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Mass. Charter School Students Sent to Detention, Banned from Prom Because They Wear Braids
Why we're still having a black hair in school environments in this, the year of our Lord 2017 is beyond me. But here we are, yet again. This time, in an apparent sudden crackdown of the "rules", black students at a charter school in Malden, Mass.
Mass. Charter School Students Sent to Detention, Banned from Prom Because They Wear Braids
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Even outside of how gross and racist this is, I can't imagine how big of an asshole you have to be to put kids in detention, take them off of sports teams and make them miss prom because of how they wear their hair. Like, if it's that easy for you to be a dick to kids, you shouldn't be in education at all! And doubly so if you just enforce the policies wrt the back kids.
Wow, what year is this again? Hair extensions have been around forever at this point. How could they be a "distraction"?