Teen Won't Be Able To Walk At Graduation Unless He Cuts His Dreadlocks
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You have to be fuckin' kidding me! 
What u mean? Sounds about white
So tired of this, I wouldn't give them the satisfaction.
Looks like every member on the School Board is white. I never expect cacs to willingly change or be receptive to minority interests.
Fucker had the nerve to say the policy had been in effect for 30 years which is a prime example why we need to do less protesting and more running for elective office to effect meaningful change. Voting majorities change things, protests not as much and certainly not as quickly. hmm:
Fucker had the nerve to say the policy had been in effect for 30 years which is a prime example why we need to do less protesting and more running for elective office to effect meaningful change. Voting majorities change things, protests not as much and certainly not as quickly. hmm:
Looks like it’s a “Length” issue, not a dreadlock or Black thing. They asked him to cut it to a certain length and I don’t know what that length is?
I wouldn’t cut mine but it’s the school’s policy so
"Barbers Hill ISD has a long standing dress code, but we absolutely allow dreadlocks. What we do not allow is any action that circumvents or violates the provision regarding hair length. The student in question was NEVER forbidden from attending school," a spokesperson for the district said.
https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-brie...district-faces-backlash-after-student-told-he
I wouldn’t cut mine but it’s the school’s policy so
"Barbers Hill ISD has a long standing dress code, but we absolutely allow dreadlocks. What we do not allow is any action that circumvents or violates the provision regarding hair length. The student in question was NEVER forbidden from attending school," a spokesperson for the district said.
https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-brie...district-faces-backlash-after-student-told-he
Looks like it’s a “Length” issue, not a dreadlock or Black thing. They asked him to cut it to a certain length and I don’t know what that length is?
I wouldn’t cut mine but it’s the school’s policy so
"Barbers Hill ISD has a long standing dress code, but we absolutely allow dreadlocks. What we do not allow is any action that circumvents or violates the provision regarding hair length. The student in question was NEVER forbidden from attending school," a spokesperson for the district said.
https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-brie...district-faces-backlash-after-student-told-he
lol so random length requirements for hair? make that make sense. you can't have long hair at this school lol
it was good enough for him to attend get his grades and graduate
but not to walk down an aisle and get a diploma?
nah.
That's some foul shit. What fucking difference does it make to THEM what HIS hairstyle is on his way out the door? He didn't grow them overnight either so why wasn't it an issue prior to graduation? FOH!
If it’s been in the handbook for 30 years that hair couldn’t be 12 inches long and his is 15, then what can you do?
Is he more special the the thousands of students that have walked through the doors?
I wouldn’t cut mine but if you knew the policy when you signed up, then what can you say?
Nobody knows the policy when they sign up. Nobody.
What was the hair policy at your high school? I'm sure you had one like I had one. Nobody reads that random shit.
And yes, just because it was a longstanding rule doesn't mean that you should uphold this longstanding tradition that makes no sense.
He's not attending school while this is going on because they said that even though he is staying within dress code by keeping his hair up and does not touch his ears or collar, his hair length is in jeopardy of touching it.Looks like it’s a “Length” issue, not a dreadlock or Black thing. They asked him to cut it to a certain length and I don’t know what that length is?
I wouldn’t cut mine but it’s the school’s policy so
"Barbers Hill ISD has a long standing dress code, but we absolutely allow dreadlocks. What we do not allow is any action that circumvents or violates the provision regarding hair length. The student in question was NEVER forbidden from attending school," a spokesperson for the district said.
https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-brie...district-faces-backlash-after-student-told-he
My question is after they resolve this nonsense, are they going to penalize him for the missed days, as I am sure they will. I am two exits from Barber's Hill where I live so been following the story, mentioned it in another post. We're not in Barber's Hill school district, but putting my 3 kids thru school out here nearby, have had our share of the BS. From years back with the school's strict dress code to making the kids do manual labor clearing the woods outdoors for woodshop class and that teacher was black.
Some backwoods mofo's out here, happy the news is picking up about this kid.
One thing tho, if he was probably the star black athlete, they would of looked the other way. Sports out here gets top priority over edumacation.
If hair’s that big a deal I’m sure that it was covered.
Listen, I don’t agree with him cutting his hair.
But if I got hired at a job and the policy states that beard lengths can’t be longer than 1 inch. I can’t get mad and protest when I come to work looking like James Harden.
You know I was salty if I get rid of a 15 year aviAgreed.
Nice new Avi btw Bruh. I like it.
You a clown fam
Great, a person who’s near the area!
Sounds like you all deal with a lot of bs there!
Now you know how strict the dress codes are, and I’m sure all of the parents and students know too. To me this isn’t a Black or White issue, it’s a rules issue.
It wouldn’t matter is this nigga went to the school
He’d have to cut his hair too!
If everyone knows the policy, then what’s the issue?
That article from The Hill should've attached the Policy. WHO actually measured his hair length? 30 years ago, it was an uncommon hairstyle; we were using 256K modems and computers ran Windows 3.0 and WinMail; look at what a cell phone looked like back then; and cars were still using proprietary OBD and not yet standardized, and let's not even talk about fashion trends.
