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Texas school district faces backlash after student told he couldn't walk at graduation unless he cut his dreadlocks short: report
By Aris Folley
01/21/20 04:45 PM EST
A school district in Mont Belvieu, Texas, is facing backlash over its dress code after a student was reportedly told he wouldn’t be able to participate in graduation later this year if he didn’t cut his dreadlocks.
According to a local NBC station, the controversy began shortly after DeAndre Arnold, who attends Barbers Hill High School, was told he would have to cut his dreadlocks to a certain length in order to walk at his graduation this year.
Arnold has reportedly refused to cut his hair, citing his Trinidadian culture, according to the station.
The policy was met with criticism from some local activists when the issue was addressed during a Barbers Hill Independent School District [ISD] board meeting Monday, which was also Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
One activist, Ashton Woods, told KHOU that the “dress code is designed by white people for white people and is damaging to black bodies.”
Another activist with the United Urban Alumni Association, Gary Monroe, called the matter a “black and white issue.”
"DeAndre [and] his family should not have to go through this. But I expect it from a board that has zero diversity,” he said, according to KHOU. He also accused the school of being in “violation of the 1964 Civil Rights Act as it pertains to religious beliefs.”
Superintendent Greg Poole pushed back against criticism linking the policy to race, however, saying, “There is no dress code policy that prohibits any cornrow or any other method of wearing of the hair.”
“Our policy limits the length. It's been that way for 30 years,” he added, according to the local station.
The district also provided The Hill with a statement addressing the controversy on Tuesday afternoon.
“Barbers Hill ISD has a long standing dress code, but we absolutely allow dreadlocks. What we do not allow is any action that circumvents or violates the provision regarding hair length. The student in question was NEVER forbidden from attending school,” a spokesperson for the district said.
“The U.S. Constitution allows a school board the right to implement local community expectations, and Barbers Hill ISD’s continual academic and extra-curricular successes are a direct result of our communities’ high expectations,” the spokesperson continued.
However, Arnold's mother said the family is threatening legal action if the school doesn’t allow her son to walk.
"We're here for DeAndre, but it's about more than that," she told KHOU. "This is about all the other DeAndres that could come through Barbers Hill."
"They have 48 hours to come up with a resolution or we're taking this to federal court," she added.
The controversy comes as a handful of states across the country have been passing legislation that seeks to crack down on race-based hair discrimination in schools and workplaces.
link wrote:since when dredlocks is part of T&T culture ???
isn't this a Jamaican import ?
De Dragon wrote:DeAndre Arnold, who attends Barbers Hill High School,
It was never Rastafarian,Ben_spanna wrote:its neither Trini , nor Jamaican,
its Rastafarian lifestyle.............
but lets give the mighty US another reason to add Trinidad to the list of countries Banned from entering there.
zoom rader wrote:It was never Rastafarian,Ben_spanna wrote:its neither Trini , nor Jamaican,
its Rastafarian lifestyle.............
but lets give the mighty US another reason to add Trinidad to the list of countries Banned from entering there.
They copied Ganga smoking injuns who was doing this for the last 5000 years.
Ben_spanna wrote:So youre saying injuns had dreadlocks BEFORE Africans??zoom rader wrote:It was never Rastafarian,Ben_spanna wrote:its neither Trini , nor Jamaican,
its Rastafarian lifestyle.............
but lets give the mighty US another reason to add Trinidad to the list of countries Banned from entering there.
They copied Ganga smoking injuns who was doing this for the last 5000 years.
