Was This Church Of England School Right To Ban Rastafarian Dreadlocks?

[anotheoldgit]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6161817/Rastafarian-boy-12-wins-discrimination-case-dreadlocks-ban.html

Once more it seems that we have been forced to back down from our rules in English dress code, so as to fit in with other cultures.

[jackthehat]

Obviously not.

[diddlydo]

The school was definitely in the wrong.

[Jordyboy9]

I don’t mean to sound flippant on a serious issue,first I don’t think the school should back down on their rules,and second I would send for the Nit Nurse,doesn’t look clean to me.

[spathiphyllum]

Dread locks are notoriously hard to wash as far as i'm aware

[maggiebee]

Couple of observations. Why would a Rastafarian family want their son to go to a Church of England school? Why would the school, having accepted him as a pupil, come up with such a ruling?

[jackthehat]

///Dread locks are notoriously hard to wash as far as i'm aware ///

No, they aren't.

[Sqad]

Problems with multiculturalism are now appearing on almost a daily basis and pose quite difficult problems to the establishment.

This is not the UK that i know and was brought up in, educated in and have experience of............
I am glad that i lived in the era that i have done well over the half century.
I do not understand most aspects of life today and my take on this is:

This is the UK, this is a school that has rules (good or bad) and these rules should be adhered to.

[BANANASPLITS]

Didn't some time ago a young lad get sent home for having a close cropped haircut.
strange rules some schools have.

[spathiphyllum]

"No, they aren't."

If you get a big piece of rope.. Washing the outer layer is easy, however getting right in the middle of all the tight knit fibres can be very hard, almost unwashable.

I have a friend with 2 ft dreadlocks.. his are going white from dandruff and because it's all interlocked in the hair fibres it's hard to remove.. That's dry flakey skin in relatively big chucks, let alone small debris

[spathiphyllum]

For Naomi:

"As for the question, if the school is embracing diversity then the boy should be allowed his dreadlocks. I imagine it would allow Muslim girls to wear head-coverings."

[jackthehat]

Do a bit of research.

Your experience of your 'friends' does not reflect the truth in the vast majority of cases.
Your friends dreads - religious or fashion?

[spathiphyllum]

Fashion

[spathiphyllum]

I wonder if he will now also be entitled to their holidays?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/rastafari/holydays/holydays.shtml

[Spicerack]

Didn't see any 'ropey' answers on this thread?

[david small]

Yes.