16 year old Tayjha Deleveaux , a student at the CR Walker Senior High
School in the Bahamas, was sent to the principal’s office and later
suspended for rocking her natural hair. The principal said she was
trying to clamp down on students wearing
their hair in a way that looks like it would not have been combed for
days.
Tayjha’s mother got upset and posted her daughter’s picture on Facebook
with a message in defence of her hair, saying she was “standing up
against foolishness”. Read what she wrote after the cut…
The country’s ministry of education has now responded in a Facebook
post :
“We are fully cognisant of the sensitivity of this matter and are
confident that after review with the school administrator, the school
board and the individuals involved, the matter will be amicably
resolved,” the ministry wrote.