What a fucking ridiculous group of people. I'm sure the girls are allowed to have long hair for their graduation with no problem
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Texas teen told he won't be able to walk at graduation unless he cuts his dreadlocks
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What a fucking ridiculous group of people. I'm sure the girls are allowed to have long hair for their graduation with no problem
Fuck off with this hair discrimination!!! This is absolute bullshit and I hope this student and his family fights like hell to have him walk across the stage at graduation.
I'm willing to bet everything I have that there are white girls in that school with longer hair that weren't told a fucking thing.
Who gives one iota of a shit how long his hair is. (I know why.) Fuck that school system and especially
fuck that conservative ^
fuck that conservative ^
Perhaps an easier solution would be to review a 30-year old dress code policy that discriminates on gender, but then again, we all know the real reason they won't.
What an absolutely stupid as fuck hill to die on.
iT's BeEn ThIs wAy FoR 3o YeArS!
Well change the policy you shits. Jfc.
iT's BeEn ThIs wAy FoR 3o YeArS!
Well change the policy you shits. Jfc.
This is extremely transparent racism so I hope they sue the state.
Edit: I don't know what an "Independent School District" is but it sounds libertarian. Double sue them.
Double Edit: Oh, is it just a private school? Still double sue them.
Edit: I don't know what an "Independent School District" is but it sounds libertarian. Double sue them.
Double Edit: Oh, is it just a private school? Still double sue them.
They even have the barber on payroll
Schane Niemann, a barber, said he has known about the district policy for years and has seen boys in his chair because of the dress code. His shop is across the street from the school
"Every day we have kids coming in saying that the school makes them come over to get their hair cut because they're not in compliance," Niemann said in an interview with KHOU-11. He added, "It's by far not a race issue."
Not surprised to see this in Texas.
"b-but Houston is so liberal and progressive!"
yeah well the Houston area is full of hateful white people that reluctantly live around racial minorities and absolutely despise it. Also the Houston school districts are shit, except for the award-winning, rich, suburban white districts helmed by white suburban moms (who probably have never done a corn row or handled black hair) and have internalized misogyny and racism inspiring their school policies and leadership.
"but this isn't in the REAL Houston area"
The greater Houston area is ginormous and arguably includes this district, but sure ok. Houston and Texas still has lots of racists running school districts.
"b-but Houston is so liberal and progressive!"
yeah well the Houston area is full of hateful white people that reluctantly live around racial minorities and absolutely despise it. Also the Houston school districts are shit, except for the award-winning, rich, suburban white districts helmed by white suburban moms (who probably have never done a corn row or handled black hair) and have internalized misogyny and racism inspiring their school policies and leadership.
"but this isn't in the REAL Houston area"
The greater Houston area is ginormous and arguably includes this district, but sure ok. Houston and Texas still has lots of racists running school districts.
I don't usually look at youtube comments but i got curious and:
"Better title: Barber supports school policy that he directly profits from."
It's not really hard to prove. If other people don't have to cut their hair sue them and win. Open shut case.
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Hmmm....if they do apply the same policy to white students then it's really more sexist than racist.
My Catholic high school had the same policy but they were stringent with everyone.
Regardless, it's an outdated policy.
My Catholic high school had the same policy but they were stringent with everyone.
Regardless, it's an outdated policy.
Scrolling through their Twitter, there's a picture of their basketball team. The guy on the floor shouldn't be able to walk at graduation either since their hair would be in their eyes per the policy.
I bet they have a policy where girls MUST have long hair. You can only imagine what they think of girls with short hair.
I grew up in a private christian school... the dress code was every bit of this sort of shit.
Racism - alive and well in the US.
Being that this is a Trinidadian tradition - could this be a possible civil rights/discrimination issue that they can't paint as "Dress code"?
Being that this is a Trinidadian tradition - could this be a possible civil rights/discrimination issue that they can't paint as "Dress code"?
sometimes, life isn't as simple as black and white. but in this case it is.
I have no idea how a public school can enforce such a policy. It's blatantly sexist and is an extreme overreach, essentially telling parents their male children can't have long hair?
WTF?
Hope they sue and win.
Fuck Texas.
Dress codes in most conservative districts are straight out of the 70's sometimes, mine was pretty much:
- Fuck people of color
- Women are full of sin and should cover up accordingly
- Beards and long hair are for dirty hippies
Damn smh
What do the discriminatatory haircuts have to do with test scores?
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If this was really about length they could just have him tie them up or something. There are probably girls that have longer hair then him in his class.
Only kids at my school allowed to have facial hair were ones with a religious exemption. But yeah dress codes are way to strict.
IMO as long as you've got a shirt, pants, socks, and shoes on they should leave you be. Workplaces should get up to date on this shit too.
Only kids at my school allowed to have facial hair were ones with a religious exemption. But yeah dress codes are way to strict.
IMO as long as you've got a shirt, pants, socks, and shoes on they should leave you be. Workplaces should get up to date on this shit too.
Ellen DeGeneres surprises black teen told to cut dreadlocks with $20,000 scholarship
Good on Ellen to do this.
Good on Ellen to do this.
My school had these type of hair rules, and I had longer hair growing up and was constantly in trouble for it despite being well behaved, quiet, and a loner who got all my work done. But fuck me for having longer hair. And then just a few years later I lost my hair, so life just keeps fucking me when it comes to my hair.