Some of the earliest depictions of dreadlocks date back as far as 3600 years to the Minoan Civilization, one of Europe's earliest civilizations, centered in Crete (now part of Greece).[4] Frescoes discovered on the Aegean island of Thera (modern Santorini, Greece) depict individuals with long braided hair or long dreadlocks.[3][4]
In ancient Egypt, examples of Egyptians wearing locked hairstyles and wigs have appeared on bas-reliefs, statuary and other artifacts.[6] Mummified remains of ancient Egyptians with locked wigs have also been recovered from archaeological sites.[7]
During the Bronze Age and Iron Age many peoples in the Near East, Asia Minor, Caucasus, East Mediterranean and North Africa such as the Sumerians, Elamites, and Ancient Egyptians were depicted in art with braided or plaited hair and beards. However, braids are not dreadlocks, and it is not always possible to tell from these images which are being depicted
Ben_spanna wrote:So youre saying injuns had dreadlocks BEFORE Africans??zoom rader wrote:It was never Rastafarian,Ben_spanna wrote:its neither Trini , nor Jamaican,
its Rastafarian lifestyle.............
but lets give the mighty US another reason to add Trinidad to the list of countries Banned from entering there.
They copied Ganga smoking injuns who was doing this for the last 5000 years.
.Hindu Vedic scriptures provide the earliest known evidence of dreadlocks. Locks are worn in India by Sadhus or Holy men. The Nagas are ascetics and followers of the god Shiva. They wear their Jaata (locks) above their head and let them down only for special occasions and rituals. Jaata means twisted locks of hair. Indian holy men and women regard locks as sacred, considered to be a religious practice and an expression for their disregard of vanity
With the widespread arrival of indentured laborers into the Caribbean in the mid 1800’s, the style of dread locks was born. This style was worn by those who followed a Sahdus or “hill Indo Trini” lifestyle. Sahdus are considered the holy men of India (also those responsible for the Marijuana explosion). Many of indentured laborers from India are of aboriginal decent, and came from villages that mirrored those of aboriginal decent in South Africa, and Madagascar. This is apparent all throughout India, in all regions, and those who wear the style come from all backgrounds of genetics, from Negritos, Caucasoid, monagloid, and or course the mix of all 3, the average East Indian person. Since many east Indians in the western world have either had their history lost or themselves are preoccupied by western culture, they themselves are not aware of the roots of the Indian culture. The lifestyle or culture of Sahdus is the root of the Rasta movement. As the concept of being vegetarian, and wearing the hair in a way that one does not care how society views you are apparent. Both concepts believe that any creature that bleeds is a creation of the earth or god and is a sin. Smoking ganja is one of the most important trait to the lifestyle, as it is considered an herb from mother earth, and can take the mind to levels of supernatural being, if used correctively. They heavy influence of the East Indian laborers is overwhelmingly obvious in certain parts of the Caribbean (Jamaica, Guyana, Suriname, south east Caribbean; Trinidad, Barbados, st Vincent). The actual dialect of loan words from Hindi and west African dialect, the numerous curry and spiced dishes, and marijuana explosion (ganja in Jamaica, for the Ganges holy river, where the crop was taken to the Caribbean by Sahdus), and dreadlocks and facial hair. Ganja especially going hand in hand with the dreadlock culture in India, as it is a staple and one of the most popular crops all throughout India. Other aspects of Indian influence in the Caribbean would of course be the dance, music, infused in the music and dance style with the West African styles combined into one. Many fruits have also been transported from India to the Caribbean, such as sapodilla, and sweetsop or cherimoya. However there are other indigenous versions of sweetsop to the Caribbean. "
Over 36,000 Indians were taken to Jamaica as indentured workers between 1845 and 1917, with around two thirds of them remaining on the island. The demand for their labour came after the end of slavery in 1830 and the failure to attract workers from Europe.
The Indian workers tended their own gardens after the work on the plantations was done to supplement their diet. Indian workers, in search of relaxation, also introduced marijuana and the chillum pipe, to Jamaica. Hindu festivals such as Diwali were celebrated although many became Christians over time. Gradually workers left the plantations for Kingston and took jobs that better utilised their existing, and newly learned skills. The Indian community adopted English as their first language and became jewellers, fishermen, barbers and shopkeepers.
