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Local 7th grader suspended because his hair is too short
KLBJ ^ | 5/15/07 | 590 KLBJ-AM

Posted on 05/15/2007 1:28:40 PM PDT by trumandogz

Derek Jackson, a Bailey Middle School student, was slapped with an in-school suspension because of his "buzz cut."

An assistant principal pulled Derek Jackson aside, after she saw his extremely short haircut. Both Derek and his mother say school told them the haircut violates the school's dress code. A copy of that dress code talks about disruptive hair color and shapes, like a mohawk, that violate the policy, but it makes no mention of hair length.

Derek's mother thinks he was targeted because he is African-American.


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To: madison10

Wait...correction. They could all be dudes.


61 posted on 05/15/2007 2:02:49 PM PDT by July 4th (A vacant lot cancelled out my vote for Bush.)
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62 posted on 05/15/2007 2:02:50 PM PDT by mnehring (McCain '08 -------------------------------------- just kidding...)
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To: Ace's Dad
I think short hair looks nice on black men and boys

It looks fine on white kids too. I have two nephews that adopted the ultra short look in HS. John went on to become a motorcycle cop and keeps his locks shorn to this day. Charlie went from HS to the USMC and discovered the downside of short hair. The DIs singled him out for special attention because he arrived with shaven head. They assumed he was being a smart-@$$ and he became their favorite "bad example" all through boot camp. I think the extra attention made him a better Marine (if there can be such a thing??) He's now in corrections (outside the wire!) and says the searchlights on the razor wire give him "a thousand points of light" that make him feel all warm and fuzzy.

My sister and BIL did a great job raising those boys, they are all slightly to the right of Genghis Kahn. Regards,
GtG

63 posted on 05/15/2007 2:03:19 PM PDT by Gandalf_The_Gray (I live in my own little world, I like it 'cuz they know me here.)
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To: trumandogz

This is dumb. A fair percent of our military men have cuts like them and the liberals are trying to throw them out of....Oh. Wait a minute. There is a similarity there...


64 posted on 05/15/2007 2:03:43 PM PDT by llevrok (Truth is the enemy of the lie.)
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To: P-40

LOL! He looks like a nice kid.


65 posted on 05/15/2007 2:05:17 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: trumandogz
This has nothing to do with race and everything to do with moronic assistant principals. I’m betting that the principal doesn’t have kids and wouldn’t know a low maintenance haircut if it bit them in the a$$.
67 posted on 05/15/2007 2:06:59 PM PDT by mockingbyrd (peace begins in the womb)
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To: P-40

Thats an outstanding hair cut there. Looks like a proper young man. Not some dread locked reefer smokin look or long haired metro sexual look which may adhere to the strict school dress code.


68 posted on 05/15/2007 2:07:05 PM PDT by Horatio Gates (Oleoresin capsicum: WOT Protestor tested. Cop approved.)
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To: trumandogz

After my kids’ hair gets about 3/8 of an inch long, I cut it back even shorter than this kid’s hair. The assistant principle really puts the “ass” in assistant. Black kids have been wearing their hair this short forever.


69 posted on 05/15/2007 2:07:13 PM PDT by aruanan
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To: trumandogz

“Derek Jackson, a Bailey Middle School student, was slapped with an in-school suspension because of his “buzz cut.””

What is the school going to do, keep him there until his hair grows back out? Idiots.


70 posted on 05/15/2007 2:09:18 PM PDT by Rb ver. 2.0
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To: P-40

I stand by Derek and his Mom. I’m targeting him because he apears to be a fine young Man and as long as he wears his pants properly I’ll stand with him and his Mom.


71 posted on 05/15/2007 2:09:20 PM PDT by JOE43270 (JV43270 God Bless America and ALL WHO HAVE and WILL DEFEND HER.)
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To: P-40

The kid looks clean cut to me and the haircut neither disruptive nor racial. Nor does it appear to violate the code.


72 posted on 05/15/2007 2:09:21 PM PDT by Dante3
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To: trumandogz

Congratulations to his parents, they are being proactive against head lice which is epidemic in public schools. And that’s what they should tell the school administrators.


73 posted on 05/15/2007 2:11:32 PM PDT by pepperdog
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To: Nea Wood
Wearing a shirt with "Los Angeles" on it, (or any of a number of team names or logos.)

This happened at my son's school. The kids couldn't wear shirts or caps with logos of certain teams because of the fear of gang affiliation....

You would think it would have been just Raider gear, but it wasn't.

The kids can't wear ball caps at all, unless it is raining, they can wear them from class to class. The ballcap must be plain, no logos unless it is the school logo. The sweatshirts must be plain, or with the school logo.

74 posted on 05/15/2007 2:11:34 PM PDT by Mrs.Liberty (Anyone who is more afraid for his own safety over the life of an unborn child is a coward)
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To: Horatio Gates
Not some dread locked reefer smokin look or long haired metro sexual look which may adhere to the strict school dress code

Look through the school's website.. that seems to be what they consider 'normal'.. at least that or a 1970s haircut look.. although I did see some white kids with buzz cuts.. seems the mom may have a nice case against the school..

75 posted on 05/15/2007 2:11:39 PM PDT by mnehring (McCain '08 -------------------------------------- just kidding...)
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To: mnehrling

Let me guess, Al-Sharif Al-Sharif, she married her daddy or her brother?


76 posted on 05/15/2007 2:14:04 PM PDT by pepperdog
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To: trumandogz

This assistant principal should take a look at the class pictures taken in the 1950s and 1960s in his school. My brother had a buzz cut and us girls had to have our hair short growing up.


77 posted on 05/15/2007 2:14:19 PM PDT by peggybac (Tolerance is the virtue of believing in nothing)
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To: mnehrling
The school administrators pictured there have that 'lesbian hairstyle' look that appears as if it were styled using a greasy towel.

The kid however, is clean-cut.

Oh, now I see what's going on...

78 posted on 05/15/2007 2:14:59 PM PDT by The KG9 Kid
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To: mnehrling

No head coverings? Air head alert!


79 posted on 05/15/2007 2:17:49 PM PDT by pepperdog
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To: trumandogz
Ridiculous school action.

Sharif don't like it...
Rock Kamilya, rock Kamilya...

80 posted on 05/15/2007 2:35:16 PM PDT by LurkedLongEnough
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