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[Soodanim]

I'm from the carribean but I currently live in NYC. They're called locs and yes different cultures have different preferences on what they like it to be called as dreads was born out of a negative Eurocentric view of black hair and black people themselves. Some people are sensitive about the word so respect that

Hm, it took a Google or two to find anything about that, but it's interesting to read about, so thanks. I've never heard anything about the origins of the word in my 25 years. I think there's every chance that for a lot of people the word has lost its negative meaning (not too unlike another particular word), but for some they dislike the word and choose not to use.

That Chris Rock video, wow. I would never let my kids relax their hair.

 

[Jangocube]

Charter Schools are private schools. They get to have their rules. You sign up for them.

No, you need to bend the rules for each individual student sir.

 

[Dorimukyasuto]

Uniforms = hair?

No, but they would send you home if you weren't wearing the right clothes. They would also give you inhouse suspensions, which were the worst. I had to sit a room and stare for 8 hours.

Oh and they charged you $2 when you were late to school.

 

[Enzom21]

No, you need to bend the rules for each individual student sir.

Or they could recognize that black hair is very different from white hair.

The fact that they allow white children to have naturally long hair but do not allow black children to have naturally long hair shows a bit of racial bias.

But by all means continue to make ignorant comments, you're quite good at that... especially in threads that involve black people.

 

[Massive Duck. C.M.]

For those complaining I did not read the article. I absolutely did. She basically got away with it for a year. Rules are rules don't like it find another school.

Ok, you read it. Now work on comprehending what you read.

 

[someday]

Wikipedia on Afro: "The hairstyle is created by combing the hair away from the scalp, allowing the hair to extend out from the head in a large, rounded shape, much like a halo, cloud or ball. In persons with naturally curly or straight hair, the hairstyle is typically created with the help of creams, gels or other solidifying liquids to hold the hair in place. Particularly popular in the African-American community of the late 1960s, the hairstyle is often shaped and maintained with the assistance of a wide-toothed comb colloquially known as an afro pick.


So no, black hair doesn't magically turns itself into an afro over night. It takes styling and grooming to make regular curly hair look like that. And that's why it's part of the dress code on that school.

This post...aw man. Using Wikipedia to prove to black people that we don't actually have afros...I've seen it all.

 

[glaringradio]

I've always found natural hair on black women incredibly attractive. So much better looking than unnaturally straight hair.

This made me want to listen to this phenomenal fucking song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvYDhRyW9Xw

 

[malfcn]

I don't think the Charter was intentionally being racist when they drafted the rules. They may or may not have been racist when they started giving her trouble about her hair. I think they may not be educated with their type of hair and all the work that must be put into it.

Seeing the video I don't even think of that as dreds. The original intention was probably to keep away huge gnarly looking hair styles. For some reason someone decided her perfectly fine looking style didn't met their interpretation of the Charter rules. Are there any other black females at the school having problems?

I hope that Charter school feels shame and embarrassment.

Wikipedia.

It's Wikipedia, YMMV, ymmv.

 

[TehWhite]

I totally forgot about Good Hair!!! I'm watching it again thanks to this thread.

But I'm not that surprised at some of the comments in here. Just straight up Ignorance.

I myself have natural hair and I'm also wanting to join the AF and have no clue what I'm going to do with hair lol. I don't want to put relaxers in my hair. They don't work well with me.

 

[Massive Duck. C.M.]

I'm going to say this again-it's not a black and white case of whether the school is racist or not. It's been posted several times already, but the administration of the school, who would ostensibly draft the dress code, is black. The way I see it, at least, is the idea of traditionally black hairstyles being socially unacceptable is so deeply ingrained in these adults that they themselves are helping to perpetuate that idea by prohibiting them at the school. These bucket crabs have been so thoroughly indoctrinated that they are now in essence reaching down into the bucket to rip off the legs of the baby crabs.

 

[Zoe]

I don't think the Charter was intentionally being racist when they drafted the rules. They may or may not have been racist when they started giving her trouble about her hair. I think they may not be educated with their type of hair and all the work that must be put into it.

If you take a look around the site, it appears to be predominantly black and other minorities for both students and staff (as is the case with many charter schools). Take from that what you will.

 

[Infinite]

I'm going to say this again-it's not a black and white case of whether the school is racist or not. It's been posted several times already, but the administration of the school, who would ostensibly draft the dress code, is black. The way I see it, at least, is the idea of traditionally black hairstyles being socially unacceptable is so deeply ingrained in these adults that they themselves are helping to perpetuate that idea by prohibiting them at the school. These bucket crabs have been so thoroughly indoctrinated that they are now in essence reaching down into the bucket to rip off the legs of the baby crabs.

Internalized racism is what that is called. The argument also isn't about what they intended but how this impacts the school it's students and its culture. This is classic case of how whiteness effects POC

 

[Derwind]

I'm going to say this again-it's not a black and white case of whether the school is racist or not. It's been posted several times already, but the administration of the school, who would ostensibly draft the dress code, is black. The way I see it, at least, is the idea of traditionally black hairstyles being socially unacceptable is so deeply ingrained in these adults that they themselves are helping to perpetuate that idea by prohibiting them at the school. These bucket crabs have been so thoroughly indoctrinated that they are now in essence reaching down into the bucket to rip off the legs of the baby crabs.

Self-hate is scary, its far more cancerous then any external hatred and its far harder to cure.

 

[Infinite]

Self-hate is scary, its far more cancerous then any external hatred and its far harder to cure.

Indeed

 

[Reeks]

uggggggggghhhhhh

 

[CornBurrito]

Well of course there will be some diversity between the collective population but the vast overwhelming majority of black people get the sheeps wool.

Yes I understand that most black people have curly hair. As I said I was being nitpicky because I thought it was at least genetically possible for a black person to have straight hair, even if it was as rare as say... albinism.

 

[Slayven]

They changed their minds.,

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2013...eases-policy/UPI-44281378842863/?spt=hs&or=tn

Brown Community School in Tulsa, Okla., amended its policy on hairstyles after telling a student her dreadlocks violated the dress code.

The charter school faced public outrage and allegations of racial discrimination after the story was picked up by national media. The backlash prompted school leaders to discuss a change in the policy, which came after a two-hour board meeting Monday, KOKI-TV, Tulsa, reported.

The student, Tiana Parker, 7, was sent home last week after being told her hairstyle violated policy at the school. Her parents have since transferred her to another school.

The charter school's categorization of dreadlocks and other "natural" hairstyles for African-American students as forbidden "faddish styles" sparked outrage, the Tulsa World said.

The school board Monday softened this policy toward students' hair, reserving the right to contact parents or guardians on "any personal hygiene issues that it believes causes a risk" to other students or to the "educational environment."