African- American teen Vanessa Dyke who schools at Faith Christian Academy, a private school in Orlando since the third grade has been threatened with expulsion if she doesnt cut and shape her hair. She says: It says that Im unique, said VanDyke. First of all, its puffy and I like it that way. I know people will tease me about it because its not straight. I dont fit in. Apparently, it seems the school has has a dress code and rules against how students can wear their hair. The student handbook reads: Hair must be a natural color and must not be a distraction, and goes on to state examples that include, but are not limited to, mohawks, shaved designs and rat tails. But the mother doesnt seem to find how her hair violates the school rules. She says: A distraction to one person is not a distraction to another, said VanDykes mother, Sabrina Kent. You can have a kid come in with pimples on his face. Are you going to call that a distraction?...Im going to fight for my daughter. If she wants her hair like that, she will keep her hair like that. There are people out there who may think that natural hair is not appropriate. She is beautiful the way she is.
Posted on: Sun, 01 Dec 2013 12:31:33 +0000
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