Indians have made many contributions to Jamaican culture. Indian jewellery, in the form of intricately wrought gold bangles, are common on Jamaica, with their manufacture and sale going back to the 1860s. Indians established the island's first successful rice mill in the 1890s and dominated the island's vegetable production until the late 1940s.
Forms of Indian dress were adopted by some Jamaicans and can be seen in Jonkonnu processions. Many Christian African-Jamaicans participate alongside Indian-Jamaicans in the Indian inspired cultural celebrations of (Shia Muslims) Hosay and (Hindu) Divali. In the past, every plantation in each parish celebrated Hosay while today it has been rebranded an Indian carnival and is perhaps most well known in Clarendon where it is celebrated each August. Divali, a Hindu festival linked with the reaping of grain, the return of Prince Rama after 14 years in exile, and the victory of good over evil, is celebrated late October to early November on the darkest night of the year. Houses are cleaned and brightly lit and everyone is in high spirits.
Approximately 61,500 Indians live in Jamaica today, maintaining their own cultural organizations and roots but assimilated into the wider community. Traditional Indian foods such as curry goat and roti have become part of the national cuisine and are now seen as 'Jamaican'. Alongside Hinduism & Sufi Islam, the smoking of cannabis (Ganja) was introduced to Jamaica from India. The influence of the Caste system has largely atrophied and arranged marriages are no longer common.
Descendants of the immigrant workers have influenced the fields of farming, medicine, politics and even horse-racing. See Indo-Jamaican
rspann wrote:Dreadlocks came about when the indians smoked weed got high and couldn't care less about cutting and grooming their hair. Zoom is a good example. He is a bobo.
rspann wrote:Dreadlocks came about when the indians smoked weed got high and couldn't care less about cutting and grooming their hair. Zoom is a good example. He is a bobo.
zoom rader wrote:Ben_spanna wrote:So youre saying injuns had dreadlocks BEFORE Africans??zoom rader wrote:It was never Rastafarian,Ben_spanna wrote:its neither Trini , nor Jamaican,
its Rastafarian lifestyle.............
but lets give the mighty US another reason to add Trinidad to the list of countries Banned from entering there.
They copied Ganga smoking injuns who was doing this for the last 5000 years.
Dreadlocks is all Injun bro,.Hindu Vedic scriptures provide the earliest known evidence of dreadlocks. Locks are worn in India by Sadhus or Holy men. The Nagas are ascetics and followers of the god Shiva. They wear their Jaata (locks) above their head and let them down only for special occasions and rituals. Jaata means twisted locks of hair. Indian holy men and women regard locks as sacred, considered to be a religious practice and an expression for their disregard of vanityWith the widespread arrival of indentured laborers into the Caribbean in the mid 1800’s, the style of dread locks was born. This style was worn by those who followed a Sahdus or “hill Indo Trini” lifestyle. Sahdus are considered the holy men of India (also those responsible for the Marijuana explosion). Many of indentured laborers from India are of aboriginal decent, and came from villages that mirrored those of aboriginal decent in South Africa, and Madagascar. This is apparent all throughout India, in all regions, and those who wear the style come from all backgrounds of genetics, from Negritos, Caucasoid, monagloid, and or course the mix of all 3, the average East Indian person. Since many east Indians in the western world have either had their history lost or themselves are preoccupied by western culture, they themselves are not aware of the roots of the Indian culture. The lifestyle or culture of Sahdus is the root of the Rasta movement. As the concept of being vegetarian, and wearing the hair in a way that one does not care how society views you are apparent. Both concepts believe that any creature that bleeds is a creation of the earth or god and is a sin. Smoking ganja is one of the most important trait to the lifestyle, as it is considered an herb from mother earth, and can take the mind to levels of supernatural being, if used correctively. They heavy influence of the East Indian laborers is overwhelmingly obvious in certain parts of the Caribbean (Jamaica, Guyana, Suriname, south east Caribbean; Trinidad, Barbados, st Vincent). The actual dialect of loan words from Hindi and west African dialect, the numerous curry and spiced dishes, and marijuana explosion (ganja in Jamaica, for the Ganges holy river, where the crop was taken to the Caribbean by Sahdus), and dreadlocks and facial hair. Ganja especially going hand in hand with the dreadlock culture in India, as it is a staple and one of the most popular crops all throughout India. Other aspects of Indian influence in the Caribbean would of course be the dance, music, infused in the music and dance style with the West African styles combined into one. Many fruits have also been transported from India to the Caribbean, such as sapodilla, and sweetsop or cherimoya. However there are other indigenous versions of sweetsop to the Caribbean. "
Over 36,000 Indians were taken to Jamaica as indentured workers between 1845 and 1917, with around two thirds of them remaining on the island. The demand for their labour came after the end of slavery in 1830 and the failure to attract workers from Europe.
