Hair Discrimination Hurts Black Students at School

Posted on AllSides March 9th, 2020
From The Left

Hair discrimination is not just at the workplace, it has found its way into the educational arena.

In December 2018, Andrew Johnson, a Black high school wrestler in New Jersey was humiliated and subjected to racial discrimination when a white referee with a history of racism forced him to cut his locs or forfeit his match.

In January, DeAndre Arnold from Texas went viral after being told he could not graduate or attend prom if he didn’t cut off his locs.

Last month, Asia Simo, a 17-year-old from Louisiana,...

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