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Chicago Youth Organization Criticized for Photos of Founder Cutting Teen's Locs

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Sep 12, 2019
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The founder of a charity collaborating with Jay-Z’s Roc Nation and the NFL is at the center of a controversy after an image surfaced of her cutting off the dreadlocks of two Black teenagers.

The two tweets from the Chicago-based organization called the Crushers Club were posted in October 2016. The tweets resurfaced after a Twitter user found them and ex…

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