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(103,856 posts) Mon Nov 9, 2015, 07:48 PM Nov 2015

Girl kicked off cheer-leading team ..won't straighten her hair [View all]

HOUSTON - Makayla Fallaw loves tumbling and cheering. She also loves her naturally thick, curly hair. But ... was told to leave her cheerleading team when her mother said she couldn't straighten Makayla's hair to match the rest of the girls for a competition.

Makayla has been practicing at Woodlands Elite Cheer Company's location near her family's home in Tomball five days a week since April, her mother, Jenny Fallaw, said. The family has spent nearly $2,000 on uniforms, makeup, hair bows and fees.

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When you see her pics, you will first be amazed at her AGE..

She's 11....

This girl will not be cheer-leading for long..( I hope she;s got a level head on her shoulders)

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Girl kicked off cheer-leading team ..won't straighten her hair [View all] SoCalDem Nov 2015 OP

So she has to look like the other drones? Sad. Rex Nov 2015 #1

First, how awful to be penalized for your natural curl...I have thick naturally curly hair myself. haikugal Nov 2015 #2

I live here, close to that facility. ScreamingMeemie Nov 2015 #3

Oh FFS, hair is not Tonner's problem. Warpy Nov 2015 #4

There is more to this story... ScreamingMeemie Nov 2015 #7

OF COURSE it has to do with bigotry. Straight hair goes with a certain races pnwmom Nov 2015 #11

Of course it doesn't... ScreamingMeemie Nov 2015 #13

Any straight hair standard is a bigoted standard. pnwmom Nov 2015 #15

Sorry, but no. ScreamingMeemie Nov 2015 #18

"...the OP might have had me too..." SoCalDem Nov 2015 #23

I did not mean "Poster" in OP, I meant "Post." ScreamingMeemie Nov 2015 #32

Amen SoCalDem Nov 2015 #34

No, what? Are you saying a straight hair standard does not disproportionately disadvantage pnwmom Nov 2015 #29

It would affect my white niece FrodosPet Nov 2015 #39

I can see that her hair isn't the problem Warpy Nov 2015 #14

That's all I'm saying. They have tons of mothers coming to their defense ScreamingMeemie Nov 2015 #16

Different gym locations have different standards. If you bothered to read the article pnwmom Nov 2015 #30

"If you bothered to read the article" If you bothered to realize I live here... ScreamingMeemie Nov 2015 #35

The majority often wants to trample on the rights of the minority. pnwmom Nov 2015 #36

Those photos were probably taken earlier. The standard only happened pnwmom Nov 2015 #17

The girl in the OP looks older than these kids JI7 Nov 2015 #44

she is 11. There are all different age groups on different competitive teams. ScreamingMeemie Nov 2015 #48

Sounds like crazy mom is a bigger issue than straight hair. EL34x4 Nov 2015 #47

Stepford... 3catwoman3 Nov 2015 #50

I can't stand the look (especially with the big bows on top of the head). ScreamingMeemie Nov 2015 #55

I think they would still love it... 3catwoman3 Nov 2015 #56

I don't know... my last little girl is 25, and she was all about the makeup at that age ScreamingMeemie Nov 2015 #57

Well... maybe tkmorris Nov 2015 #9

Straight hair IS about race. How many African American girls have naturally straight hair? pnwmom Nov 2015 #12

You win the thread malaise Nov 2015 #10

What a horrible thing to say to a kid! Warpy Nov 2015 #26

A num told that to a family friend of my parents malaise Nov 2015 #38

Is ryan_cats Nov 2015 #28

What next? katsy Nov 2015 #5

Holy Jesus, what a beautiful girl. Aristus Nov 2015 #6

Thanks... ScreamingMeemie Nov 2015 #8

Hey! Texasgal Nov 2015 #19

! ScreamingMeemie Nov 2015 #21

#hicksforlife! Texasgal Nov 2015 #25

At one time I would have been shocked at the classism on DU Fumesucker Nov 2015 #22

Beautiful girl mcar Nov 2015 #20

Nothing new here. 3catwoman3 Nov 2015 #24

What's a Fen-Male? Texasgal Nov 2015 #27

Explanation - 3catwoman3 Nov 2015 #40

I also get random letters & the = signs all the time SoCalDem Nov 2015 #41

Don't you mean untie? ScreamingMeemie Nov 2015 #43

Gotcha! Texasgal Nov 2015 #45

Wow, I expected to see a dark-skinned girl, because, well, America. nt valerief Nov 2015 #31

She's a model! Baitball Blogger Nov 2015 #33

the bigger questions is why her parent(s) allow her to do this in the first place... msongs Nov 2015 #37

I grew up taking gymnastics and dance lessons. bunnies Nov 2015 #49

I allow my daughter to do it because she wants to do it. Throd Nov 2015 #53

That's sad. romanic Nov 2015 #42

Outrageous LittleBlue Nov 2015 #46

She made it thru the selection process with out straight hair. What changed? rhett o rick Nov 2015 #51

She has beautiful hair and a lot of people go to beauty parlor a to get the body she has kimbutgar Nov 2015 #52

My daughter does cheer and I have encountered a few "psycho cheer mom" types over the years, Nye Bevan Nov 2015 #54