Current Events > This 17 y/o Black Girl was told to STRAIGHTEN her AFRO or be KICKED OUT!!

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17 y/o Jenesis Johnson from Florida has blasted her private high school principal after he told her to fix her Natural Afro because it was a "DISTRACTION" to fellow students!!

Lynn Burgess, the assistant principal at North Florida Christian said her full, natural hair was "not neat" and "needs to be put in style", by which he meant STRAIGHTENED like a white girls!!

She said "It is fixed" of his demands and insisted her hair is natural and meets that criterial for natural hair styles. But she was told if it isn't fixed, she risks her ENROLLMENT at the private high school and could be booted because of it!!

The demands comes as a surprise to her as she's been wearing it on and off since 7th grade and daily for the past 7 months. She admitted that her hair is large but she's alwas sitting at the back of the classroom as to not obstruct anyone's view.

She says the uproar happened a week ago when a teacher asked her: How long are you rocking that hairstyle?" which then prompted other kids to ask her about the styling and upkeep of the afro..it was only 2 days later that the principal asked her to straighten it out and said "No faddish or extreme hairstyles, and hair should be neat and clean at all times, insinuating that her hair was DIRTY!!..but the school handbook makes no mention of afro hairstyles.

Her mother, Lisa said "You might say that it didn't fit the handbook. But i saw and what she heard is a woman telling her that she's not pretty, hair hair does fit society"

Massachusetts attorney general sent a letter to schools demanding they ceease "subjecting students of colour, especially black students, to differential treatmeant" after students at several schools wore hair extensions and braids were facing suspension.

But North Florida Christian is a private institution and does not have to comply with anti-discrimination laws, a fact that leaves her academic future there in question.

She said "It hurts me. It's hurting me. For my people behind me, the younger ones, they're going to have hair like me. Why can't they wear their natural hair?"

If Jenesis doesn't straighten her hair next fall, they will refund her money and kick her out...

Are you "distracted" by Afro hairstyles?

Jenesis -

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The hair loos like crap. The teacher was doing her a favor.
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Full Throttle posted...

North Florida Christian

Oh...
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Is she hot??
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Full Throttle posted...

will refund her money

Oh lol. They've been wanting to kick her out.

DDoS posted...

Full Throttle posted...

will refund her money

Oh lol. They've been wanting to kick her out.

Yeah that's what I was thinking when I read that part. This just sounds like them trying to come up with a reason to kick her out

She's better off just leaving that backwards, trashy ass school.
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it's bullshit, but idk if she has much of a choice (if she plans to stay)
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KLouD_KoNNeCteD posted...

Is she hot??

no
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Why even have hair like that in the first place? I really can't blame the school tbh
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it's how her hair naturally grows, and straightening/"treating"/braiding hair can be damaging
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boxington posted...

it's how her hair naturally grows, and straightening/"treating"/braiding hair can be damaging

Just trimming it isn't damaging...
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we STILL live in a world that has bull shit like this..

fuzzylittlbunny posted...

boxington posted...

it's how her hair naturally grows, and straightening/"treating"/braiding hair can be damaging

Just trimming it isn't damaging...

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Terra-enforcer posted...

Why even have hair like that in the first place? I really can't blame the school tbh

why not have hair like that? why should she have to trim it? if someone told you right now you HAD to shave your head and eyebrows would you be ok with that?

IHeartRadiation posted...

Full Throttle posted...

North Florida Christian

Oh...

surprine, surprine. more Christian acceptance and love.
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Terra-enforcer posted...

fuzzylittlbunny posted...

boxington posted...

it's how her hair naturally grows, and straightening/"treating"/braiding hair can be damaging

Just trimming it isn't damaging...

a lot of women (or just people in general) don't want short hair
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TheVipaGTS posted...

we STILL live in a world that has bull shit like this..

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Shame that some of these clowns are ok with this
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She should have to sit in the back of the class so no one is behind her but that's it.
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iron jojo posted...

She should have to sit in the back of the class so no one is behind her but that's it.

Did you even read the article?

spudger posted...

surprine, surprine. more Christian acceptance and love.

Ugh, don't you dare. This story interests me for other reasons.
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_Rinku_ posted...

iron jojo posted...

She should have to sit in the back of the class so no one is behind her but that's it.

Did you even read the article?

No I read duckbears butchered version, did you?
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^ basically, the girl said she sits in the back of every class so that she won't be a distraction to anyone
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This really isn't a new thing. As far as America is concerned, whenever there's a dress code established, you should assume the standard was based within the realm of what's reasonably attainable for a white person. Black hair & the fact it doesn't naturally conform to White America aesthetics is a constant issue for blacks whether it be socially or professionally. The "style" they're looking for can be attained, but it usually takes time and/or money to do so.
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boxington posted...

