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  • Snipe_AT@lemmy.atay.devtoNews@lemmy.world•Black student suspended over his hairstyle to be sent to an alternative education program
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    1 year ago

    hair extending below the eyebrows, ear lobes or top of a T-shirt collar, according to the student handbook. Additionally, hair on all students must be clean, well-groomed, geometrical and not an unnatural color or variation. The school does not require uniforms.

    I think it’s a bit of a stretch to say that any hair that is ‘relatively long’, ‘not geometrical’, or ‘unnatural color or variation’ is “clearly part of black culture.”

    I can agree that its enforcement, if selective, could be considered racist, but it doesn’t seem to be written to target any particular culture.

    edit: typo