A professor at a Kansas school who dressed as Michael Jackson for Halloween has come underneath hearth with some accusing her of cultural appropriation.
Holly O’Neil, who's white, is now additionally the topic of an investigation by Washburn College, the place she works as an affiliate professor of chemistry and an interim assistant dean. O’Neil dressed as The King of Pop on the English Division’s annual Halloween Celebration the place she danced to his Halloween traditional “Thriller,” in keeping with the Washburn Assessment.
A video of O’Neil dancing was uploaded to Fb, however has since been deleted.
A college spokesperson confirmed to the coed paper that it's wanting into the incident, however supplied no further particulars.
“Washburn College is reviewing issues raised a couple of costume worn by an worker to an on-campus Halloween social gathering Thursday, Oct. 27,” the spokesperson instructed The Assessment.
“We're gathering data and listening to views from the scholars, school and workers who had been concerned and have been affected earlier than growing a response to the state of affairs. Washburn’s dedication to an inclusive campus neighborhood will likely be an necessary a part of this evaluate course of.”
Washburn College is a public college based in 1865 with an undergraduate enrollment in 2021 of round 5,000 college students, in keeping with US Information.
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