this is some mothafuckn bullsh*t. i couldn’t say it any other way.

lanomrah:

The  Toledo Public School System has experienced the chopping block on more than one occasion; choosing to close schools, merge districts, and eliminate programs. Since these decisions have been made over the last few years, parents have removed their children from TPS and have placed them in the rising number of charter schools and private schools.

A student of a local private school, Central Catholic High School, was taken out of the registration line because of her choice in hair styles.  She was told her hair style was unacceptable. A chemical free, female student, who is also a Senior, is being challenged in her  final year of high school because she wears Sisterlocks. She was told she would have to remove her 3 week old locks before returning to school Monday. Sisterlocks are a type of hair locks that is extremely small and resembles loose hair. No extensions are placed in the hair to wear this style and it is maintained regularly with careful cleansing and grooming.

Informed that a policy was put in place sometime this year, was supposed to ease the discomfort and feelings of being stereotyped and segregated this student and her family has to endure. Now, based on this “new” policy that forbids the wearing of dreadlocks or twistys in the hair, this family must decide on the future of their child’s education.  There are a lot of decisions  to make in this regard. Should the family comply and cut the young lady’s hair off? If so, how would they feel and how would she feel about the education she is receiving, and what she had to do in order to receive this top notch education? Also, how will this affect her for the rest of the year, among her peers, friends, and the reflection she will see in the mirror?

Read more here…

Now what were we saying now about professionalism and having standards of Goodness being determined by White men?

oh. ok.