Baltimore Rock Opera Society boots white boss after she sports cornrows at Burning Man

A Baltimore opera group ousted its recently hired white executive director after she sparked an uproar for sporting cornrows at Burning Man.

The Baltimore Rock Opera Society (BROS) canned Kelly Carnes on Sept. 23 after a video posted to social media showed her with the new hairdo at an organizational event, according to an email sent to volunteers and obtained by The Baltimore Banner.

Carnes said she styled her hair in cornrows as a form of protection from the elements at Burning Man — a nine day festival in the Nevada desert…

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