Stark shaving mad
School suspends black boy for having ‘NF’ haircut
By Sadaf Meehan
sadafmeehan@
gvmedia.co.uk
The irate parents of a black teenager | white children to shave their hair | smarter and more presentable with his | people are and change her policy to | |||
have spoken out after their son was | short to show membership of the | hair short. | take that into account,” she said. | |||
suspended - for ‘looking like a | racist group. The school responded by | “There are black people who have | But changing the rule could be | |||
member of the National Front’. | banning very short hair and launching | corn rows and Afros and that often | [id:47201] for the headmistress, who | |||
In the latest example of ‘political | a minimum ‘number two’ haircut for | gives a negative image. What do they | could face a backlash from white | |||
correctness gone mad’, 13-year-old | all children, regardless of race. | want me to do? Do they want me to | parents saying that their children | |||
teenager Kain Roomes was sent home | [id:47199], Roomes says that far from | have my son in an Afro? | should also be allowed short hair. | |||
from St Mary’s school in Cheshunt, | protecting black children, the rule is | I’m not saying they are being | Roomes said: “She was very polite | |||
Hertfordshire, last Wednesday for | penalising them. She says that her | racist. It’s just political correctness | and said she was willing to work with | |||
having his hair ‘too short’. | husband shaves their son’s head | gone crazy. If he was a white child I’d | me, but the simple fact is that my son | |||
Furious mum Sophia Roomes was | because he believes their son looks | understand, but black people are not | has been expelled.” | |||
[id:47198]the decision made by the | Outraged: Kain with mum Sophia | NF. They don’t skin their heads and | A spokesperson for Hertfordshire | |||
school. She said: “I just couldn’t | they are not NF. This is a white issue, | County Council said: “The school has a | ||||
believe it. It’s just utterly ridiculous | it [id:47200] black people,” she added. | presentation policy that applies to all | ||||
that a black child has been suspended | Roomes is launching a petition to | pupils and relates to many aspects of | ||||
for having short hair. I think it’s | get an amendment to the rule, but | pupils’ [id:47202]. It has a requirement | ||||
outrageous. I mean, there’s no way my | understands that the school’s | that haircuts should not be shorter | ||||
son could look like a member of the | headmistress, Ms Benbow, is in a | than a number two. The school is in an | ||||
National Front.” | difficult position. | area that is known to have National | ||||
A school rule about hair length | “I sympathise with her, she’s | Front activity and [id:47203] it asks pupils | ||||
was introduced a few months ago after | lovely and I commend all the work | not to have very short hair.” | ||||
National Front members became | she’s done for the school but she | |||||
active at the school and encouraged | needs to understand the way black |