School Punished Black Teens For Hair Extensions

i’mboopingyournose :D: This is ridiculous. These poor girls hair is gorgeous just the way it is and it isn't fair to them. If the hair isn't distracting anybody than it shouldn't be banned. Hair should be able to be worn however you want the school has no place to tell these girls that they can't wear their hair a certain way.

Gvantsa: schools have so many stupid rules. there's nothing wrong with their hair. i don't understand why teachers favor some students over others. there were plenty of girls in my high school who bleached their hair crazy colors. they never got in trouble. yet one boy had long hair and the school forced him to cut it in his senior year..which is stupid since he had long hair since freshman year. these ladies look perfectly fine.their hair looks beautiful.

Ausar2000: That is so crazy The part that really got me was when they had to straighten their hair

wtf: this is unacceptable for a school to do this.

Lacuna: How does having extensions = No prom? What kind of logic.

Becca qui: Hair extensions don't hurt anyone. They make them feel confident. Who cares?

chante B: This makes me soooooo angry, as a black girl who loves to wear braids this infuriates me. The school basically wants black girls to conform to white Beauty standards By wanting those girls to chemically straighten and not have there hair be in braids or it's natural form, there is absolutely NOTHING wrong with those girls hair, it's not distracting nor unkempt. Instead of policing those black girls hair they need to process that energy into caring about the students academics at the school

Sneaky NinjaKat: Braids cost $60-160 depending on style. They just don't understand sitting 6-10 hours to get your head done and then you tell me to take it down?? Thats a no go.

zhabbah: This is absolutely ridiculous. The rules clearly state that hair should not be chemically treated, yet the school officials demand that their African-American students straighten it, which has to be done chemically. Alternatively, they could just chop it all off - except that the rules do not say anything about hair length. Or volume. The school advocates for 'natural hair(styles)', and yet does not permit African-Americans to wear their hair naturally. This is a clear-cut case of racial discrimination. Period.

Kylie McComb: Their hair style has nothing to do with their performance in school. If anything is messing with it, it's the detentions and punishments that they're being given smh

Oda Ruud: To me the concept of banning someone for their hair is just preposterous... Even though I went to a school where we had to wear uniforms, we never got comments on our HAIR. The reasoning behind the ban is just plain silly and discriminatory. I live in a country that doesn't really have any dress codes for school and I know it's pretty normal for there to be strict dress codes in american schools, but this is plain outrageous.

doodlebuga99: Just as a reminder, these citations, that they got for their HAIR, can damage their college applications. I'm honestly so shook that this rule exists in the first place. But beyond that, the fact that ONLY THE BLACK GIRLS ARE GETTING CALLED OUT REALLY PISSES ME OFF. If I went to that school, I would've fought with y'all, and I'm sorry that white people are so racist; I genuinely don't understand why people treat other humans this way.

Jesse Mastin: my friend got dress coded. we are only in fifth grade . she has to wear these sweatpants. she ended up in the hospital for 2 days because of a alergic reaction to the detergent and she told the school nurse she was itchy she refused to let her call her mom in fact they called her mom then wouldnt let her talk her mom. but my teachers favorite student bella who is wearing shorts for all i know got to sit there and look pretty

Jolie: schools: "finger tip length shorts" schools: "you aren't allowed to wear ripped jeans" but aren't shorts that are finger tip length showing more skin than a couple rips in jeans?

everytimesadnessere: Wow this is really messed up...here in Switzerland you can dress and style your hair in any way you want, no one gives a s**t

living Octopus: I don't get dress codes or things like this. It's just stupid. I'm just glad my school does not have a dress code

kitten Grey: Okay, this is just stupid. Yeah, I can kind of understand no colors, as that would be distracting; but punishing someone this severely for hair extensions or their natural is just way too excessive. You can barely even tell that they are wearing extensions because they blend in so nicely with their hair. This whole "rule" is really unnecessary, discriminatory, and above all racist. If I was in a community with a school like this, I wouldn't stand for it. Rant over, thank you for your time.

Zoe Hunter: This is so awful! Why can't schools focus on more important issues like bullying instead of how you have your hair? That's ridiculous and a complete waste of time.

David Matteson: I have mad friends at this school. They're all nice but the school is deadass a jail. The teachers have referred to presidents as killers and one of my friends had a teacher who had a nickname that was quite inappropriate.

Deanna Cook: thank you BuzzFeed for sharing our story!!

libra dom: i go to school and all of these policies are true. my friend got sent down to the office and was accused of wearing a weave, and they PULLED on her hair. that is completely unacceptable. to make matters worse, they even sent little kids down to get hair inspections. truly disgusting.

