Thoughts on this kids being suspended for their hair?
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Judge Dread
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Also Rastafari is not a religion so they don't recognize us.
Golden
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activists do this sometimes. they'll hear about a policy that borders on discriminatory, go n check it out, deliberately violate it then draw media attention to it. it's clever n it's been happening for a long time.
i wldn't be surprised if the school changes their policies after a lil while
i wldn't be surprised if the school changes their policies after a lil while
Judge Dread
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That might be the best school around for them and they shouldn't be denied education because of their hair.
They shouldn't be denied but is it really the best school if they are? Probably not. I wouldn't want those people teaching my kids if that's how they feel.
Judge Dread
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The board of trustees of a Malden, Mass., charter school has unanimously voted to suspend its controversial dress code policy that caused students to be disciplined for wearing braids in their hair.
According to the Boston Globe, the Mystic Valley Regional Charter School tossed out the section of the schoolās dress code that prohibited hair extensions for the rest of the academic year on Sunday after privately meeting to discuss a letter from state Attorney General Maura Healy, who called the practice discriminatory and warned the school to immediately stop enforcing its hair and makeup policy.
Healyās office got involved Friday, sending the letter to the school, telling school officials that the policy violated state and federal law, CBS Boston notes.
In the letter, the office said that Mystic Valleyās hair and makeup policy āincludes a number of prohibitions that are either unreasonably subjective or appear to effectively single out students of color.ā
āThere appears to be substantial evidence that the Hair/Makeup policy isāat bestāinconsistently applied,ā the attorney generalās office added.
The letter then demanded that twin sisters Deanna and Mya Cook be allowed to participate in all school events.
The 15-year-old twins, who had become the face of the protest against the policy, had been routinely punished, banned from the track team and other school clubs, and banned from prom due to their braided hairstyles.
According to the Boston Globe, the Mystic Valley Regional Charter School tossed out the section of the schoolās dress code that prohibited hair extensions for the rest of the academic year on Sunday after privately meeting to discuss a letter from state Attorney General Maura Healy, who called the practice discriminatory and warned the school to immediately stop enforcing its hair and makeup policy.
Healyās office got involved Friday, sending the letter to the school, telling school officials that the policy violated state and federal law, CBS Boston notes.
In the letter, the office said that Mystic Valleyās hair and makeup policy āincludes a number of prohibitions that are either unreasonably subjective or appear to effectively single out students of color.ā
āThere appears to be substantial evidence that the Hair/Makeup policy isāat bestāinconsistently applied,ā the attorney generalās office added.
The letter then demanded that twin sisters Deanna and Mya Cook be allowed to participate in all school events.
The 15-year-old twins, who had become the face of the protest against the policy, had been routinely punished, banned from the track team and other school clubs, and banned from prom due to their braided hairstyles.
I'm glad they removed the policy but this wasn't even the main issue. I've read so many articles of girls and boys getting banned for their actual hair that I'm surprised this is the article that got posted. Kids being banned for rocking their natural fros etc is a serious problem IMO.
Like in this girls case..
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2513893/Florida-girl-threatened-expulsion-afro-hair.html
And so many others
Like in this girls case..
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2513893/Florida-girl-threatened-expulsion-afro-hair.html
And so many others
Judge Dread
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I agree with you and I feel that the reason this one became a big deal is because the parents are white. Just my opinion.