#blacklivesmatter racism is a human problem

I hope in time we truly embrace our afro hair.

I recall some pretty poor decisions at my daughter’s and indeed my step daughter’s secondary school around hair and what was deemed acceptable. Whilst my children were not affected personally, my step daughter was and there was a proper meltdown between school head, teachers, pupils, staff and parents.

Having to deal with puberty is hard enough for teenage girls, having to treat one’s hairs to become socially accepted under school rules was blatant ignorance.

I hope that schools engage better on this topic and nurture more understanding. I often ribbed my step daughter about hair straightening, when we discussed this I came to understand how much impact her hair and appearance affected her during her time in secondary school :(

However, the introduction of specific guidance from the equality watchdog relating to hair discrimination follows some high-profile cases where parents and pupils have taken legal action against schools for enforcing policies that ban certain hairstyles such as cornrows or Afros. In addition, there have been reports of pupil protests in some schools against policies which are perceived as discriminatory.

https://wslaw.co.uk/blog/equality-act-avoiding-hair-discrimination/#:~:text=Although%20hair%20is%20not%20specifically,such%20as%20race%20or%20religion.