Fabulous Kelly: Who in the world gets distracted by hair?? How did anybody think that rule was okay in the first place? This is so stupid ugh.

Mohana Zwaga: Weird how in the US schools have these ridiculous rules. Here in the Netherlands for example, teens can wear pretty much anything they want, any makeup they want and they will not be punished for it.

Viet Le: It's a really racist and prejudice rule. Like why do these girls have to cover up their beautiful hair?????

Kim Putney: I could understand if they were making a complaint about the gold jewels in their hair, but to say that black women can't have natural hair, but they also can't have a weave doesn't make sense. chemically straitening is extremely damaging to the hair, and scientist are now finding that chemicals put onto the skin are almost as damaging as ingesting them. so this school would rather risk student being harmed from prolonged exposure to chemicals than to have natural hair. Their hair is not distracting, and is beautiful! School is not only to teach students about the assigned curriculum, but how to make it into the "adult world". If you're teaching student that braids, extensions, colored hair, ect is distracting, how is that benefiting them when they move into the job market, or college. by enforcing policies like this youre teaching students to pay attention to that instead of the work that they were assigned

taylor o: ladies your hair is beautiful! Youre both very mature for dealing with this the way you are hopefully schools with racist policies such as this one will realize its extremely offensive.

Raven Swing: i can understand some rules that a school may have, but this one is absolutely ridiculous. these young ladies look beautiful regardless of how they decide to style their hair. i don't see how their braids are any more distracting than a white girls' french braid

KamisKisses CSL: "Their research!!!" I chemically relaxed my hair for over a decade because schools said no braids and have very strict cornrow requirements, now my scalp is badly damaged, I have eczema and have to keep a tiny afro so my scalp can be treated and healed and the years of damage t my hair can be repaired through re-growth. Sad that educators only educate themselves within their culture and buy into the stereotypes and force racial assimilation on minority groups.

Lady Beth: If I went to this school I would shave one side of my hair and die my hair bright colors. I'm white so I would love to see if they reacted. And wait they said no natural hair and no fake hair soooo black girls have to shave their heads? No wait that's distracting. Omg this ticks me off

Sincerely Stephy J: I hope that one teacher that kept calling them out gets fired. For some reason, that teacher's eyes didn't work except for THEIR hair.

E: I grew up in this area. I knew of this school. There are many Black people in this area, it's diverse and the school is as well so this crazy and I'm ashamed.

Briala B: I hate that this is still a problem in 2017. Dress codes with subjective standards (like banning something for being "distracting") are, first of all, impossible for students to follow because they can't read every teacher's mind and, more importantly, licenses to discriminate- consciously or unconsciously. Even if the discrimination is unconscious, IT IS STILL DISCRIMINATION. This is why if you're going to make something a rule, it needs to be objective so you don't get the unconscious bias of every teacher leeching into school policy. Especially around a topic that has been discussed in the public eye THOROUGHLY over the last few years, i.e. the rampant racism and misogyny found in many schools' dress codes. I swear, it should be illegal to require students that attend schools with ANY type of public funding to disallow students to wear the hair that grows out of their head. Also, if you find the presence of braids distracting, I think that's your problem, not the braid wearer's.

Scarlet Grace Victoria: This made me cry.... ugh this is so unfair

Olivia Pasik: School logic : "you can't have that hair because it's distracting." *Distracts student*

Jenelle Demoiselle: As a student of this school (I am currently a senior), you guys don't even know the half of it. The news is making this seem like a "scandal" or "breaking" when in reality it's always been like this. I had twisted extensions earlier in the year and I was told my hair was "too thick" and that I needed to take my "weave" out (braids are braids, not weave). My sister who was of the third graduated class in 2008 still remembers being humiliated by mr. Dan when he compared a character in a novel they were discussing in class to be "as fake as the extensions on[her] head". Meanwhile when a while girls hair is brown one day and blonde the next no one bats an eyelash.

Light Yagami Did Nothing Wrong: This reminds me of when this boy got his hair cut too short to how he even want it and was suspended for 2 days. Another time my friend wore a scrunchie with a flower on it and was given a detention. But punishing those with hair extensions is ridiculous. Honestly, unless someone comes to school with a 12 inch Mohawk, unnatural coloured or 3 year hair, school shouldn’t have a say in how you style your hair.

axaura: once i got stopped because the teacher thought i was wearing extensions because of my long hair which was in braids so i stood there and undid one so i could prove them wrong. i still got a head teacher's detention because of 'attitude'

emily: why do schools care so much? at my school you can have whatever hair you like and its no problem. two of my friends have braids like these girls, other people have brightly coloured hair and it's fine.

