Meet Heaven Wiggins - an AP Honors Student. This is the actual hairstyle she was suspended for having. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/king-black-student-la-forced-class-hair-style-article-1.2996742 …pic.twitter.com/EJKIyg5w3p
My Latest. Louisiana high school targets & suspends Black students for their hairstyles. Federal complaint filed.http://nydn.us/2mkbmiq
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Meet Jaylon Sewell. He & 20 Black boys at his school were suspended for virtually every hairstyle imaginable. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/king-black-student-la-forced-class-hair-style-article-1.2996742 …pic.twitter.com/aBdRyRRMDM
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After they asked Jaylon to leave the school, and he could not find a ride home, they refused to let him eat lunch.http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/king-black-student-la-forced-class-hair-style-article-1.2996742 …
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What was the issue? I mean the *excuse* they used? A white girl w/ fake blonde hair wouldn't be sent home.
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or different colors in her hair. They need to focus on teaching instead of criticizing.
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Yup. Using the "distraction" excuse is hiding racism & sexism. Why is only what non-whites are doing "distracting"?
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are trying the best to put their views & put it on the children. The parents most likely have to fight this.
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I feel like we are using public schools for indoctrination. Make kids into lemmings. Imitate the 1%. Not a fan.
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adult tell a child that when you are a child. They don't want you to make it.
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I wish that were shocking. I've heard so many similar stories. It's disgusting & ppl don't want to believe it's true.
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denying education has always been the oppressors' omnipresent go-to move. It just takes different forms.
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The school staff are the ones disrupting the educational process of ALL students when they fuss over this nonsense.
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That's not an outlandish color, lol.
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When it (blonde dye) started being used by blacks outside of sports.
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