Two black female students attending a charter school in Massachusetts were recently kicked off their sports teams and prohibited from attending a prom because they wore their hair in braids. The Mystic Valley Regional Charter School in Malden, about 9 miles from Boston, enforces a strict dress code preventing students from wearing their hair in any unnatural way, which includes braids.
Twin students Maya and Deanna Cook, African-American sophomores, told local news outlets they were first told to take their braids out two weeks ago by school officials.
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Press Release: Coalition of Black Women Leaders Call for Changes to State and Federal Discrimination Laws that Allow Employers to Legally Discriminate Based On Hairstyle
**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE** 03.29.2018 Coalition of Black Women Leaders Call for Changes to State and Federal Discrimination Laws that Allow Employers to Legally Discriminate Based On Hairstyle (WASHINGTON, DC) – The Justice Read more…