Kids getting sent from school for
wearing something or having a style that the school didn't agree with
isn't new. My cousin got sent home when we were little because he had
one of those shirts that said “Crack Kills” and the image was a
skinny dude stuck inside a big woman's ass. I can see why the school
would do that and why his mama shouldn't have let him wear it. But
there was no rule that said he couldn't. A 13 year old kid in North
Yorkshire, England named Chenise Benson was sent home after showing
up to school with braids. Yeah, the ones you see above. Some reports
are calling them dreadlocks because they have never seen dreadlocks
before. She got them for her birthday during a break in school and
her dad Darren Benson is pissed because he wasted $170 on 'em
because he expected the braids or his daughters interest in them to
last a year.
“One of her friends at the school,
who has Jamaican heritage, has the same style of haircut but with a
red stripe in it rather than white, and she has been allowed to
remain. I've read the policy regarding haircuts, and I can’t see
what rule she has broken.” Ah, the good ol' fashioned “they did
it so why can't I?” defense. The school has a policy against kids
thinking their opinions matter.
