Comments on: Dreadlocks are “Faddish”? Since When? http://themoderatevoice.com/16250/dreadlocks-are-faddish-since-when/ An Internet hub with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, indies, centrists, moderates, and right Mon, 28 May 2012 05:56:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: capelza http://themoderatevoice.com/16250/dreadlocks-are-faddish-since-when/comment-page-1/#comment-106024 capelza Sun, 25 Nov 2007 19:29:07 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/society/racism/16250/dreadlocks-are-faddish-since-when/#comment-106024 Three year olds are being suspended for their hair? I repeat 3? Dreads are not a fad..they've been around for decades. And I might add more appropriate for black hair than the prep school side part... Three year olds are being suspended for their hair? I repeat 3?

Dreads are not a fad..they’ve been around for decades. And I might add more appropriate for black hair than the prep school side part…

]]> By: Rudi http://themoderatevoice.com/16250/dreadlocks-are-faddish-since-when/comment-page-1/#comment-106001 Rudi Sun, 25 Nov 2007 16:03:04 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/society/racism/16250/dreadlocks-are-faddish-since-when/#comment-106001 LOL - The same area where race stopped two football teams from playing - Delaware. I sometimes think more progress in race relations are happening in the South compared to the NE and Midwest. A choice dreadlocks or long dirty hair(smelly hippie). LOL – The same area where race stopped two football teams from playing – Delaware. I sometimes think more progress in race relations are happening in the South compared to the NE and Midwest. A choice dreadlocks or long dirty hair(smelly hippie).

]]> By: domajot http://themoderatevoice.com/16250/dreadlocks-are-faddish-since-when/comment-page-1/#comment-105991 domajot Sun, 25 Nov 2007 14:46:14 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/society/racism/16250/dreadlocks-are-faddish-since-when/#comment-105991 It seems to me that if you accept the basic idea of a code for hair styles, then anayzing each for its faddishness, religious or cultural symbolism, or mere decorative preference becomes extremely problematic. Maybe a Mohawk has meaning for some beyond just fad appeal.. What are limits for exemption, then? IMO, there should either be a very clear code, perhaps making exceptions only for reasons of religious practces, or there should be no code at all. Once you start individualizing the application of a code, you'll end up with as many codes as there are students. It seems to me that if you accept the basic idea of a code for hair styles, then anayzing each for its faddishness, religious or cultural symbolism, or mere decorative preference becomes extremely problematic. Maybe a Mohawk has meaning for some beyond just fad appeal.. What are limits for exemption, then?

IMO, there should either be a very clear code, perhaps making exceptions only for reasons of religious practces, or there should be no code at all.
Once you start individualizing the application of a code, you’ll end up with as many codes as there are students.

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