School Bars Teen Over Racial Hair Row -

The Mirror - UK ^ | June 21, 2004 | Tom Parry

[Oztrich Boy]

The restriction was waived for the two Afro-Caribbean students in the name of cultural integration.

That sentence makes no sense.

[Riverman94610]

Whats next?A white girl named Tenisha?

[Oztrich Boy]

Private school, their own rules.

So religion validates racism? The Church of the Creator will be delighted.

[netmilsmom]

>>That would be African/Brit, this story is from England. Besides it was Afro-Carribean, mon.<<

Ooooops! You are so right!!

[headsonpikes]

That sentence makes no sense.

Citizen O. Boy, please report immediately to your public social health unit.

You have another free conditioning and servicing scheduled.

Don't be late - you know how they hate that!

[Condor51]

Everyone in England is now insane.

[BenLurkin]

bttt

[BenLurkin]

I remember.

[sheik yerbouty]

Yeah, mon! Dem effa get a beatin'...

[TwoSue]

I know one.

[freebilly]

I shall studiously refrain from commenting on the 'toe.

Well, there do be a high cameltoesity factor....

[Psycho_Bunny]

But headteacher Neil Brett said there was a zero-tolerance policy towards flouting school rules.

The restriction was waived for the two Afro-Caribbean students in the name of cultural integration.

Ummmmmm.

If it's waivable, the policy cannot - by definition - be one of "zero-tolerance".

[Chewbacca]

These people should claim that they have Swiss background and that they should be allowed to have their hair in braids because the Swiss Miss is shown as having them.

[Mears]

A beautiful hairdo,I wish I could do it!

[Xenalyte]

That elaborate braid in the linked photo took the woman all of 10 minutes. She's GOOD.

[burlfire]

I was disgusted to read your comment, the ignorance on this page astounds me. FYI TO ALL. Afro hair is different from white hair, and braiding is an essential part of taking care of Afro hair. I can assure you it is not done for fun (as it can be painful). The issue in this case isn't to do with black people being allowed extra privileges, but to do with the fact that there are differences between white and black people. For the girl in question braiding her hair is a FASHION choice and not out of necessity but for black people it is a NECESSITY. That is why the 2 Afro/Caribbean pupils were allowed to braid their hair. They are not being given preferential treatment. If anyone is upset by braiding being banned they should question why the school banned it and not turn it in to a race issue

[bvw]

Well, if they are of swiss background, culutral heritage includes bringing machine guns to school and shooting the apples off of schoolmates heads.

[bvw]

So, you are a medical or scinetific researcher that has thoroughly investigated over many years the handling of very curly hair?

[burlfire]

its probably nothing to do with political correctness, but is to do with that, had the Afro/Caribbean pupils been banned from braiding their, they could have sued the school, and they would have quite rightly won, it is not their fault that braiding/plaiting, is one of they few ways of managing their hair, the question should be why did the school ban it for the rest of the pupils and whether their reason is valid, there are too many comments on this page attacking black people, they did not impose the ban on braiding. the school did.

[burlfire]

No I have 26 years of dealing with afro hair, as does all my family and every other black person I know, if you like I can provide you with web address for sites which have carried out scientific research on afro hair, besides you dont need to be a geniuos to know this, if you have ever felt black hair the texture is different for starters, afro hair is difficult and painful to brush/comb when dry and easier to handle when wet, so you can imagine how impractical it would be for a black person to keep their hair constantly wet.