Read the original article: Elementary School Forces 7 Year-Old Out Over Dreadlocks TULSA, Okla. (AP) — An Oklahoma charter school has changed its dress code after inciting criticism for telling a 7-year-old girl that her dreadlocks violated the school’s policy. Tiana Parker and her parents said she was summoned last month to the administrator’s office at the Deborah Brown … [Read more...]
VIDEO: Melissa Harris-Perry Encourages Young Girl Removed From School Because of Dreadlocks
MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry dedicated a segment of her show this weekend to Tiana Parker, a 7-year-old student at Deborah Brown Community School in Oklahoma where she was told that her hairstyle was “unacceptable.” Parker’s hair was styled in dreadlocks – however, the school’s policy prohibits such hairstyles along with afros, mohawks, and “other faddish styles.” The … [Read more...]