{"id":19061,"date":"2014-09-04T02:12:01","date_gmt":"2014-09-04T09:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=19061"},"modified":"2014-09-04T02:12:01","modified_gmt":"2014-09-04T09:12:01","slug":"texas-kindergarden-sends-five-year-old-home-because-he-has-awesome-hair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=19061","title":{"rendered":"Texas Kindergarden Sends Five-Year-Old Home Because He Has Awesome Hair"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This story<\/a> is sort of an intesectionality jackpot, combining as it does elements of racism, religious bigotry, and sexism.<\/p>\n

For five-year-old Malachi Wilson, the first day of kindergarten will always be one he remembers. As it turns out, Monday, which was the first day of school for students at F.J. Young Elementary School in Seminole, Texas, was not Malachi\u2019s first day of school because he was sent home because of the length of his hair.<\/p>\n

School principal Sherrie Warren informed April Wilson, Malachi\u2019s mother, that Malachi\u2019s hair is too long since he is a boy; therefore, he would not be able to attend classes until he got a haircut.[…]<\/p>\n

She explained to the principal that for religious beliefs Native Americans consider hair sacred and spiritual. The principal then asked Wilson if she could prove Malachi is Native American.<\/p>\n

After Malachi and his mother left the school, Wilson called the Navajo Nation to assist in the documentation process. She also called a member of the American Indian Movement, who called the school district\u2019s superintendent.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

As the photo shows, Malachi’s hair is neat and well groomed. This wasn’t about cleanliness, or tidiness; it was the school forcing its gender ideology on a helpless little boy.<\/p>\n

The school district’s rules (pdf link<\/a>) include an exemption to the dress code for religious reasons, and Malachi was allowed to attend school the next day (after the American Indian Movement and the Navajo Nation interceded on Malachi’s behalf). But he never should have been sent home in the first place, and no religious exemption should be required. Why are the people who write rules like these so small-minded, so intolerant of any difference, and so eager to force their gender ideology down other people’s throats?<\/p>\n

Colorlines <\/a>notes that “The school district is ostensibly named for the Seminole people. The district\u2019s schools use various Native mascots, and refer to their students as ‘Indians and Maidens.'”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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