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[QUOTE="ctchamps, post: 3261964, member: 37"]
When I was a high school student I was pulled into the office because they claimed my hair exceeded two inches.  I knew it didn't and asked them to measure.  They did and I was correct even as they yanked at it to the point it caused pain.

In spite of being a good student and nothing on the records indicating trouble, in spite of not breaking the hair code as written, I was told to get it cut or be suspended.  The argument was my hair was unkempt and that appearance incites trouble.  It was a prejudice and stereotyping that would be difficult to pull off today.

When I went to college I didn't have those restraints.  One day my next door neighbor challenged me to see who could grow the biggest afro.  At Christmas break she comes over to my house, I answered the door and watched her joyful face deflate.  She conceded but not before letting me know it wasn't fair a white dude could have the biggest afro.

Now I'm approaching 70, my hair is short, gray and missing in places.  And I'm still getting stereotyped.
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