Cali high school kids walk out in protest of durag ban

[Roland Coltrane]

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Pasadena High Schoolers Participate in a Walk Out Protest of New Durag Ban Policy
February 22, 2019 The Black Detour Team 0 Comments News
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Students John Muir High School located in Pasadena, California staged a walk out protest regarding their school district new durag ban. The school’s Black Student Union organized the plan of action after students and the Pasadena Unified School District failed to find a comprise on the issue.


Students said the administration views durags as a sign of gang affiliation. Principal, Lawton Gray, has pushed back against this allegations saying he once himself wore durags in class while he was a student at the school decades ago.

“The administration’s feeling is that, once again, durags are not to be worn at school,” Gray told the Pasadena Star-News. “It does not have to do with gang affiliation. It has to do with the values we have for how we present ourselves at school.”

However, students don’t agree with the principal.

The policy for the durag ban says, “apparel that reasonably could be determined to threaten the health and safety of the school environment if it were worn or displayed on a school campus.” The policy goes on to say, “hats, caps and other head coverings shall not be worn indoors.”


Reggie Myles a member of the Black Student Union, told Pasadena Now, “The main reason we protest today is because we’re trying to stop the criminalization of Black men on campus.”

Myles explained students view durags as items that allow for cultural expression and compared them to turbans and hijabs.

“In the now, you have people embracing their culture within their natural hair,” Myles said. “In the past, men used to perm their hair and now you have Black men wearing short hair with waves.”




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Michelle Bailey of the Pasadena School Board said the durag ban is important to prepare students for corporate life.

“When I think about being at school I think about preparing for higher education. When you look at pictures of people who are successful in their business, they’re not wearing durags,” Bailey said.

The school’s administration supported the hour-long student protest. Following the protest, negotiations between students and the administration resumed.

California high school students protest durag ban ‘stop the criminalization of black men on campus’
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Kia Morgan-Smith
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February 22, 2019


On Wednesday, Pasadena, California high school students protested a policy that bans wearing durags, something they say administrators associate with being a part of a gang.

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But the students at John Muir High School say durags are instead part of Black culture and is worn as a way to keep the waves in the hair in check, The Pasadena Star-News reports.

“The main reason we protest today is because we’re trying to stop the criminalization of black men on campus,” senior Reggie Myles of the Black Student Union said in an interview with the paper.

Principal Lawton Gray, who told the paper he wore durags as a teen and they should be used to sleep in, pushed back on the assertion that school officials affiliate the wave caps with gang activity.

“The administration’s feeling is that, once again, durags are not to be worn at school,” he told the newspaper. “It does not have to do with gang affiliation. It has to do with the values we have for how we present ourselves at school.”





According to the Pasadena Unified dress code “hats, caps and other head coverings shall not be worn indoors.”

At least 100 or more students walked out of classes in protest chanting, “I am not dangerous.” They collectively did what’s called “wave checks” as students took off their caps to check to see their waves.

Students reportedly believe a double standard exists since women are allowed to wear head scarves.

 

[NotAnFBIagent]

Wear durags in public brehs

 

[Roland Coltrane]

Wear durags in public brehs

 

[George's Dilemma]

The policy for the durag ban says, “apparel that reasonably could be determined to threaten the health and safety of the school environment if it were worn or displayed on a school campus.” The policy goes on to say, “hats, caps and other head coverings shall not be worn indoors.”


so take the durag off when you get in the building. When they graduate and have to get legitimate jobs I wonder if they'll complain then about why the boss won't let them wear a durag in the office. No to the contrary they'll be complaining why nobody will hire them. More immature idiots deluding themselves into thinking they're making some conscious stand against the system. Example#1565656566656 of young idiots thinking they're above rules and any type of enforcement they erroneously claim racism or stereotyping. This is what happens when you lack mature male figures in the home and community to take the lead. These kids grow up in households where their mothers let them have free reign and the second they get a little hair on their chin all of a sudden they think they can say no to legitimate authority figures.

 

[Roland Coltrane]

The policy for the durag ban says, “apparel that reasonably could be determined to threaten the health and safety of the school environment if it were worn or displayed on a school campus.” The policy goes on to say, “hats, caps and other head coverings shall not be worn indoors.”


so take the durag off when you get in the building. When they graduate and have to get legitimate jobs I wonder if they'll complain then about why the boss won't let them wear a durag in the office. No to the contrary they'll be complaining why nobody will hire them. More immature idiots deluding themselves into thinking they're making some conscious stand against the system. Example#1565656566656 of young idiots thinking they're above rules and any type of enforcement they erroneously claim racism or stereotyping. This is what happens when you lack mature male figures in the home and community to take the lead. These kids grow up in households where their mothers let them have free reign and the second they get a little hair on their chin all of a sudden they think they can say no to legitimate authority figures.

@Deacon Frye

 

[010101]

that's hilarious*

 

[Huda2daf]

kids are fukking stupid.

 

[Black Steph Curry]

The policy for the durag ban says, “apparel that reasonably could be determined to threaten the health and safety of the school environment if it were worn or displayed on a school campus.” The policy goes on to say, “hats, caps and other head coverings shall not be worn indoors.”


so take the durag off when you get in the building. When they graduate and have to get legitimate jobs I wonder if they'll complain then about why the boss won't let them wear a durag in the office. No to the contrary they'll be complaining why nobody will hire them. More immature idiots deluding themselves into thinking they're making some conscious stand against the system. Example#1565656566656 of young idiots thinking they're above rules and any type of enforcement they erroneously claim racism or stereotyping. This is what happens when you lack mature male figures in the home and community to take the lead. These kids grow up in households where their mothers let them have free reign and the second they get a little hair on their chin all of a sudden they think they can say no to legitimate authority figures.

Damn Stephen A. it's like that?

that's hilarious*

As a NY nikka you should be flattered, proud even.

 

[bnew]

The policy for the durag ban says, “apparel that reasonably could be determined to threaten the health and safety of the school environment if it were worn or displayed on a school campus.” The policy goes on to say, “hats, caps and other head coverings shall not be worn indoors.”


so take the durag off when you get in the building. When they graduate and have to get legitimate jobs I wonder if they'll complain then about why the boss won't let them wear a durag in the office. No to the contrary they'll be complaining why nobody will hire them. More immature idiots deluding themselves into thinking they're making some conscious stand against the system. Example#1565656566656 of young idiots thinking they're above rules and any type of enforcement they erroneously claim racism or stereotyping. This is what happens when you lack mature male figures in the home and community to take the lead. These kids grow up in households where their mothers let them have free reign and the second they get a little hair on their chin all of a sudden they think they can say no to legitimate authority figures.

hittin all those bullet points

 

[SPACE IS FAKE]

If chicks could wear head scarves why can’t they wear durags?

 

[Ill-Mind]

Lotta suspect posts in this thread so far

 

[The Coochie Assassin]

Am I trippin but when did schools allow durags in the first place you couldn't rock durags or hats at my HS in the mid 00s either....they even tried to enforce a tuck your shirt in policy but that didn't work most of the time lol

 

[JayStarwind]

I never knew that you could or couldn't. Cant remember seeing brehs with durags on in high school.

 

[Heafcliffe]

 

[JayStarwind]

Am I trippin but when did schools allow durags in the first place you couldn't rock durags or hats at my HS in the mid 00s either....they even tried to enforce a tuck your shirt in policy but that didn't work most of the time lol

In HS?