Condemning students for wearing their hair in the natural state is shocking.
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Reynold Drakes
11 years ago
I agree wholeheartedly.
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Paula Wood
11 years ago
I did not go to Harrison's but across the street to QC and it saddens me to hear this...in this day and age...
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Jalissa
11 years ago
Hope this helps
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Daana Linton
11 years ago
We should be ENCOURAGING our girls to embrace the hair that grows from their scalps. Also rules need to be applied equally.
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Nikita Fennell
11 years ago
HIGHLY OFFENDED
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Sahirah Boyd
11 years ago
this clearly is an act against those with kinky hair and absolutely shameful for those involved
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Emmerson Inniss
11 years ago
To deter a person from being natural in any form is to encourage madness.
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Amin Ward
11 years ago
CAKE OR DEATH!
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Wayne Quintyne
11 years ago
It is unfortunate that at this point of our development we still have to wrestle with issues of cultural identity within the guise of conformity.
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Johanan Lafeuillee Doughlin
11 years ago
Teach our generation to love their natural, please.
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Angela Earl
11 years ago
As a Black woman and mother of a daughter who wears her hair naturally, I feel that banning natural hairstyle goes against our very souls, spirit, and standards of appropriateness and beauty. My daughter (11) has never had nor ever wanted a relaxer. As a trained cosmetologist, I know the dangers of using harse chemicals and how many Black women are now relying on hair weaves to hide the accumulative damage we have endured in assimilating and adhere to white standards of beauty.
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Nikita Gibson
11 years ago
As a former student and women who wears natural hair, I am highly offended by this situation and I would hope the principal rethinks this step. Black is beautiful and so is natural!
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Sasky Louison
11 years ago
agreed!
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Victoria Alleyne
11 years ago
Yes, yes, and yes. I agree wholeheartedly with everything stated in this petition as a former alum.
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Kay Bovell
11 years ago
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As a former student and a woman who proudly wears her hair natural, I am disappointed and offended that in 2015 our children are being judged not by the content of their character but by the texture of their hair. Isn't it time that we focus on teaching our children self - love and acceptance along with academics?
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Kurt Linton
11 years ago
+100
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Carson Howard
11 years ago
Sigh...
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Amanda Lynch-Foster
11 years ago
As Harrisonians, we must be critical thinkers. And as such, this assertion that twist-outs are 'inappropriate for school' must be questioned. What about this hairstyle is inappropriate? What reasoning is this based upon? It sends a message as Marsha so eloquently put it that for young women of African heritage, our natural selves are inherently untidy and must be fixed, tamed, treated or otherwise.
Condemning students for wearing their hair in the natural state is shocking.
I agree wholeheartedly.
I did not go to Harrison's but across the street to QC and it saddens me to hear this...in this day and age...
Hope this helps
We should be ENCOURAGING our girls to embrace the hair that grows from their scalps. Also rules need to be applied equally.
HIGHLY OFFENDED
this clearly is an act against those with kinky hair and absolutely shameful for those involved
To deter a person from being natural in any form is to encourage madness.
CAKE OR DEATH!
It is unfortunate that at this point of our development we still have to wrestle with issues of cultural identity within the guise of conformity.
Teach our generation to love their natural, please.
As a Black woman and mother of a daughter who wears her hair naturally, I feel that banning natural hairstyle goes against our very souls, spirit, and standards of appropriateness and beauty. My daughter (11) has never had nor ever wanted a relaxer. As a trained cosmetologist, I know the dangers of using harse chemicals and how many Black women are now relying on hair weaves to hide the accumulative damage we have endured in assimilating and adhere to white standards of beauty.
As a former student and women who wears natural hair, I am highly offended by this situation and I would hope the principal rethinks this step. Black is beautiful and so is natural!
agreed!
Yes, yes, and yes. I agree wholeheartedly with everything stated in this petition as a former alum.
As a former student and a woman who proudly wears her hair natural, I am disappointed and offended that in 2015 our children are being judged not by the content of their character but by the texture of their hair. Isn't it time that we focus on teaching our children self - love and acceptance along with academics?
+100
Sigh...
As Harrisonians, we must be critical thinkers. And as such, this assertion that twist-outs are 'inappropriate for school' must be questioned. What about this hairstyle is inappropriate? What reasoning is this based upon? It sends a message as Marsha so eloquently put it that for young women of African heritage, our natural selves are inherently untidy and must be fixed, tamed, treated or otherwise.
proud of who we are.