Curry and Dumpling: What's wrong with that hairstyle? I don't really understand.... it's not like she dyed it bright pink or something.... what's different between that and some other girl having lots of plaits in her hair?

Laurel Cook: I feel so sad and heartbroken for these beautiful young women. Being banned from prom because of her hair??? There's nothing remotely wrong with her hair! I find it stupid how this school thinks that it's okay to take away from someone's education due to their appearance. What the hell do they want to teach their students, that they are less important than the other students just because of their body??? What even... I have no words. I just want to hug them. No one should have to miss prom or participating in fun activities for no reason. Like for real, her hair is not distracting, it's not inappropriate, and it's certainly not violating any dress code. It makes me angry that racism has silenced people from getting the justice they deserve. That school needs new staff.

Sam Humphrey: I'm so glad we can do what we please with our hair at my school. Part of my hair is blue and nobody cares. At the beginning of the year a girl had a beautiful combination of 4 different hair colors. People have unique styles and it is great. Not letting the African American girls do what they want with their hair is wrong. They are just changing(or not changing if you're the girl with natural curls) their hair. This needs to be fixed.

Ariel Lavender: This is insane! How could they ban these kids from activities for something as simple as hair?! Hair styles give people confidence, and trying to punish these girls is more detrimental than just letting them do as they please with there own hair.

Claire Hammond: This is terrible. Boys and Girls should wear their hair however they like (to a certain extent) and the fact that other girls have gotten their hair lightened and they didn't say anything but when a black girl wears her hair how it's comfortable for her she can't have track meets and they can't go to prom. I mean look at them, they didn't do anything wrong.

AltarVision: This is such bs their hair looks kept and pretty and imagine how much time and effort went in

m p: like im happy buzzfeed is talking about this but "extensions " really ? it's more than that ... edit :Idk what I was talking about

elephantasmic: Why is it okay for girls to naturally grow their hair long but if they put extensions in it's not? From what I heard the school's reasoning for the rules is so it doesn't distract other students... so naturally long hair isn't distracting but extensions are? If you can't explain why a dress code exists, it shouldn't.

Jessica Flynn: I went to an all girls secondary school (I think that's like middle/high school for Americans) we had to wear a uniform which I don't complain about cause I didn't have to get an outfit ready every day. However this meant we couldn't express ourselves cause we all looked the same (this probably did stop a lot of bullying on how people dress but still). The only way we could express ourselves was with our hair however girls would come in with dyed pink or bright hair and be sent home from school to chance it back to a "normal" colour. Makeup wasn't allowed either. Ive never dyed my hair and don't plan on doing it any time soon, I don't dislike hair dye I just like my hair colour but it annoyed me so much how the school would make a big deal over dyed hair it's like her hair isn't bothering me so stop stating it's distracting students also your interrupting their education just because of there hair colour!!! So the fact these girls were getting pulled out of class because of braids is even more annoying!

Whitney V: this is outrageous. banning girls from prom for having hair extensions? telling them to chemically straighten/ cut their hair off?! all the while, white kids getting away with dying their hair?! if they can dye their hair then a black girl should be able to wear colored weave or wear braids, etc. my school has a similar problem, only reversed. the black girls can wear pink, red, blue, etc. weave all year but one of the white boys got suspended for getting purple highlights in his fringe. it doesn't matter who you are or what race you are, you only spend (approximately) 8 hours everyday at school. so why do they get to control what you do with YOUR hair?? schools really need to learn some logic and get their shit together

malia engle: I just love how schools will take the time away from students school work and put added stress on them to enforce this policy when the policy's original intent was to stop distractions. Fucking ridiculous.

Bonnie Taylor: What?! Those rules sound cult-like! Who on earth said ok to them? And telling someone to straighten or cut their natural curly hair... this is ridiculous and disgusting. Are all/most schools in the US like this? My school, in New Zealand, lets us do basically whatever with our hair. I mean, as long as we don't dye all of our hair fuchsia or something, it's fine. About 40% of the kids have done something unnatural to their hair. I've shaved two thirds of my hair off. So if I was at this school, they'd punish me. Wow.

