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Do you think it`s okay for black children to wear cornrows to a strict private school, but not white people because it`s not part of their culture? A teenager was sent home from school after the headteacher ruled she was the wrong race to have a braided hairstyle. Olivia Acton, 13, was told she could not join her classmates at Middleton Technology College because her tightly plaited hair was too `extreme` for the strict uniform policy. However, two other pupils at the school who have an Afro-Caribbean background are allowed to attend the school with similar hairstyles because it reflects their cultural heritage. Olivia`s father, Michael, says the school`s rule is discriminatory and should be changed. But the school insists the uniform policy is an important way of maintaining standards and ensuring all youngsters are a part of the school community... http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2005/0...

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ang2pang Female, 30-39 Western US Joined: 19 yrs, 10 mos ago 53,227 Posts	17 yrs ago - Monday 5/2/05 - 3:53:05 PM EST (GMT-5) quote message Whatever, that's crap. Cornrows look good on MOST everyone I think. It shouldn't matter.
jennashrn Female, 18-29 Southern US Joined: 17 yrs, 6 mos ago 3,674 Posts	17 yrs ago - Monday 5/2/05 - 3:53:53 PM EST (GMT-5) quote message no its just a hairstyle, anyone should be able to wear them
soul asleep Female, 18-29 Europe Joined: 18 yrs, 7 mos ago 1,482 Posts	17 yrs ago - Monday 5/2/05 - 4:02:03 PM EST (GMT-5) quote message I think it's ridiculous. What if the teacher had sent a black girl home for wearing her naturally curly hair straight? Rules like that should apply equally to all races.
daydreaming Female, 18-29 Eastern US Joined: 18 yrs ago 18,297 Posts	17 yrs ago - Monday 5/2/05 - 4:07:32 PM EST (GMT-5) quote message That is such crap. It's amazing how people want equality but they cry like someone pissed in their cheerios as soon as someone else asks for a little bit of equality.
verusluna Female, 13-17 Southern US Joined: 17 yrs, 1 mos ago 178 Posts	17 yrs ago - Friday 5/27/05 - 12:00:54 AM EST (GMT-5) quote message This really makes me mad....in fact, so mad, I'm not even going to start talking about it, for fear of really pissing people off.
OzArcher Female, 40-49 Australia / NZ Joined: 18 yrs, 3 mos ago 11,981 Posts	17 yrs ago - Friday 5/27/05 - 12:05:51 AM EST (GMT-5) quote message It is discriminatory and she should be permitted to wear it. But let's be really honest...it looks awful on white girls, they can't carry it off. Whereas it looks fantastic on African girls. This is just a fact of life. White girls shouldn't cornrow.
tulip Female, 60-69 Western US Joined: 17 yrs, 4 mos ago 42,634 Posts	17 yrs ago - Friday 5/27/05 - 12:11:45 AM EST (GMT-5) quote message They didnt look bad on Bo Derick
OzArcher Female, 40-49 Australia / NZ Joined: 18 yrs, 3 mos ago 11,981 Posts	17 yrs ago - Friday 5/27/05 - 12:12:29 AM EST (GMT-5) quote message Yeah they did.
tulip Female, 60-69 Western US Joined: 17 yrs, 4 mos ago 42,634 Posts	17 yrs ago - Friday 5/27/05 - 12:21:15 AM EST (GMT-5) quote message
tulip Female, 60-69 Western US Joined: 17 yrs, 4 mos ago 42,634 Posts	17 yrs ago - Friday 5/27/05 - 12:21:54 AM EST (GMT-5) quote message Yeah you are right, she looked better without them.
cszulins Female, 40-49 Western US Joined: 18 yrs, 9 mos ago 12,024 Posts	17 yrs ago - Friday 5/27/05 - 1:23:11 AM EST (GMT-5) quote message It is discrimination.
PurplePanda Female, 18-29 Western US Joined: 17 yrs, 4 mos ago 253 Posts	17 yrs ago - Friday 5/27/05 - 1:27:58 AM EST (GMT-5) quote message Ya know that is crap. Its freakin hair. Who gives a crap. Its on your head. Who cares how you style it. I mean thats like saying black people arent aloud to sing Country because it was American song type first or something.
