hair discrimination
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Education, Not Discrimination: NAACP Legal Defense Fund Asks Florida Schools to End Biased Hair Policies
As children returned to school this fall, new teachers and classmates weren’t the only things that greeted some students. More than one story surfaced of children being turned away, or sent home from school, because of culturally-specific hairstyles like braids or dreadlocks. One such child was six-year-old Clinton Stanley, Jr., whose story went viral when…
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Non-Compliant: The War Against Black Students' Hairstyles Continues
When it comes to finding low-maintenance hairstyles for our children that are school-appropriate, it’s beginning to seem we’re damned if we do, damned if we don’t. Last week, a video of a first-grader in Florida being turned away from his first day of school because of his dreadlocks sparked viral outrage and discussion; this week,…
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The Dress Code Is Discrimination? First Grader Denied His First Day of School for Dreadlocks
Imagine this: You escort your son to his first day of first grade, all buttoned up in his brand new uniform and eager to begin the school year, only to be turned away because your child has dreadlocks. That’s what happened to Clinton Stanley and his son, Clinton Jr., when they arrived for their first…
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Black South African Girls Protest Racist Hair Policies
Several students protested outside Pretoria Girls High School in South Africa on Monday, accusing officials of discriminating against black girls at the school and encouraging racist hair policies, prompting a response from the local education chief, BuzzFeed reports. According to the report, a petition began to circulate calling on Panyaza Lesufi, the head of education…