These Girls Are Speaking out Against a Terrible Form of Racism in U.S. Schools
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How can you punish a black student for having curly hair? How does that break a dress code?
ETA: Reading some of the links help:
"VanDyke said she's had her large, natural hair all year long, but it only became an issue after the family complained about students teasing her about her hair."
In other words according to the family the school did not make it an issue until the bullying became intolerable. And then rather than going after the people clearly breaking school rules they went after her.
ETA: Reading some of the links help:
"VanDyke said she's had her large, natural hair all year long, but it only became an issue after the family complained about students teasing her about her hair."
In other words according to the family the school did not make it an issue until the bullying became intolerable. And then rather than going after the people clearly breaking school rules they went after her.
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bhsmte
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You would have to look at the dress code. Are there other blacks in the school who did not violate the dress code? Was the dress (appearance code) in place before these students attended the school? Were white students allowed to break these same appearance codes? These are all the important questions that would need to answered with reliable evidence, to determine if racism was taking place.
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John Hyperspace
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I highly recommend a watch of The Gang Turns Black. Probably one of the best commentaries on the whole situation.
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John Hyperspace
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“It is difficult to decipher when it is we’re being discriminated against.”
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John Hyperspace
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Yeah, kind of loses a lot when you just throw it in the crux and let the bottom line be the only thing left, doesn't it? That's somewhat poignant in and of itself. Everyone just wants a single statement devoid of decipherable context from which to draw personalized perception of situation.
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I'm guessing she did this because it takes several hour to put in braids or she really likes the look. Instead of the messy pony tail look. I cant believe she almost got expelled over it. It's a Christian private school. I thought the natural hair was a good thing. Fight it or move on. I wouldn't send my child to a Christian school.
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bhsmte
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When you decide to send your kid to any private school, one must agree to the rules that are in place. Just as with a private country club, that has set rules.
The OP seems to be claiming, that a black girl was picked out, simply because she was black. The questions that I asked in another post would need to be answered with reliable evidence, to make that determination.
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bhsmte
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When you decide to send your kid to any private school, one must agree to the rules that are in place. Just as with a private country club, that has set rules.
The OP seems to be claiming, that a black girl was picked out, simply because she was black. The questions that I asked in another post would need to be answered with reliable evidence, to make that determination.
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I'm guessing the school had no anti-afro policy for if it did, the suspension would stand. When the issue was brought up in such a way that it was made plain the suspension was about her having afro style hair, the school immediately backed down. Had they not, the school would be liable for violating the Civil Rights Act.
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I went to a Catholic HS with dress code.
Dude came in with a purple Mohawk after Christmas break. Suspended until hair fixed.
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The difference, this is her natural hair and they wanted her to straighten it because other kids were bullying her. Seems to me the best response would have been to deal with the bullies, not attack the victim of bullying. Considering they only voiced disapproval after bullying began, it seems like a ridiculous request to tell a girl she can't have her natural hair.
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That's ridiculous to penalize a girl for wearing her hair like it naturally is. If she had dyed it with Kool Aid or something OK but giving her trouble for just wearing it the way it is, that's really offensive & lame.
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If that is the case and this was the way her hair was when she was accepted into the school, I completely agree. If they had a problem with her natural hair, they should have let the family know before they accepted her in the school. In most private schools, you have to interview before being accepted.
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Yep. There was this episode of South Park or something, IDK, but it had this really dumb thing about kicking a ginger. A ginger is somebody with red hair. So it was supposed to be a joke but kids took it literally & really did kick kids with red hair. To me penalizing a black girl bc of her natural hair is just the same as wanting a girl with hair that is naturally red to dye it another colour. It's just super majorly wrong.
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Also to address the other pert of the OP that states a black or Latina female is 5 times more likely to face a suspension for "talking back" to a teacher. What I have notices in my work with students ranging from ages 4 to 15 or so in elementary schools, after school programs and summer programs is once black girls get to about grade 5 or 6, they mature much faster than other girls in a lot of cases, Some of them are already babysitting other siblings, doing laundry, washing dishes, and even cooking for other siblings. They want to be spoken to with respect and not dismissed as little children who have nothing to say.
I have made a much larger impact with these girls by speaking to them like I would a teenager or young adult. Sometimes their younger minds are not capable of processing information like an adult when they are upset but before they get to the point of being upset, approaching them respectfully goes a very long way Many times adults will tell a student to do something "because I said so" or "just do what you are told" and that approach will nt work.
I have made a much larger impact with these girls by speaking to them like I would a teenager or young adult. Sometimes their younger minds are not capable of processing information like an adult when they are upset but before they get to the point of being upset, approaching them respectfully goes a very long way Many times adults will tell a student to do something "because I said so" or "just do what you are told" and that approach will nt work.
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