Kansas school forced 8-year-old Native American boy to cut his hair, ACLU says

[essentialsaltes]

The ACLU's letter said the nation's history of "multifaceted efforts to separate Native American children from their families and tribes and to deny them their rights of cultural and religious expression” makes this particularly problematic.

 

[timothyu]

I can see their point, however it was common in the 60's to be expelled from school until hair was cut to a length that conformed to no rule other than what appeased the school principal in their paranoia of change. Of course being cornered by bullies with scissors was common too.

 

[essentialsaltes]

however it was common in the 60's

However it is common today to get religious exemptions from various rules and laws.

 

[RileyG]

Totally wrong.

 

[timothyu]

However it is common today to get religious exemptions from various rules and laws.

They had one too, in that Jesus had long hair, but that matters little to a secular world. Each generation demands the next learn as they did and the blind lead the blind into oblivion

 

[Margaret3110]

That's messed up. There are no excuses.

 

[rambot]

OK. So next time an American throws Canada's residential school history in our face we can at least argue that we stopped.

 

[ozso]

I'm surprised to see hair length being enforced theses days.

 

[public hermit]

It's that lingering white supremecy that just won't go away.

 

[Pommer]

It's that lingering white supremecy that just won't go away.

It’s odd how the “freedom” people need other people to conform to their way of thinking, in this case “boy=short hair”, for some old European reason.

 

[timothyu]

in this case “boy=short hair”, for some old European reason.

Not sure how that is European considering skinning the sides of the head never came into vogue until it became a military thing a little over a hundred years ago compliments of lice and mainly in the US especially after WWII which had a fetish with buzz and brush cuts..

 

[Pommer]

Not sure how that is European considering skinning the sides of the head never came into vogue until it became a military thing a little over a hundred years ago compliments of lice and mainly in the US especially after WWII which had a fetish with buzz and brush cuts..

Yeah, well, Canada’s no slouch when it comes to having a long history of mistreating its indigenous peoples, either.

 

[timothyu]

Yeah, well, Canada’s no slouch when it comes to having a long history of mistreating its indigenous peoples, either.

Of course not but such is the way of greed in all man.

 

[ozso]

It's that lingering white supremecy that just won't go away.

Yeah, well, Canada’s no slouch when it comes to having a long history of mistreating its indigenous peoples, either.

Look up images of South American, Asian and African school children and you'll see most to all of the boys in a classroom have short hair. Especially where it looks like they're in a school uniform or there's a dress code.

 

[Nithavela]

Look up images of South American, Asian and African school children and you'll see most to all of the boys in a classroom have short hair. Especially where it looks like they're in a school uniform or there's a dress code.

Those countries generally modeled their education system and school uniforms after the european model. For example, school uniforms in Japan still retain the looks of preussian era dress uniforms.

 

[ozso]

Those countries generally modeled their education system and school uniforms after the european model. For example, school uniforms in Japan still retain the looks of preussian era dress uniforms.

So they're all white supremacist by extension?

 

[RDKirk]

Those countries generally modeled their education system and school uniforms after the european model. For example, school uniforms in Japan still retain the looks of preussian era dress uniforms.

Well, in sub-Sahara Africa it's the opposite...it's long straight hair (however achieved) that is the European affectation.

 

[RDKirk]

It’s odd how the “freedom” people need other people to conform to their way of thinking, in this case “boy=short hair”, for some old European reason.

Interestingly, its Gen X and Millennial school officials that they're dealing with. However, in Kansas I would not push the "anti-gender norms" agenda. I'd push the ethnicity issue...which is what worked in the military.

 

[Nithavela]

So they're all white supremacist by extension?

This kind of mental leap seems like stemming from deep seated issues.

 

[timothyu]

This kind of mental leap seems like stemming from deep seated issues.

Perhaps just keeping up with the times lol. Everybody wants in on the civilization and the inventions, but not the founders or inventors.