The Indian workers tended their own gardens after the work on the plantations was done to supplement their diet. Indian workers, in search of relaxation, also introduced marijuana and the chillum pipe, to Jamaica. Hindu festivals such as Diwali were celebrated although many became Christians over time. Gradually workers left the plantations for Kingston and took jobs that better utilised their existing, and newly learned skills. The Indian community adopted English as their first language and became jewellers, fishermen, barbers and shopkeepers.
Indians have made many contributions to Jamaican culture. Indian jewellery, in the form of intricately wrought gold bangles, are common on Jamaica, with their manufacture and sale going back to the 1860s. Indians established the island's first successful rice mill in the 1890s and dominated the island's vegetable production until the late 1940s.
Forms of Indian dress were adopted by some Jamaicans and can be seen in Jonkonnu processions. Many Christian African-Jamaicans participate alongside Indian-Jamaicans in the Indian inspired cultural celebrations of (Shia Muslims) Hosay and (Hindu) Divali. In the past, every plantation in each parish celebrated Hosay while today it has been rebranded an Indian carnival and is perhaps most well known in Clarendon where it is celebrated each August. Divali, a Hindu festival linked with the reaping of grain, the return of Prince Rama after 14 years in exile, and the victory of good over evil, is celebrated late October to early November on the darkest night of the year. Houses are cleaned and brightly lit and everyone is in high spirits.
Approximately 61,500 Indians live in Jamaica today, maintaining their own cultural organizations and roots but assimilated into the wider community. Traditional Indian foods such as curry goat and roti have become part of the national cuisine and are now seen as 'Jamaican'. Alongside Hinduism & Sufi Islam, the smoking of cannabis (Ganja) was introduced to Jamaica from India. The influence of the Caste system has largely atrophied and arranged marriages are no longer common.
Descendants of the immigrant workers have influenced the fields of farming, medicine, politics and even horse-racing. See Indo-Jamaican
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Dreadlocks
rspann wrote:Dreadlocks came about when the indians smoked weed got high and couldn't care less about cutting and grooming their hair. Zoom is a good example. He is a bobo.
aaron17 wrote:Thought origin from ancient cavemen days.
We all from the mother land.Rovin wrote:d word creole has different meanings all over d world
if u really asking zoom if he have a lil bit of kwame in him somewhere along d line, shud ask him dat outright ........
zoom rader wrote:link wrote:since when dredlocks is part of T&T culture ???
isn't this a Jamaican import ?
Dead Locks was never Jamaican
It came from sect of holy Ganga smoking Indians that was copied by black folk
Remember Injuns wore brightly coloured shoes and clothes and was always laughed at?ruffneck_12 wrote:zoom rader wrote:link wrote:since when dredlocks is part of T&T culture ???
isn't this a Jamaican import ?
Dead Locks was never Jamaican
It came from sect of holy Ganga smoking Indians that was copied by black folk
so dem appropriating Indian culture, hmmmm
indians should kick up a fuss for this. The SJW rhetoric could swing both ways
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