Terry Blackwell: These girls ought to get a lawyer and sue the hell out of this school system for racial bigotry it's none of the people on the school board or the teachers business how these girls or boys for that matter wear their hair if it's clean and not obstructing their vision then leave em alone and by the way I am a white woman and you better believe nobody ever tried to tell me or any of my sisters how we could or couldn't wear our hair Leave these kids alone about their hair it's not costing you people a damn dime

sigco 101: this hits sooo close to home. I know how those girls feel, thank God I'm in college and no longer in high school

April Mazae: But I'm sure if I walked into school with a bright blue mohawk they wouldn't care, right? *I'm white

Rosie Panda: IT'S THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT!!!!!! These girl's hair are beautiful. What happens if a white girl wears her hair in twin french braids? Would she be banished from the prom and track?

Disney Princess in training: I mean, I get banning things like certain kinds of dreadlocks (just because it’s the result of not washing your hair for extended periods of time) or dying your hair bright blue, but it seems like this is mostly people who have a lack of understanding of how different black people’s hair tends to be opposed to many other ethnicities. If the goal is for nondistracting hair, I feel like there’s no problem with these girl’s hair. I go to to a church university that has pretty strict dress codes (it’s a private university) but nothing like this.

Angy Olivier: My school requires us to wear uniform and we respect that rule. I know I have to wear a white button down shirt, khaki pants or khaki skirt, a navy blue blazer with the schools logo, navy blue socks, and solid black shoes. However, I know my hair is my hair and what I do with it should never interfere with my education or extra-curriculars and that's where the school's policies are wrong. My school, Alexander Hamilton Preparatory Academy is an AVID / College prep school and that's what every high school should be doing; preparing you for a college or university. What college tells you what to wear and how to style your hair? None of them. Girls and guys in my school have dyed their hair blue, purple, red, pink, blonde, and many more different varieties of colors. How does that distract us? I stare at it for ten minutes then I tell that person that I like their new hairstyle and I move on with my day. Not being able to express yourself with your hair is oppressing. It is the only form of individuality the students have and to take that away is unjust. America needs to get themselves together, especially school wise. Students in other countries in Europe let the students wear whatever the hell they want and they have a better national average in math and science. We need to get rid of these inclusive, outdated, and discriminatory policies. To force the girls off their track team, and give them detentions over hair extensions basically tells them their appearance is more important than their education.

Jordan Kelley: I really can't grasp why schools decide stupid shit like this. Nothing was wrong with their hair, it looks great. And their punishments :/ so glad I'm no longer in a school that crushes individuality.

Stephen Vaughn: A student who is going through gender transitions or who wants to be identified as someone who they were not born as is a distraction in school but they are accepted and protected. Pray for our children of all races. This world is harmful for them.

Julie: It's absurd that we're still dealing with this problem in 2017. Are they hurting anyone? Uhm, no they are just trying to study and find their way in society like everyone else. Actually, it shouldn't even be called a problem anymore. Like the lady in the video said, the policy is outdated and straight up ignorant and dumb.

Daniel Ewenkhare: This is just utterly ridiculous, they are BOTH BEAUTIFUL AND AMAZING and they shouldn’t be discriminated for their hair, like hair don’t hurt anyone

Olivia Creates: This makes me so mad I can't believe things like this still happen

Allison Ward: This is crazy. What does a hairstyle have to do with being on a track team?! I am part of a track team and it is a large part of my life during season, I don't know what I would do without it, and here this girl is not being allowed to participate just because she has hair extensions.

Cady: I was punised in school because i wear a choker in school Reason: "You are male and wear a female thing". This was so trans*phobic (i identify as Agender)

Lavender Honey: I am so sorry to all of the students who have faced this blatant racism, I am not one to call everything I see racist but this was racist. Straight hair does not mean natural or professional hair. I know schools really like to pick at their students. I know people who have had to dye their natural hair a different shade just because schools didn't think their natural hair colour was natural enough. Why do schools feel the need to tell you what to do with your hair and if you don't follow those "rules" you are punished. Sorry I'm rambling I feel so bad for the girl who can't go to prom. Okay Okay now I'm done

Anouk Cilliers: this is really just messed up, students should be able to wear whatever hair they want no matter their race, telling a student to change their hair to an "appropriate" style, is like telling a person who has cancer to grow their hair back.

bigmomma 101: that happened to me at my school but I went down to the assistant principals office for something that I reported and when we were done talking about that then they asked me if I was bullied for the hairstyle I currently had in which were yarn dreadlocks. I told her and the counciler that I actually get many compliments and nothing bad, nothing came of it, which I'm glad.

mursniff: Love love love living in Norway where dresscodes and detention is no such thing. Im shocked to see such beautiful girls get punishment for trying to calm down their hair. People really dont understand that long black hair can be a real struggle.

tiffani smith: i like that braids and natural curls are making a comeback it's so beautiful and i don't think there is room in the world for racism it makes me sick we are all humans​ just from different cultures i think it's good to learn about other cultures it makes us more educated the school should be penalized for it's racist views and attitude

HEIDI: wow. i cant believe our world is like this still.

