Hampshire College student faces charges after allegedly assaulting visiting basketball player over

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Hampshire College student faces charges after allegedly assaulting visiting basketball player over 'culturally appropriated' hair braids

BELCHERTOWN - A 20-year-old Hampshire College student is currently facing charges after allegedly attacking a visiting basketball player over the player's "culturally appropriated" hair braids, according to the Daily Hampshire Gazette.

The charges were incurred as the result of an incident that occurred at Hampshire College's Robert Crown Center on January 27.

During the incident, Figueroa allegedly walked up to members of the Central Maine Community College women's basketball team and demanded that they remove braids from their hair, calling "cultural appropriation."

When the girls did not do as Figueroa asked, she allegedly initiated a fight with one of them. At the same time, another Hampshire College student who has not been identified is said to have pulled the hair of one of the visiting players, which caused her to fall down.

Read more: http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2017/03/hampshire_college_student_face.html