It is definitely discriminatory and forces Black or African students to be other than who thy are. It infringes on their rights. It is placing pressure on them which impacts on their ability to study or reach their optimum level. I would hate to think that a school that many primary school students aspire to attend and parents hold in high esteem has stooped so low. Are we now returning to the days when only a certain brand of students could attend such an institution?
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Jade Taylor-White
11 years ago
just now
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Dionne Johnson
11 years ago
I was headgirl at Kolij in 2001-2002. At the time I had relaxed hair. I have since then come to understand the many health dangers associated with the chemicals used to relax hair, and I have also cleared my head of the "good hair syndrome". I chopped it all off and I am growing it out in its lovely, kinky, curly, coily state. I have personally worn twist outs several times and received multiple compliments. Now if a caucasian student wore her hair open is that more accetable just because it is straight and will "fall nicely"? These are young ladies, you can't possible expect them to come to school with 6 big "granny plaits". What if the student's hair is too short to fit in one? Should she wear an afro everyday? Let's reassess the message we're sending here and the purpose behind it. Harrison, Harrison up!
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Latrisha Doughlin
11 years ago
It is Natural hair. Please exlplain and define where Flambouyant starts. Because this hairstyle has been around since time immemorial.
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Lisa Bannister
11 years ago
This policy will serve to set back black women at least fifty years. We must be more accepting of our own beauty.
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Marsha Hinds-Layne
11 years ago
It is time for us to create a space where Barbadian young women understand and accept their beauty...not as measured against european or any other type of beauty...just their beauty....Sorry you did not become liberated in your journey thus far Ms. Wade but please do not hinder younger generations of women from becoming liberated.
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Marcia Weekes
11 years ago
Lets love ourselves the way God made us. We are all beautiful. All Races # OneRace #VTheCrossing
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Matthew Wilson
11 years ago
do not teach our yoing people to hate or be embarrased of their true selves
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Khalid Batson
11 years ago
Hard to believe this is still going on
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Nikita Williams
11 years ago
Can't believe we would even have to do this
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Ismay
11 years ago
Why are we teaching and promoting self-hate?
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Leah Husbands
11 years ago
Twist outs are another form of wearing your hair. Cornrows are an acceptable style, twist - outs and plait outs can be worn neatly. this style can be very beautiful and becoming. We should be embracing everyone's beauty and not conform to other races but our own.
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Jefferson Sobers
11 years ago
This shouldn't be an issue in this day and age.
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Kathy-Ann Fletcher
11 years ago
I believe that we need to move past a world where we rob ourselves (black people) from the essential need of self-determination. For me this is not only about hair, it is about how we never let ourselves or our children work out who we/they are for themselves/ourselves. We are so busy following and enforcing rules that were established for our own damnation that we don't realise how much we are hurting our own personal and collective development. Let these children determine and be who they are for themselves not for some eurocentric position that was not made for their progress anyway.
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Annette Beckett
11 years ago
As a proponent of natural hair i am deeply offended. As someone who is very aware of the "good hair" syndrome I am seriously concerned about this occurrence.
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Leah Clarke
11 years ago
"Seeded by colonialism and watered by racism" - very aptly said. We will not rise as a people if we cannot even appreciate our natural beauty. We have to unlearn the unhealthy ideas of beauty that we have been brainwashed into believing and then hopefully we can start loving ourselves. That will be one of the first steps in reconstructing our story.
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Shaun'El Brathwaite
11 years ago
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Samuel Roach
11 years ago
The attitudes of the people who declare that natural hair styles are somehow bad are rooted in a sense of confusion over one's own identity as a black person. The black people who perpetuate this domestic racism are themselves unaware victims of a system and childhood that taught them such skewed values. Harrison's College should attempt to be pioneers of a new way of thinking instead of sheepishly following rotten traditions.
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Mrcs Thompson
11 years ago
Please join us in this 21st century.
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Natasha Grant
11 years ago
Teaching our black women to love themselves #hairskincurves
It is definitely discriminatory and forces Black or African students to be other than who thy are. It infringes on their rights. It is placing pressure on them which impacts on their ability to study or reach their optimum level. I would hate to think that a school that many primary school students aspire to attend and parents hold in high esteem has stooped so low. Are we now returning to the days when only a certain brand of students could attend such an institution?
just now
I was headgirl at Kolij in 2001-2002. At the time I had relaxed hair. I have since then come to understand the many health dangers associated with the chemicals used to relax hair, and I have also cleared my head of the "good hair syndrome". I chopped it all off and I am growing it out in its lovely, kinky, curly, coily state. I have personally worn twist outs several times and received multiple compliments. Now if a caucasian student wore her hair open is that more accetable just because it is straight and will "fall nicely"? These are young ladies, you can't possible expect them to come to school with 6 big "granny plaits". What if the student's hair is too short to fit in one? Should she wear an afro everyday? Let's reassess the message we're sending here and the purpose behind it. Harrison, Harrison up!
It is Natural hair. Please exlplain and define where Flambouyant starts. Because this hairstyle has been around since time immemorial.
This policy will serve to set back black women at least fifty years. We must be more accepting of our own beauty.
It is time for us to create a space where Barbadian young women understand and accept their beauty...not as measured against european or any other type of beauty...just their beauty....Sorry you did not become liberated in your journey thus far Ms. Wade but please do not hinder younger generations of women from becoming liberated.
Lets love ourselves the way God made us. We are all beautiful. All Races # OneRace #VTheCrossing
do not teach our yoing people to hate or be embarrased of their true selves
Hard to believe this is still going on
Can't believe we would even have to do this
Why are we teaching and promoting self-hate?
Twist outs are another form of wearing your hair. Cornrows are an acceptable style, twist - outs and plait outs can be worn neatly. this style can be very beautiful and becoming. We should be embracing everyone's beauty and not conform to other races but our own.
This shouldn't be an issue in this day and age.
I believe that we need to move past a world where we rob ourselves (black people) from the essential need of self-determination. For me this is not only about hair, it is about how we never let ourselves or our children work out who we/they are for themselves/ourselves. We are so busy following and enforcing rules that were established for our own damnation that we don't realise how much we are hurting our own personal and collective development. Let these children determine and be who they are for themselves not for some eurocentric position that was not made for their progress anyway.
As a proponent of natural hair i am deeply offended. As someone who is very aware of the "good hair" syndrome I am seriously concerned about this occurrence.
"Seeded by colonialism and watered by racism" - very aptly said. We will not rise as a people if we cannot even appreciate our natural beauty. We have to unlearn the unhealthy ideas of beauty that we have been brainwashed into believing and then hopefully we can start loving ourselves. That will be one of the first steps in reconstructing our story.
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The attitudes of the people who declare that natural hair styles are somehow bad are rooted in a sense of confusion over one's own identity as a black person. The black people who perpetuate this domestic racism are themselves unaware victims of a system and childhood that taught them such skewed values. Harrison's College should attempt to be pioneers of a new way of thinking instead of sheepishly following rotten traditions.
Please join us in this 21st century.
Teaching our black women to love themselves #hairskincurves