Well ya’ know, I think short hair looks nice on black men and boys. IMHO. Can’t see a problem here, maybe there’s more to the story... but there always is, isn’t there?
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