<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"><channel><title><![CDATA[sfstate - SFist - San Francisco News, Restaurants, Events, & Sports]]></title><description><![CDATA[SFist is San Francisco's source for fun, witty, & serious news. With updates about restaurants, events, sports, politics & more, SFist reaches millions of users in California.]]></description><link>https://sfist.com/</link><image><url>https://sfist.com/favicon.png</url><title>sfstate - SFist - San Francisco News, Restaurants, Events, &amp; Sports</title><link>https://sfist.com/</link></image><generator>Ghost 2.12</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:19:08 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://sfist.com/sfstate/rss/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><ttl>60</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Black Woman Who Accused White Man With Dreadlocks Of Cultural Appropriation Has Received Death Threats]]></title><description><![CDATA[So, you know, maybe we could focus on that.]]></description><link>https://sfist.com/2016/04/18/black_woman_who_called_out_white_dr/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5c242d8144ad066cdcf78771</guid><category><![CDATA[SF News]]></category><category><![CDATA[cultural appropriation]]></category><category><![CDATA[dreadlock dispute]]></category><category><![CDATA[sfstate]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Caleb Pershan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2016 14:35:01 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://img.sfist.com/assets_c/2016/03/sfsu_state_dreadlocks-thumb-640xauto-940758.png" medium="image"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="https://img.sfist.com/assets_c/2016/03/sfsu_state_dreadlocks-thumb-640xauto-940758.png" alt="Black Woman Who Accused White Man With Dreadlocks Of Cultural Appropriation Has Received Death Threats"><p><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/jDlQ4H0Kdg8" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>

<p>One voice has been conspicuously absent from the, yes, somehow still circulating, really rather unproductive story surrounding the above video in which a black female SF State student accuses a white student with dreadlocks of cultural appropriation. And that would be her voice. She is Bonita Tindle, and in a public Facebook post circulated by school paper <a href="http://goldengatexpress.org/2016/04/16/bonita-tindle-breaks-silence-about-viral-dreadlocks-video/">the Golden Gate Xpress</a> she claims to have received death threats and all manner of harassment in the viral video's wake.</p>

<p>Putting aside the video, she writes, "You can tell me that the decisions I made are right or wrong but what we need to focus on is the wrong in the response to the video. In the aftermath, I have been the subject of violence in the form of death threats, rape threats, sexual harassment, and anti-Black hate speech."</p>

<p>Echoing this point, the dreadlocked man, Cory Goldstein — who of course gave <a href="http://sfist.com/2016/03/30/video_dreadlocks_cultural_appropriation.php">his own interview far earlier</a> — even commiserates with Tindle. As he reportedly wrote, "I want to apologize to the girl in the video because no one deserves the amount of backlash she received, I want her to know that I feel where she was coming from and wish we could have talked in a more positive and loving situation."</p>

<p>Tindle discusses her side of the experience in full, and it's a very unhappy one. "Over the past few weeks, America has held discussions about my personal Black experience," she writes, "dancing between their own definitions of right and wrong. Over the past few weeks I had to move from my home, change my cell phone number, and disable social media accounts." </p>

<p>She also argues that the clip excludes an initial interaction. "He selectively edits only a portion of the encounter that contrives to cast an impression of unprovoked aggression on my part," she writes.</p>

<p>While Goldstein has surely undergone some backlash, and thus gets where Tindle is coming from, I find it unlikely that he has received threats of sexual harassment, or had to move and change his phone number. </p>

<p>But, who knows! Perhaps he'll come forward and say that he has, in fact, experienced further suffering — more criticism of his hair or appearance. That would be fitting. After all, the real appropriation in all this story, as it seems to me, is that Goldstein and the media have conveniently borrowed a narrative of oppression. She criticized his hair, and someone threatened to kill her for it, but somehow, he's the oppressed party? Now that's offensive.</p>

<p><strong>Related:</strong> <a href="http://sfist.com/2016/03/29/video_apparent_sfsu_employee_allege.php">Video: Dreadlocked White SFSU Student Accosted For 'Cultural Appropriation'</a></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gavin Newsom Asks His Facebook Followers For Help With His SF State Graduation Speech ]]></title><description><![CDATA[He should start by writing it down.]]></description><link>https://sfist.com/2015/05/14/gavin_newsom_asks_facebook_for_help/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5c242fc444ad066cdcf8b40d</guid><category><![CDATA[SF News]]></category><category><![CDATA[at&t park]]></category><category><![CDATA[att park]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gavin Newsom]]></category><category><![CDATA[sfstate]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Caleb Pershan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2015 16:15:46 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://img.sfist.com/assets_c/2015/05/gavingavinnesom-thumb-640xauto-893186.png" medium="image"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="fb-root"></div><script>(function(d, s, id) {  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;  js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.3";  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));</script><div class="fb-video" data-allowfullscreen="true" data-href="/GavinNewsom/videos/vb.10128918116/10153351586823117/?type=1"><div class="fb-xfbml-parse-ignore"><blockquote cite="/GavinNewsom/videos/10153351586823117/">
<a href="https://sfist.com/GavinNewsom/videos/10153351586823117/"></a><img src="https://img.sfist.com/assets_c/2015/05/gavingavinnesom-thumb-640xauto-893186.png" alt="Gavin Newsom Asks His Facebook Followers For Help With His SF State Graduation Speech "><p>I'm giving the San Francisco State University commencement address next week at AT&amp;T Park -- don't want to give a speech that will bore the graduates and their families!!!! Wondering if you have any suggestions for topics? Please check out the video and let me know! #SFSU</p>Posted by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/GavinNewsom">Gavin Newsom</a> on Wednesday, May 13, 2015</blockquote></div></div>

<p>Vocally bored Lieutenant Governor and poorly prepared speech giver Gavin Newsom is set to address a massive crowd at AT&amp;T Park for the graduation exercises of San Francisco State University. But it sounds like he hasn't put a great deal of thought into it. So, he'd like others to help out.</p>

<p>Asking the world of Facebook, in a video like any hip-cool digital non-"politician" would,  Newsom hopes for some guidance for the speech — to find something, as he puts it, "real." That's yielded some not so insightful comments: One person asks for the politician to mention his GoFundMe page, while another just asks that he "Tell them about your radio/tv show and let hem know how bored you are with your job as Lt. Gov." Someone is probably getting their wish!</p>

<p>Here's a wild idea to improve the speech. If Newsom fears boring his audience, how about preparing his remarks? He quickly shrugs off the idea of writing his thoughts down, and he'd like to extemporize, which usually leads him to say something relatively odd. </p>

<p>Actually, that's <a href="http://sfist.com/2014/06/05/the_ten_best_things_gavin_newsom_sa_1.php">kind of what we like about Newsom</a>. So maybe don't sweat it, Mr. Former Mayor, it'll come to you, just like it did over the course of your  7-and-a-half hour youtube video, <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Newsom-expounds-on-State-of-the-City-on-YouTube-3182617.php">that SFGate points to</a>.</p>

<p><strong>Previously:</strong> <a href="http://sfist.com/2015/02/11/as_you_might_have_expected_gavin_ne.php">As You Might Have Expected, Gavin Newsom Announces That He Is Running For Governor In 2018</a></p>]]></content:encoded></item></channel></rss>