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11/10/2007: "African-American "right" to maroon hair"

The lawyers contended school policy shows prejudice toward African-Americans by disallowing certain hair colors for students. Students had been told their hair can be highlighted only by what Johnson called the four "natural colors": blond, black, brown and red.

"Many African-American women and girls choose colors like maroon for their hair, while fewer white women and girls do so," the letter read. "Moreover, many African-American women and girls cannot effectively highlight their hair with black or brown colors, and for reasons of cultural and racial pride are opposed to highlighting their hair with the hair colors natural to white women."

[ Either ban all hair dye, or ban none. I doubt this incident was "racism" by intention, but it ends up being silly on both sides. ]

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