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Igel

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38. Hard to know.

Tue Aug 21, 2018, 06:40 PM

Aug 2018

It's one example, one instance.

Is it a policy that's applied just to hair extensions for AfAm kids, or for all kinds of other situations?

If the former, discrimination; if the later, uniform application of the rules without special status for one group.

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Black girl expelled over hairstyle; School policy blasted [View all] Judi Lynn Aug 2018 OP

Don't send your kids to schools with dress codes n/m RhodeIslandOne Aug 2018 #1

Too much discipline to expect a child to follow a dress code? Doodley Aug 2018 #3

If you as a parent want your kids to dress a certain way.... RhodeIslandOne Aug 2018 #7

The parents told her to have hair extensions? Doodley Aug 2018 #51

In an ABC article I read earlier the school says "only the natural hair" of the student is allowed. Solly Mack Aug 2018 #2

Colored or curled it's still your natural hair Fullduplexxx Aug 2018 #5

No, they aren't. Natural means without human-made artifices - perm and coloring are both human-made Solly Mack Aug 2018 #6

I think the school (and everyone else) would disagree Fullduplexxx Aug 2018 #9

Everyone else? Or just those who don't know the difference between natural and chemically processed? Solly Mack Aug 2018 #13

I think it'll come down to what is meant by natural Fullduplexxx Aug 2018 #15

Yet you didn't. I gave the definition of natural and you argued against it. Solly Mack Aug 2018 #20

You gave me your definition of natural. is yours the same as the schools? Fullduplexxx Aug 2018 #27

I gave you the dictionary definition. Solly Mack Aug 2018 #29

How would anyone know if any of the staff wears a wig? A wig looks like natural hair. Judi Lynn Aug 2018 #14

if their policy is natural hair only but that's a good question Fullduplexxx Aug 2018 #18

no toupees? KayF Aug 2018 #12

Some of them not at all hard to spot, either! Some are impossible NOT to notice. n/t Judi Lynn Aug 2018 #16

Heh. Solly Mack Aug 2018 #17

Maybe so. Or maybe a perm is fine, because it's still your own hair. Honeycombe8 Aug 2018 #23

OK Solly Mack Aug 2018 #26

Discrimination? Fullduplexxx Aug 2018 #4

Hard to know. Igel Aug 2018 #38

School should be concerned with what's getting in her head instead o what's on her head bucolic_frolic Aug 2018 #8

A Catholic school is not just about reading, writing, & 'rithmetic. It's about Catholicism... Honeycombe8 Aug 2018 #25

You forgot atreides1 Aug 2018 #57

Well, that's a not nice interpretation. I was speaking of it objectively. Honeycombe8 Aug 2018 #59

Right on target. Thank you, bucolic frolic. n/t Judi Lynn Aug 2018 #30

What on earth can be wrong with those creeps? Here's her photo: Judi Lynn Aug 2018 #10

Her hair looks nice. Owl Aug 2018 #37

Yes, it does. No doubt about that. I don't get it. n/t Judi Lynn Aug 2018 #39

Dress codes are for Nazis FiveGoodMen Aug 2018 #11

Based on what little is made known in this article, crim son Aug 2018 #19

When has a white child been kicked out for bleaching their hair? rogue emissary Aug 2018 #54

The rules target African American hair. maxsolomon Aug 2018 #63

A much better article: Sgent Aug 2018 #21

In this article, it says that several girls were sent home. LisaM Aug 2018 #33

You would think Catholics have enough to deal with. mahannah Aug 2018 #22

+1000 displacedtexan Aug 2018 #35

Right? SunSeeker Aug 2018 #62

+1 uponit7771 Aug 2018 #66

So if she lets her natural hair grow out, picks it, and rocks a fro that blocks the view of all ProudLib72 Aug 2018 #24

I doubt it. There would be a rule a student can't interfere with another kid's access... Honeycombe8 Aug 2018 #28

I fear you are correct; they would never allow it ProudLib72 Aug 2018 #43

It's a good thing not to interfere with another student viewing the teacher or blackboard. Honeycombe8 Aug 2018 #46

Hopefully none of their students are recovering cancer patients. Assholes. n/t TygrBright Aug 2018 #31

A doctor's note would be an exception to just about anything. nt Honeycombe8 Aug 2018 #47

Well if you go to a private school then you need to be prepared to obey their dress codes cstanleytech Aug 2018 #32

Catholics: Pedophilla ok, haristyles not so much The Liberal Lion Aug 2018 #34

I would agree with some codes... Mike Nelson Aug 2018 #36

I read the manual, and they were pretty clear the only unnatural thing... moriah Aug 2018 #45

A medical reason would be an exception. Plenty of white gals wear extensions. Honeycombe8 Aug 2018 #48

I've never known a single white girl to do so. moriah Aug 2018 #50

Well, you wouldn't know unless they told you. They don't wear braids. Honeycombe8 Aug 2018 #52

Okay, let me rephrase. Between dyeing, highlighting, and perming... moriah Aug 2018 #53

From what I hear, extensions are expensive for everyone. The color doesn't matter. Honeycombe8 Aug 2018 #55

I miss acrylic overlays... heh. moriah Aug 2018 #60

A refund would be in order. Unless the school let this restriction be known to parents ahead of time Honeycombe8 Aug 2018 #64

The only way this is an issue of racial discrimination, Chemisse Aug 2018 #40

Never, EVER send your kid to some school named "Christ the King !" pangaia Aug 2018 #41

Unless you're that religious. Many are. nt Honeycombe8 Aug 2018 #49

"her hair extensions violated school policy" left-of-center2012 Aug 2018 #42

Proper response to the Christian fashion police---all the kids should get "naturals". McCamy Taylor Aug 2018 #44

Can you conk your hair? Cold War Spook Aug 2018 #56

Give me a break. MountCleaners Aug 2018 #58

Back in the day when I had rentmates, one was a black woman with what she called "bad hair" haele Aug 2018 #61

These dress codes are always targeting what ethnic children would be wearing. alphafemale Aug 2018 #65