cheer and that she is now looking into finding classes for her at local gymnastics gyms so she can still tumble.
Next will be the mother crying on camera because no gyms will accept her daughter for who she is.
The end.