Most parents would agree that a dress code in high school is beneficial for students experimenting with their looks and their identity. It keeps the crazy clothing at school to a minimum and tries to change the focus of attention from what people are wearing to what the kids are supposed to be learning.
Horizon Science Academy in Ohio took that ideal of uniformity entirely too far though: they banned African American hairstyles. In their letter to parents detailing the school’s updated dress code, the school included the line: “Afro-puffs and small twisted braids, with our [sic] without rubberbands, are NOT permitted.”
These hairstyles are often worn by black girls because they do not involve chemical processing or (usually) hair extensions. By banning natural hairstyles, what the school is implicitly advocating is that African-American kids chemically process their hair so that it resembles white hair and is then within the rules of Horizon Science Academy.
Via MediaTakeOut
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