The Supreme Court of Jamaica has ruled in favor of a school that demanded a student cut her dreadlocks over "hygiene" reasons in order to attend classes.
Ellen DeGeneres and Alicia Keys had a special gift for DeAndre Arnold, the Mont Belvieu teen who was told he couldn’t walk at his high school graduation unless he cut his hair. A check for $20,000. Arnold’s story has made national headlines after he refused to cut his dreadlocks, which is prohibiting him from going to school or […]
BUENA, N.J. (AP) — A lawyer for a high school wrestler whose dreadlocks were cut off after a referee told him to lose the hairstyle or forfeit minutes before his match is suggesting the impromptu hair cut was due in part to the referee’s tardiness. Buena Regional High School wrestler Andrew Johnson, who is black, […]
Of the many things to be discriminated against for, hair is at the top as the most, annoying, petty and downright wrong thing to be discriminated for. Chasity Jones received a job offer at a call center in 2010 as a customer service representative in Mobile, Alabama, according to Blavity. After her interview, a manager from HR told her […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A convicted killer in an Ohio prison claims in a federal lawsuit that his civil rights have been violated by the repeated cutting of his dreadlocks. The lawsuit filed on behalf of inmate Cecil Koger says his faith of Rastafarianism (rah-stah-FARE-ee-ah-nizm) requires him to wear his hair in dreadlocks. The lawsuit […]
Refusing to hire someone because of their dreadlocks is legal, according to a ruling from the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Their ruling came after a lawsuit was filed by Equal Employment Opportunity Commission against Catastrophe Management Solutions in Mobile, Alabama. The EEOC was working on behalf of Chastity Jones, whose job offer was rescinded […]
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It is becoming more evident with each passing day that many feel that just about everything regarding black people needs to be policed and/or regulated. In the latest case of attempting to diminish our value, worth and beauty, and appeals court has ruled that employees who opt to wear dreadlocks do not have a legal […]
Isaiah Freeman's family is disappointed in their son's Virginia private school after they told the student he had to cut his dreadlocks if he wanted to stay at the institution.
Zendaya has heard all of Giuliana Rancic’s apologies for making a crack about her dreads, and she had one more thing to say. The actress…
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 […]
