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

RDKirk · Nov 26, 2023

DaisyDay said:
Or too pink. Really, who cares?

Depending on the service or product, customers may care. It might not be just hair, it could be things like face tattoos and piercings.

Ana the Ist · Nov 26, 2023

RDKirk said:
A hair rule specifically, but a strict dress code in particular. Heck, by in the latter 60s I attended a brand new high school with a bevy of brand new teachers in their early 20s. They were barely within conservative Oklahoma standards. The young women teachers, in particular, liked their short skirts.

The only reason I can think of is the scant and unclear research on things like uniforms and dress codes.

I agree it's a bit...unimportant from my perspective, but that applies to the child too. Ostensibly, the kid is gonna cut his hair at some point. I wonder if his mother is the infamous native American "Siouxs-too-Quickly."

rambot · Nov 26, 2023

Chesterton said:
Yes, in a perfect world, anything and everything is fireable. I believe in freedom.

ROFL!!!

Just not the freedom to have pink hair.

Lol!

rambot · Nov 26, 2023

DaisyDay said:
Or too pink. Really, who cares?

He answered your question lol!

DaisyDay · Nov 28, 2023

rambot said:
He answered your question lol!

But he doesn’t seem to take into consideration that some customers prefer pink-haired workers.

This kid is not waiting on customers; he’s in grade school. So long as his hair is tidy and clean I don’t see the problem.

BNR32FAN · Nov 28, 2023

timothyu said:
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.

Yeah, they can demand to be referred to by whatever gender they want but not their hair style. Ughh this world is ridiculous.

BNR32FAN · Nov 28, 2023

timothyu said:
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

I can see having dress codes but not on hair styles. We don’t want kids walking around dressing provocatively or inappropriately but if they want to walk around with their hair looking messy or ridiculous the schools shouldn’t be able to intervene.

BNR32FAN · Nov 28, 2023

public hermit said:
It's that lingering white supremecy that just won't go away.

We’re there white kids mentioned in the article that had long hair and weren’t required to get a haircut?

rambot · Nov 28, 2023

DaisyDay said:
But he doesn’t seem to take into consideration that some customers prefer pink-haired workers.

This kid is not waiting on customers; he’s in grade school. So long as his hair is tidy and clean I don’t see the problem.

Of COURSE and I agree! But apparently some people do think pink hair Is fireable.

DaisyDay · Nov 28, 2023

rambot said:
Of COURSE and I agree! But apparently some people do think pink hair Is fireable.

Some people rejoice that that and lesser offenses are fireable.

rambot · Nov 28, 2023

DaisyDay said:
Some people rejoice that that and lesser offenses are fireable.

Yes. I have JUST learned that. I find that shocking.

Why would someone be okay with a coworker getting fired for arbitrary reasons like that?

I find it MORE disappointing when terrible or mean employees are kept around.

Desk trauma · Nov 28, 2023

BNR32FAN said:
Yeah, they can demand to be referred to by whatever gender they want but not their hair style. Ughh this world is ridiculous.

Do you have a link to this schools pronoun policy saying that?

RDKirk · Nov 28, 2023

DaisyDay said:
But he doesn’t seem to take into consideration that some customers prefer pink-haired workers.

That would be up to the business to know their market. Of course, sometimes businesses screw that up, as Disney and Budweiser have discovered. They might want to attract more pink-haired-worker-preferring customers only to find out that pink-haired customers still don't like their product and won't patronize their business regardless of them having pink-haired workers.

DaisyDay said:
This kid is not waiting on customers; he’s in grade school. So long as his hair is tidy and clean I don’t see the problem.

I agree, although it would be interesting to know how parents in the school district (that is, the market) felt about the issue.

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