An excerpt from the Root -
Mass. Charter School Students Sent to Detention, Banned From Prom Because They Wear Braids
By Breanna Edwards
Why black hair in school environments is still an issue in this, the year of our Lord 2017, is beyond me. But here we are, yet again. This time, in an apparent sudden enforcement of the “rules,” black students at a charter school in Malden, Mass., have been subject to punishment over braids (yes, the same hairstyle almost every little black girl has had at least once). And parents are upset.
According to the Boston Globe, Colleen Cook, whose twin 15-year-old daughters, Deanna and Mya, attend the Mystic Valley Regional Charter School, have been subject to several detentions since last week and now could actually be suspended from school over their hairstyle.
http://www.theroot.com/mass-charter-school-students-sent-to-detention-banned-1795173513
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