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Originally Posted by aliferste

Exactly.


It just seems like sheer bloody-mindedness to me. They know that other religions and cultures wear their hair in certain ways and it just seems to be that they want to cause a scene saying that black people get to do this and black people get to do that.

Jewish people get circumcised... why are people not queuing up to get that done eh?


Who cares? take the damn braides out and get her back to school!!!

Lots of non-jewish guys are circumcised.

People like you are the problem. Why on earth shouldn't she have her hair the way she wants it? It's doing no hard to anyone else, it's her hair, and that should be the end of it. She should be able to have it blue and spiked up, or shaved off, if that's what she wants. She's there to learn, not to be told what she can and can't look like. Schools shouldn't be able to dictate what kids look like in any way, hairstyle, uniform, the lot. If a kid turns up on time, behaves and does their work, that should be the end of it. Having silly hair doesn't make you bad at maths, wearing jeans doesn't make you bad at physics, so why dictate to children what they can and can't wear?

When they're older and get jobs, the chances are they'll be told what to wear, etc, so why not let them be kids just now, while they've got the chance?

I got hassle every day for years at school, because i refused to wear uniform, and i had a silly hairdo or two, and i had piercings, but i dug my heels in, and all that happened was that i missed 15 minutes of class each morning while i got lectured by the head, and that was the end of it. I did what i wanted with MY appearance. I wouldn't have had self-respect if i'd let someone else dictate to me what i could wear FOR NO GOOD REASON.

They gave me the usual crap about school identity etc, but what about the kids who are out shoplifting and generally being a nuisance? They want THEM to be identified with the school? What if *I* don't want to be identified with the school? Where i came from, there was a lot of tension between our school and a few others.

Bottom line is, if it's not affecting her work, or anyone else's, she should have her hair however she likes it. Here's hoping she doesn't back down.

Originally Posted by Damien

As for the girl, we donââ‚Âà ‚¬ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¾Ã‚¢t know the whole story. The only side of the story we seem to be getting is hers, for all we know she may have a history of causing trouble and is trying to play the victim. The family are very quick to try and turn this into an issue. They are claiming discrimination, refusing to fix the hair and are trying to get money out of the issue. Actions that make me question the true intent of the 'victim'. Is the real reason they didnââ‚ ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢t fix her hair more to do with the publicity and the money than it is to do with any moral principle? Finally, this is a whole lot of nothing. The fact that the media has chosen to follow this story is because it is a unique story; if this was happening up and down the country then they wouldnââ‚Ã⠀šÃ‚¬ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¾Ã‚¢t have given her the publicity.

What does having a certain haircut have to do with her being a troublemaker or not? If she's been thrown out of school for misbehaviour, then fair enough, but if it's to do with her haircut, which according to the report it is, then it's wrong, it's discrimination, and it's disgusting.