They could've taken the time to make an exception for this graduation and then revisit their dress code that is really outdated at this point. I'm willing to bet that visible tattoos were a no-no 30 years ago, but girls have ankle tatts, etc. in school today that aren't even noticed by the School Administration anymore.
I wholeheartedly agree with you! They need to revisit and review the policy to see if it fits with the times.
Our man @Mixd lives in the area and said they’re strict and usually on bs so I’m guessing everyone knows the rules. White, Black whatever, no males are allowed to have long hair.
Not for THAT salary.They definitely have a no beard policy, I believe Penn State did too but I believe that’s been lifted.
So you can sign with the Yankees and be mad or protest about not being able to have a beard.
School rules don't apply to whites generally. For example, many teachers or assistant principals will joke with the white kid or not even say anything and be like oh hes such a good kid.Great, a person who’s near the area!
Sounds like you all deal with a lot of bs there!
Now you know how strict the dress codes are, and I’m sure all of the parents and students know too. To me this isn’t a Black or White issue, it’s a rules issue.
It wouldn’t matter is this nigga went to the school
He’d have to cut his hair too!
If everyone knows the policy, then what’s the issue?
All my kids have had issues in school one way or the other and not for anything like fighting or anything bad.
My daughter, straight "A" student for years, way back when they had stricter dress codes, you had to wear school colors daily. She had a shirt, they said the color was off school color, in the hall another girl had the exact same shirt and she pointed it out to the asst principal. They told my daughter she was sassing them and they put her in ISS which is 'In School Suspension'. That year she was suspended 4x ISS for all kinds of nonsense. Never b4 suspended in her life. Each instance was dress code and sass. This was 7th grade. That year, the same male asst principal, was removed from the school for unknown reasons with three 8th grade female students. No one knows why. But clearly dude harassed female students and he hispanic (who some of them swear they white out here).
I put these teachers in their place for BS. Myself or my wife, don't fuck around with them and their racist BS, because they do pick on black kids more and suspend them more. Even the principal once wanted me to sit on some parent teacher nonsense committee cause all the students who get suspended or sitting in ISS daily are only black or latino. You barely ever see white kids in there. The damn principal told me it was a problem and she was white. She wanted to address the staff but it's a deep rooted prejudicial issue. They only see when black/latino students do something wrong. When little Brad does the same thing, "oh that's so cute, you know you're not supposed to do that" and nothing happens to them.
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Not for THAT salary.
See why I’m saying!
But still, players who’s had beards their whole career go to the Yankees and shave.
Why do they shave? Because it’s their “Policy”.
But that's being compensated to fit into a particular BRAND image.
The school district's policy mentions reflecting the expectations of the community and what those norms were 30 years ago. Those norms have shifted to the point that the kid's hair DOES fit the norms of what you'd see in the community today.
Beard grooming is now a cottage industry. If you wanna fit into the Yankee's Org. and their prescribed image, then yeah, that's what you're agreeing to.
I consider how the image of people with tatts and piercings has changed tremendously since then.
The hospital that I worked at and the one where my wife was treated at, it wasn't shit to see nurses with full sleeves or looking like they'd posed for a Suicide Girls spread. The image isn't considered seedy and unprofessional anymore, even in the Healthcare Industry.
Remember when tatts were equated with a potential Hepatitis infection?
I think that they should NOW look back and make adjustments to the Dress Code at least once per decade to try to stay current as long as it remains ethical.
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Yep. And from how I know this area, being that it made the news this way and gaining more and more traction, they will back down cause they are pussy and they know they are just stuck on stupid by not changing with the times.
My only thing was once he wins the right to walk will they then mess with him for the missing days of school. School out here will send parents to jail or fined for students not attending. No matter the color. School attendance, because of money, is priority for them.
But it's not a job it's a school.
And I'm POSITIVE it wasn't covered because they don't cover those things when you go to those types of schools. It's buried in a handbook and it wasn't a problem the entire school year while he was getting good grades and going to school...only this 1 section note on graduations which again, nobody went over and nobody read and I'm positive they didn't care about being a stickler for the rules up until magically now.
The War on Black folks never stops........
Lol @ telling u after u completed everything that this one stipulation causes u to not earn what u achieved.
There was no advantage or disadvantage. Only discrimination.
is it private school or public school. if it's a private they have more leeway to implement and enforce a dress code. the parents/students probably got and signed an acknowledgment of it with handbook
is the length requirement applied to boys with long hair?
is he allowed to style his hair in a manner to minimize the length?
went to catholic school...freshman year locks and cornrows were forbidden. by senior they were acceptable.
times change, it's just alot slower in some places
is the length requirement applied to boys with long hair?
is he allowed to style his hair in a manner to minimize the length?
went to catholic school...freshman year locks and cornrows were forbidden. by senior they were acceptable.
times change, it's just alot slower in some places