^ basically, the girl said she sits in the back of every class so that she won't be a distraction to anyone

Oh well that should have been the end of it. 'Sounds like a stupid school anyway.
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TheVipaGTS posted...

Terra-enforcer posted...

Why even have hair like that in the first place? I really can't blame the school tbh

why not have hair like that? why should she have to trim it? if someone told you right now you HAD to shave your head and eyebrows would you be ok with that?

I had to shave my big bushy beard to comply with regulations at the place I work at now. Had been growing it for over a year and while I kept it neat and trim, it wasn't a compatible thing with my job.

So I shaved it off. No big deal. It's a pretty good job, and putting that at risk just because of my beard would be rather stupid.

Now having said that... that girl's education is far more important than my job I have now. If I had decided my beard was more important than that job, I could have kept it and just looked for a different job that didnt mind me having it. This girl though would have a much harder time transferring schools simply due to her hair. She needs to just bite the bullet and change her hair for now until she finishes her education, then she can have whatever style of hair she wants.

However, dress and appearance codes exist EVERYWHERE. unless you work from home or at some call centers that just don't GAF, she may need to change her hair or dress style to accommodate that.
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the problem is is it's discriminatory.

unless if there's some kinda middle ground where everyone has to have a similar style comes as close to naturally for them, you're penalizing someone for having "black" hair.
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boxington posted...

the problem is is it's discriminatory.

unless if there's some kinda middle ground where everyone has to have a similar style comes as close to naturally for them, you're penalizing someone for having "black" hair.

This. It wasn't a hygiene issue, she sat so it wasn't a distraction for the others, and it didn't violate their dress code. There is no problem.
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It said her hair was "not neat". Natural or not, you have to abide by the dress code. If my hair was naturally chaotic and my boss told me to gel it or something, I would have to abide or I would get my ass fired. I can't just say "Well this is how my hair is naturally so deal with it". I've had bosses tell me to cut my hair because it was getting too long, and I did so.

Only difference here is that this is school and that was work. And it's much easier to just keep your hair how you like it and go to a different school than it is to find a new job.
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that is just a look into the more rooted problems in America, where everything is held to the "Caucasian" standard. I have seen afros though and my school didn't have a problem with it, but I guess that's because I never went to private school.
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there's nothing un-neat about her hair, though (unless if it normally looks different from the pictures)

from the pictures you can tell her hair is well-groomed. otherwise, it'd look matted and/or uneven.

plus, were going by some dude's bias.
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It sort of does look un-neat. Compared to say, her mom's(?) hair in that last picture.
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fair next.
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Imagine having to sit behind that in class? Heh.

She don't need to get rid of the affro, she needs to cut her damn hair so it's not gigantic.
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She could trim it just enough to give it a rounder shape, without making it look smaller
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fuzzylittlbunny posted...

It sort of does look un-neat. Compared to say, her mom's(?) hair in that last picture.

her mom doesn't have an afro, though
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Oh and catholic school up here doesn't allow anyone to have more than shoulder length hair. This is "racist" against white students because their hair grows straight. .Must be slow day in SJWvile. Oh ya, the bombing. It's deflection time.
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Davjat posted...

It's deflection time.

clearly
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Her hair is blocking the other students from looking at the board. It's distraction, so she should cut it short.
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it makes her look, like, 37
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Trump's America. Nothing to see here.
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boxington posted...

fuzzylittlbunny posted...

It sort of does look un-neat. Compared to say, her mom's(?) hair in that last picture.

her mom doesn't have an afro, though

But her mom is black. Doesn't that mean that she has "black" hair? And so if the mom has "black" hair like that, why can't the daughter?
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fuzzylittlbunny posted...

But her mom is black. Doesn't that mean that she has "black" hair? And so if the mom has "black" hair like that, why can't the daughter?

Maybe because the daughter want to wear her hair differently from her mother's?
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But he said she's penalized because of her genetics ("black" hair), not the style. Meaning the way it grows. It doesn't need to look like her mom's; just enough to get by in school. If they're not willing to comply, I say just go to a different school.
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Bishop9800 posted...

fuzzylittlbunny posted...

But her mom is black. Doesn't that mean that she has "black" hair? And so if the mom has "black" hair like that, why can't the daughter?

Maybe because the daughter want to wear her hair differently from her mother's?

Think you missed the point there. Mom is black. Mom has acceptable hair. Daughter is black. Daughter can also have acceptable hair, but chooses not to. She chooses to wear it in one of the ways that isn't allowed by her school.
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it's hard to tell from that picture, but it looks like the mom could be using texturizer(?), and if so, plus the way it's styled, it could lead to damaged and/or thinning hair, or even hair loss.
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Like I said, she doesn't need product. Just trim it a little to make it neater. It doesn't have to be short.
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it's not a matter of trimming; if the article is anything to go by, they want her to straighten her hair.
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Another assault on the black image.
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