Ohio School Bans Afro Puffs and Braids

[Mr Uncle Leroy]

http://blackgirllonghair.com/2013/06/ohio-school-bans-afro-puffs-and-braids/

Ohio School Bans Afro Puffs and Braids

The Lorain Horizon Science Academy in Ohio is facing heat from the natural hair community after a copy of a letter to parents that included a ban on afro puffs and ‘small twisted braids’ was posted online.

The letter details changes to the dress code for the upcoming school year and includes the line:

Afro-puffs and small twisted braids, with our without rubberbands, are NOT permitted.

It’s unclear what the administration means by small twisted braids, but if they are referring to box braids they are banning a protective style that black girls have worn for generations. Afro-puffs are essentially the black version of the ponytail (when pulled back our hair puffs out instead of laying down), and yet the rules do not have a ban on ponytails for students of other ethnicities.

It’s unspecified whether this ban applies to both male and female students, or male students alone.

The dress code restrictions highlight an age-old struggle that naturals face from both within and outside of the black community. Our hair is viewed as radical, funky or unruly in its natural state, and restrictions are sometimes placed on us in academic and professional settings that do not extend to our non-black counterparts.

So far the school hasn’t issued a response or explanation of this dress code item.

Time for lawsuit

 

[TallFrenchy]

"Small twisted braids"? Those idiots couldn't even use the proper terms. They're either braids or twists, not "twisted braids".


Cretins.

 

[Cat piss martini]

white people aint shyt.

 

[Camammal]

i am seriously sick of these fukking cacs and c00ns who work together for shyt like this

 

[observe]

 

[TallFrenchy]

Also
Afro Puffs And Braids Banned By Ohio School

Complaints from multiple parents have prompted school administrators to review the new dress code. In a release dated today, the Horizon Science Academy in Lorain explains that they did not intend to offend anyone with the new policy:

” … by no means did we have any intention of creating bias towards any of our students. We truly apologize … and want to thank everyone for their feedback.”

The statement continues, assuring parents and students that their concerns will be addressed.

Banning afro-puffs and braids may not have seemed offensive at the time. However, for many parents and students the ban was blatantly racist, and only meant for students of a particular race. Now that school administrators understand the rule’s implications they may be able to find a compromise.

 

[little4209]

So what is their alternative ? Hair straighteners and relaxers ?

Yup, black people's hair has always been seen as a "bad" thing, in society..and folks wonder why all these women are brainwashed into wearing weaves

 

[Brofato]

i just bought stock in the black power fist pick


whats left..a fade...cesar? bald? fukkin b*stards. they better ban mohawks and shyt too. or allow fitteds to be rocked every class.

They did ban mohawks. But this school is retarded.

Your hair must look "well-groomed, clean and neat" and it can't touch the collar or it may asked to be cut.

They also banned tattoos and excessive makeup



Who the hell determines this shyt?

 

[Gus Money]

fukking Ohio. I love my state but sometimes

 

[Blankthawtz]

 

[GoPro]

Letter was stamped

Signed x