Posted on 01/29/2020 5:17:45 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
An 8-year-old has been denied admittance by several schools because of his hair — and now his mother is fighting for a policy change. Bonnie Miller of the U.K. has been on the lookout for schools her son Farouk James could attend in the future, and two won't allow him in because of his long, natural hair.
One of those schools was The London Oratory School — the same school her older son, who is now 23, attended. "I knew about their bad hair policies," Miller told CBS News. The mother said she went through a similar situation with her older son 10 years ago — except that time, her son's hair was too short for the school.
"His hair was cut too short and he got in trouble three times and nearly excluded from school for having it too short, to the point where I actually went to the shoe shop and bought some boot polish," she told CBS News.
She thought after years passed, their strict policies might have changed — but she found out they didn't. Farouk's long hair violated the school's policy, too.
Miller said both of her sons are mixed race. James' father is from Ghana and for cultural reasons, the parents didn't cut his hair until he was 3 years old. "At that point he was attached — and so was I, to be honest — with his beautiful hair," Miller said. "We just kept the hair."
She allowed her son to continue to grow his hair, not thinking much about it — until it came to applying for secondary schools.
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“Why should I follow anyone’s rules? I can do whatever I want as long as I feel that your rules are stupid.”
Can you imagine what other kids might do to that mane of hair?
The next Joe Dirt?
“James’ father is from Ghana and for cultural reasons, the parents didn’t cut his hair until he was 3 years old.”
Sounds like Ghanaian culture is right for Farouk.
Meh.
My hair is longer.
And then apparently stopped for another 5 years.
I’d have my kid bring an electric egg beater to school for show and tell.
Hey kid if they do somehow accept you...avoid drill presses in shop classes. Just sayin’
Yeah, it looks like it has never been cut.
that child is being used by his idiot “mum” to be a rebel. what a cluster.
He sure looks like a Farouk. I’d bet everything I own that this kid has a dark future ahead of him.
Wow that’s a lot of hair.
What happens when the school has a lice outbreak?
This kid is likely another Kaepernick in the making.
“The rules don’t apply to me.”
But not at the Catholic schools I attended. There the hair was decededly Roman, above the ears and collar and parted to the side. I’ve had this same haircut for all of my life, except for one theatrical production that required longer hair and a full beard.
Love to see it - post a pic!
Oh, well if it is NATURAL then...
Pass around a portable paper shredder. Paper goes in, confetti comes out.
If he identified as a girl there would be no problem.
Pretty little girl.
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