locs

A second student at a Texas high school has reportedly been suspended and told that he can’t return to class until he cuts his locs. ABC News reports, Kaden Bradford, 16, is a sophomore at Barbers Hill High School in Mont Belvieu and has been on suspension since last week, according to his mother, Cindy Bradford. […]

A Texas school district is receiving a heap of criticism for its hairstyle code. Senior, Deandre Arnold was reportedly told that in order to graduate he would have to cut off his locs. Now, his family, community members and activists are standing by his side, calling out the outrageous policy. “The dress code is designed […]

Last week, we reported about Amari Allen, the twelve-year-old sixth-grader who claimed that three of her white male classmates, forcibly held her down and cut her locs, while calling her ugly. Now, according to Insider, Allen and her family are recanting their story. Today, her grandparents, who are her legal guardians, and the Immanuel Christian School released statements […]

A pre-teen girl was assaulted by white male classmates who cut her locks on the playground at a Christian school in Virginia, WUSA9 reports. Amari Allen, a student at Immanuel Christian School in Fairfax, Virginia, was viciously attacked by a group of sixth-grade boys, who reportedly pinned her down while cutting her locs. According to reports, […]

Representation matters!

Here’s a legal ruling that looks to have an immediate and negative impact on a lot of folks … Black and non-Black, for that matter. The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 3-0 that banning employees from wearing their hair in dreadlocks is not a form of racial discrimination. The legal ruling grew out […]

A writer on Fashion Police was about to sit back and let Giuliana Rancic take 100 percent of the fall for her racially-insensitive quip about Zendaya Coleman’s locs. The latest in this never-ending saga is the revelation that Rancic’s “I feel like she smells like patchouli oil, maybe weed” comment regarding the 18-year-old’s dreadlocks was […]

Zendaya Coleman has accepted Giuliana Rancic’s video apology for saying her dreadlocks made her appear as if she smelled of patchouli oil and weed. “I appreciate your apology and I’m glad it was a learning experience for you and for the network,” the Disney star wrote. “I hope that others negatively affected by her words […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Giuliana Rancic is apologizing to Zendaya and others offended by Rancic’s “Fashion Police” jab at the actress-singer’s Oscar-night dreadlocks. On “E! News” Tuesday, Rancic said the reaction to her comments has increased her awareness of, in her words, “cliches and stereotypes.” They are damaging, she said, adding that she and others […]

When actress Zendaya Coleman decided to rock a different hair look to the Oscars on Sunday night, she never expected to ignite a natural hair firestorm. Her faux locs, one of the changing hairstyles Coleman has tried out as of late were critiqued on E! News’ popular fashion show Fashion Police. Kelly Osborne said she […]

Q: I have locs – what can I do for dandruff? – M King Check out Dr. Renee’s video response. SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER HERE! Have…