Alex: Here's the thing- obviously, this is a matter of race. Which is disgusting, but I have to say, I feel like hair styles is a thin line when it comes to dress-code. I can understand certain extensions being distracting, especially if students have to put them on in class/they are a danger/they are brightly colored or otherwise easily noticeable. These girls wearing extensions is much different as they are not a distraction at all!

Mags: The fact that they even had to get an "okay" to wear their hair how it NATURALLY grows is so sad to me

Cynthia Hawkins: I am a 70 year old Italian (Caucasian) retired teacher. Some of my best former students used to wear baseball caps turned sideways, cornrows, beaded dreads, spiky do's, and some even had shaved heads. They all were lively, engaged, took their education seriously, and were a unique, energized group. I remember MY dress code years in Queens at Joseph Pulitzer JHS in the 1960's..some really moronic stuff: no sweaters. Whaaaat? But that rule did not single out a particular ethnic group. Because it happens: that extensions are most often worn by African American kids, then it's a 'black thing". And as such, (surprise!) it's got a racist component. Hello??. Not cool.

Seviliy Moua: I don't see anything wrong with their hair, they look very pretty with it. It's not like it's hurting anyone and it's also not disruptive to other students so the schools actions was totally uncalled for and bias for sure. The fact that the school doesn't call other the other students for dyeing their hair because we've all dyed our hair in our teenage years and the two girls have stated that the school has never enforced it/letting it pass even though it's in the "book"; this is really just an example of discrimination and racism.

Emma Brown: i'm white and i can't imagine facing this discrimination almost every day. they are literally just people with hair, just like everybody else. it's insane what black people get put through because they're black! we're all people, why is it so hard to treat each other equally. sometimes i'm embarrassed to be white because of the people like this. believe me, not all white people are racist, discriminatory pigs. there are some good white people in the world like myself who respect and accept people of all different cultures, races, sexuality's, genders, whatever you are or chose to identify as. i'll be accepting of that.

laurkr: That is ridiculous!! Let them embrace who they are! With their natural hair, braids or extensions. Those racist regulations need to end.

bella jones: I have biggggg naturally Curly hair and I will never chemically straight in my hair for a school that stupid

Luka Nieuwenhuijsen: My school also seems to care more about whether we wear makeup or jewellery or how we wear our hair/nails than our education. I know I'm white and my statement is not meant to undermine the struggle of these girls which is obviously related to a deeper race related issue. But yeah honestly some schools need to see that their students personal expression doesn't impact our academic achievement.

Sarah Liljestrand: I HATE SCHOOL and the stupid rules. Thank god I'm graduating in two weeks.

Nana Esi O. Nyarkoh: I find this weird because I live in Africa, and in my school, braids are compulsory. They try to keep us from leaving our hair natural during the exam season because it takes so much time every morning to remove your night twists, and threading, then to comb, then to style. With braids, you wake up in the morning, wear a shower cap to bath, take the shower cap off after, get dressed and go to school, and you don't touch your hair again till the next shower. Schools should be encouraging black girls to wear braids, not punishing them for looking for a solution to the hour and thirty minutes wasted every morning doing their hair.

Nana Esi O. Nyarkoh: I find this weird because I live in Africa, and in my school, braids are compulsory. They try to keep us from leaving our hair natural during the exam season because it takes so much time every morning to remove your night twists, and threading, then to comb, then to style. With braids, you wake up in the morning, wear a shower cap to bath, take the shower cap off after, get dressed and go to school, and you don't touch your hair again till the next shower. Schools should be encouraging black girls to wear braids, not punishing them for looking for a solution to the hour and thirty minutes wasted every morning doing their hair.

Lil’ Monster: Honestly if you're worried about student's getting distracted over the littlest of things then you're not a very good teacher. This hairstyle struggle is the same reason we get angry when other cultures wear them. For example, to white people cornrows are an edgy statement look but to black people it represents generations of trying to hide our "nappy" hair.