GoManGo Male, 70+ Western US Joined: 20 yrs ago 8,945 Posts	17 yrs ago - Friday 5/27/05 - 1:31:53 AM EST (GMT-5) quote message It does sound like discrimination, but I think cornrows look better on blacks than whites.
tulip Female, 60-69 Western US Joined: 17 yrs, 4 mos ago 42,634 Posts	17 yrs ago - Friday 5/27/05 - 1:35:12 AM EST (GMT-5) quote message Its the same as saying black people are not allowed to relax their hair if they want to.
CowDung Male, 40-49 Midwest US Joined: 20 yrs, 6 mos ago 104,966 Posts	17 yrs ago - Friday 5/27/05 - 5:31:43 PM EST (GMT-5) quote message I personally find cornrows quite unattractive, but see no reason to forbid anyone from wearing them regardless of their race...
abzurd moderator Male, 70+ Canada Joined: 17 yrs, 3 mos ago 81,504 Posts	17 yrs ago - Friday 5/27/05 - 7:04:50 PM EST (GMT-5) quote message On 5/27/2005 12:00:55 AM verusluna wrote: This really makes me mad....in fact, so mad, I'm not even going to start talking about it, for fear of really pissing people off. ditto.
pennywise Male, 18-29 Midwest US Joined: 18 yrs, 6 mos ago 14,518 Posts	17 yrs ago - Friday 5/27/05 - 7:07:44 PM EST (GMT-5) quote message it's ok i guess, but it looks weird.
otherPolly Female, 30-39 Western US Joined: 17 yrs ago 628 Posts	16 yrs ago, 9 mos ago - Saturday 7/30/05 - 1:45:34 PM EST (GMT-5) quote message It's racial discrimination -- the school won't win it's case based upon the fact that some other female students are allowed to wear them. They either have to allow everybody, or nobody.
brett_weir Male, 40-49 Eastern US Joined: 18 yrs, 9 mos ago 5,911 Posts	16 yrs ago, 9 mos ago - Saturday 7/30/05 - 1:46:36 PM EST (GMT-5) quote message Shave all their noggins, and these problems will be eliminated.
KimberLoOoOo Female, 18-29 Western US Joined: 17 yrs, 9 mos ago 465 Posts	16 yrs ago, 9 mos ago - Thursday 8/4/05 - 3:52:04 AM EST (GMT-5) quote message Personally, I think just being seen in public with that awful hairdo is punishment enough for the girl! But that's just me.
Englandrocks Female, 18-29 Europe Joined: 16 yrs, 11 mos ago 523 Posts	16 yrs ago, 9 mos ago - Saturday 8/6/05 - 9:01:34 AM EST (GMT-5) quote message that happened in my school...i had blue and black braids in - oh how i loved them! and the teachers were fine with it. my white friend had blonde hair extensions and they told her to take them out!
orangeguy13 Male, 18-29 Southern US Joined: 17 yrs, 4 mos ago 2,024 Posts	16 yrs ago, 9 mos ago - Sunday 8/14/05 - 6:55:45 PM EST (GMT-5) quote message I also think it is racial discrimmination. We all borrow in some ways things from other cultures. That's why we are who we are today. Why not let whites have cornrows? Hair is hair, and you can wear your hair any style you want and it won't make a difference. The school will get drubbed in court, and it should be.
redragon Female, 13-17 Eastern US Joined: 17 yrs ago 1,594 Posts	16 yrs ago, 5 mos ago - Monday 12/19/05 - 9:36:41 AM EST (GMT-5) quote message I think thats rather stupid.
freddythegr8 Female, 13-17 Western US Joined: 16 yrs, 6 mos ago 493 Posts	16 yrs ago, 5 mos ago - Tuesday 12/20/05 - 4:47:53 PM EST (GMT-5) quote message ^^exactly white people are allowed to have cornrows!!!
buttercup83 Female, 18-29 Eastern US Joined: 16 yrs, 11 mos ago 2,088 Posts	16 yrs ago, 4 mos ago - Saturday 1/7/06 - 12:33:46 PM EST (GMT-5) quote message It's just hair!

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