An 8-year-old boy has been denied by several schools because of his hair. Bonnie Miller has been looking for schools her son Farouk James could attend in the future, and two won't allow him in because of his long, natural hair.
One of those schools was The London Oratory School — the same school her older son, who is now 23, attended. "I knew about their bad hair policies," Miller said. The mother said she went through a similar situation with her older son 10 years ago — except that time, her son's hair was too short for the school.
She thought after years passed, their strict policies might have changed — but she found out they didn't. Farouk's long hair broke the school's policy, too. His father is from Gana and for cultural reasons, the parents didn't cut his hair until he was 3 years old. "At that point he was attached — and so was I, to be honest — with his beautiful hair," Miller said. "We just kept the hair." She allowed her son to continue to grow his hair, not thinking much about it — until it came to applying for secondary schools.
After reviewing the school's uniform policies, Miller soon realized her son's long hair was still against the dress policy. According to the Fulham Boys School uniform and appearance policy, "The maximum hair length is above the collar and the minimum hair length is a number 2 cut." Now, both of Miller's school choices for her son seemed out of the question because of his hair. "Most of the schools have these hair policies," she said. It made Miller wonder about greater issues. She knew that she had to cut his hair a certain way, based on the school's policies.
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