Alyssa -: This makes me cry. I'm one forth african american, and i appear mainly white and it makes me so proud to be an advocate for all lives mattering. Its amazing for people to look at me and have their jaw drop when they meet my mixed father. All lives matter

Anime Trash: Schools: we want everyone to have an education Also schools: punishes people for having dyed hair, good hairstyles, or a good fashion sense.

Tayana Wangari: I one heard a story about a blind woman who was proud to be blind I didn't get it until I heard why. "I happy that God is protecting me from seeing all the evil that we live in today" racism is still alive and as much as we say it is rules like this will always prove us wrong.

Jenna Ostroff: Even if they aren’t being racist (which I defintely believe they are), and they are implementing these policies to alleviate “distractions in the classroom”, they are ironically creating more distractions for these poor teens. I think their hair is beautiful. Definitely more interesting than the pin-straight hair that everyone else wears.

Catie Simpkins: wtf this is absolutely rediculous and pisses me off, that school needs to get their shit together smh. if someone came up to me and told me I had to straighten my naturally curly hair everyday, I'd be so pissed. (especially cause I do have curly hair)

Xafir: When I was little me (white) and my best friend (black) used to wear protective hairstyles. I have crazy curls and since her mum is a hairdresser she did matching hairstyles on us which we were of course very proud of lol :D but then in like elementary school a teacher came up to me and told me that my hair (I wore braids similar to the girls' ones in the video just that I actually hadn't had extensions in) was inappropriate and then just cut the tips of my hair (because again she thought it was fake) to "release" my real hair. Of course I was completely devestated but I am lucky she didn't do the same to my friend because her hair grows much slower than mine. Thus I feel like it would have taught her that she isn't supposed to be proud of her body but instead to hide it.... o well... school system if fucked up

Breanna Joseph: As a freshman in highschool who lives in Massachusetts I thought this could never happen here. We have too many people of color. I guess I was wrong

andy: I have unnaturally coloured hair that was partially shaven at one point and no one was distracted. I have two gorgeous friends who rock their natural hair and no one is distracted by it. That policy is dumb as all hell, especially because of how racially biased it is.

D BK: Wow, schools are really crossing the lines, seriously this makes me extremely angry!

Electric Lioness: I Am So Tired of our Children Being Treated Like This, School Should Be More Concerned About What is in The Children's Heads Not What Is On It.Braids Are Cultural

Preppermint Patty: It's a shame that "CHILDREN" have to deal with this type of bias and racism at such a young age. I see it as character building, but damn, this is ridiculous. Can't believe how ignorant these schools are and the fact that they don't know shit about black hair...smh

꧁Ivy꧂: Last year, a school with a similar policy, put a white teen girl in all-day detention for having very faint blonde highlights in her hair. It fell under the "extreme hair color" rule. Some schools, especially private ones, can be be ridiculously uptight, regardless of student race, in my opinion.

BLOB FISH ON FLYING UNICORNS: It’s so upsetting that racism is still going on. It 2018 and it’s still like the 1960s. And another thing I don’t get America with all this racism. Yet America was formed through migration. I don’t understand it. It’s something that needs to stop.

BU3 D: OMG young lady please do not ever explain to someone why you style your hair how you want. You are all beautiful young woman and I feel so horrible that someone is treating you all this way.

Paulette Lola: As a black woman if a school didn't let me wear my natural hair or braids I would go to a school that accepted me for me

C M: U can't force someone to damage their hair by straightening it or stuff like that, it's not fair

AChannel: School policies like this put a spotlight on how deeply rooted racism against African Americans is in the US... Those girls look gorgeous with their hair. The policies are there purely to crush/destroy the pride they should rightly feel for having such stunningly beautiful hair!

Amber Tindall: a boy in my year was punished for shaving his head but from what i saw, our uniform stated no crazy hair colours or unatural styles such as lines shaved into the head. All i could think was, what if he was raising money for cancer, or was donating his hair to a charity? what if he was going through chemotherapy or was on medication or had a problem that made his hair like that. It was so stupid and everyone was astounded. I don't understand why hairstyles, makeup and piercings are such a big deal, we go to school to learn not to have all these rules put on us. These things don't affect the way we learn, so why should they matter this much.

P: i hate how all of the comments on here are defending them bc "they have beautiful hair" like??? that's not the point??? if you're against injustice,,, be against injustice. don't be against injustice just when the people being targeted are pretty and cute and articulate and have potential my man. be just as against it for the girls with ugly hair cuts and 4c hair who aren't on a sports team as you would be for them