8-year-old Farouk James has been denied admittance by several schools because of his hair — and now his mother is fighting for a policy change.
Bonnie Miller of the U.K. has been on the lookout 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,” 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.
“His hair was cut too short and he got in trouble three times and nearly excluded from school for having it too short, to the point where I actually went to the shoe shop and bought some boot polish,” Bonnie said.
She thought after years passed, their strict policies might have changed — but she found out they didn’t. Farouk’s long hair violated the school’s policy, too.
Source : CBS