I went to one of the most strict, religious schools I've ever heard of for a year, and this whole no-braids thing is a total novelty to me. I honestly had never heard it before.
The 'fancy' HS one city over from where I grew up had a rule that basically said only black boys could have braids (any girl could as well). Boys could also not have facial hair, hair that came past their earlobes or wear nail polish.
Some beliefs are core to what it is to be a Christian. Yanno, like the whole Jesus dying on the cross/raising from the dead business. The rest is actually pretty optional. Even Jesus himself said so. Love God, love others. Whammo bammo.
As for why I do not wear my headscarf in a hijab fashion anymore. Yes, I felt threatened by people when I wore it in public like that. It's not that anyone said anything, but the looks were enough. It made me empathize with the Muslim women who have to deal with that treatment living in my part of the world. I have the option to wear a different style, so I chose something else not only because of the potential safety issues, but also because it isn't effective witnessing for Christ to appear as a Muslim.
Thats a very good justification for getting out of doing what god told you to do.
It's a conservative religious school, so conservative that they don't even allow braids.
So why would you think that a ridiculous Lady Gaga hair bow is okay?? It's clearly not keeping with the conservatism of the school's rules, even if the school didn't think to say "no hairstyles where the hair is tied into a bow."
HAB- If I mention that your daughter wouldn't really have a TWA in the traditional sense( like one which would get her teased like someone with 4z hair) can we still hang out tomorrow?
AW- They gon get you!!!
And with this post I think I finally figured out who you are! (Ibet everyone else knew already too).
"This prick is asking for someone here to bring him to task Somebody give me some dirt on this vacuous mass so we can at last unmask him I'll pull the trigger on it, someone load the gun and cock it While we were all watching, he got Washington in his pocket."
"Not gonna lie; I kind of keep expecting you to post one day that you threw down on someone who clearly had no idea that today was NOT THEIR DAY." ~dontcallmeshirley
Now maybe that little boy is something other than black. But I think it's odd that you'd assume there's *no* black students at this school.
I "doubt" does not equal I "assume".
Can we talk about why you doubt any black students attend that school, and why you say it's impossible for black people's hair to be fixed in any way other than cornrows?
Post by thejackpot on May 24, 2012 20:31:46 GMT -5
I detest that this thread: brought up Trayvon Martin and implied that he should have worn different attire and suggested that cornrows are not an appropriate hairstyle. Ugh.
Can we talk about why you doubt any black students attend that school, and why you say it's impossible for black people's hair to be fixed in any way other than cornrows?
Ok, I said the opposite of that about black people's hairstyle options. See quote:
But, I bet they didn't ask one black person about this.
I doubt black people go to that school. If they do, it's not impossible for a black person to fix their hair without going for cornrows.
I doubt black people go to that school due to the hairstyle code and how black mommas don't really put up with bs when it comes to their kids. That school appears to have some bs (imho) rules for kids. Perhaps I should have said, I doubt many black people go to that school, since someone found a picture of a black kid going there. (as though my doubts really need proving or disproving)
Would you like to share your own thoughts on black hair style options and your doubts about the demographics of students at this school? I"m oddly interested.