Thursday, March 28, 2024

Texas Grandmother Told to Cut Student’s Long Hair or Put Him in a Dress [VIDEO]

*The parents of a young Black male student say they were told by a Texas school district to cut his long hair or send him to class in a dress and tell his classmates he’s a girl.

According to CNN affiliate KETK, the parents say the school board altered the dress code and it discriminates against Black boys. 

Randi Woodley says she met with the principal who explained her grandson’s hair was too long and she needed to cut it or else. 

KETK reports that during a school board meeting, Woodley addressed Tatum Independent School District’s superintendent, who gave her three options.

“He told me that I could either cut it, braid it and pin it up or put my grandson in a dress and send him to school and, when prompted, my grandson must say he’s a girl,” she said.

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The school district’s policy on hair states: “No ponytails, ducktails, rat-tails, male buns or puffballs are allowed on male students. ALL male hair of any type SHALL NOT extend past the top of a t-shirt collar, as it lays naturally.”

Woodley wrote about the incident in an Aug. 13 Facebook post, recalling the principal saying the boy’s hair could be a “distraction.”

“I was totally confused by the word distraction … considering it’s his natural hair; no coloring, no extensions. His natural hair,” she wrote in the post, PEOPLE reports. 

Woodley added to KETK: “We shouldn’t even be talking about this at any age, because hair has nothing to do with learning.”

Family friend Rachel Raye has started a petition on Change.org, noting that Woodley will not be “bullied” into cutting the child’s hair.

“When will the racial discrimination and injustice towards our sons, brothers, uncles, husbands, and friends stop?” Raye wrote. “Really? A four year old boy. We need to be his voice.”

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