Racism in 2013: Hair
TULSA,Oklahoma shame on you. You and your misguided administration continues to devalue God's human beings. At the same time hiding your dislike of citizens, in your community, behind policy.
What is the difference of you singling out a little girl because her hair did not conform to the straight texture as European decent, and the color line drawn, pre Civil Rights, which prevented two black little girls from walking through a railroad switchyard in 1950s Topeka, Kan., unable to attend a nearby white school, making their way to the black bus stop beyond the tracks.
Both sets of children, 50 years apart, were told they could not attend school because they inherited gens which colored their skin a dark complexion and their hair an explosive bouquet of kinky beauty.
More than 50 years after Americans, Black and White, have marched, singed, prayed, stood, and died for equal rights of the African American, there are those of you who still don't get it. Did Brown vs Board of Education need to say that not only should everyone have access to equal education, they should be able to wear their hair the way God made them? Really?
People get a grip. Groups who are different from you are here to stay. That means they will have characteristics, and practices which are different from yours. It does not make them bad nor disrespectful people. Instead of saying they are distracting, try teaching tolerance to your administration, teachers, student body, and even your parents. Understanding your neighbor is going to be the solution to living as peaceful as we can.
Making an elementary age child feel like you don't like her for any reason will not solve your problems it will only inflame trouble and make you look uneducated, educator.
WLW
Tulsa school sends girl home because ‘dreadlocks’ and ‘afros’ are too distracting (via Raw Story )
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