Hampton Sells Out: Bans Dreads and Cornrows

[Chris.B]

Shutup c00n

Truth hurts doesn't it?:jada:

 

[Ronnie Lott]

Damn shame...

HBCU's used to ENCOURAGE free thinking and bucking "their" system. I mean look at all the frats and sororities that started on these very campuses, they were started to HELP black men succeed and think freely....

Now we stifle this by making them cut their hair while PAYING the school to educate you? I understand the thinking behind it, but like @Rekkapryde said, let em know but let THEM make the decision to cut their hair...

You turn your back on hairstyles our ancestors used to wear (dreads) just to "teach" our kids that they MAY not be accepted? Why not educate them to make GREAT decisions and possibly somehow CHANGE the way corporate America looks at not only their hair, but THEM? I mean, THAT'S true education and empowerment. Teach these young men that yes, they will try and deny you, but YOU have to find a way to make them not only WANT you but NEED you in their corporate office

Tht sounds good and everything, but the reality is that corporate america ain't fuccin with nyggaz with dreds & cornrows. Just be real fam.

 

[AffordableSuplexReviews]

It's a damn shame that there's so much emphasis placed upon aesthetic appeal. I slightly understand it, but I wish society as a whole would focus more on body of work, and not a person's appearance. Such a limiting and restricting viewpoint. Corporate America isn't looking very progressive.

 

[rapbeats]

Tht sounds good and everything, but the reality is that corporate america ain't fuccin with nyggaz with dreds & cornrows. Just be real fam.

well it cuts both ways. corporate america wasnt messing with fros and extra tats either. until..... people kept rocking those things and now you see them in corporate america.

 

[Idaeo]

James Hall '02

This rule was around even when I was in school. I remember the editor of Essence pulled out of a speaking engagement at HU because of this policy in '06. If you know Hampton, this isn't surprising.

No hats inside buildings.
No drinking.
Out by five policy.
No co-ed dorms.

I think the school wants to keep the tradition of being the "safer, more reserved" alternative to the other HU. But Hamptonites all know the school has been and will always be ratchet.









My HU degree has been great for my career. I'm working my third six figure job since graduation.

 

[Box Cutta]

I can see it from both sides to be honest.

Black Militant/Black Republican etc etc etc.

Quantitatively, it wouldn't surprise me if there were a miniscule benefit to having a clean cut. Human sociology is so fukked up...the smallest, most insignificant things tend to matter.

Still, I'm not sure if the "strategy" needs to be changing ourselves or changing all of this inconsequential nonsense that gets in the way of our progress. Maybe these cac businesses just need to get the fukk over it.

Still, I'm not gonna hate on Hampton for this. Probably does help, unfortunately.

 

[Ziggiy]

"I said when was it that cornrows and dreadlocks were a part of African American history?," said Credle."I mean Charles drew didn't wear it, Muhammad Ali didn't wear it, Martin Luther King didn't wear it."

Hampton University's Cornrows And Dreadlock Ban: Is It Right?

I f i hadn't clicked the link and read it word for word until I got to the ending I wouldn't have believed this quote. A BLACK MAN FROM AN HBCU ACTUALLY SAID THIS OUT OF HIS OWN MOUTH!!!???!!!

I don't even have words for this.... That shyt is just

 

[Malik]

I used to think it was racist but, its not. Companies do the same thing to whites. This dude wouldn't get hired either. Unless it was like Google or some Engineering type job, far away in a lab somewhere.

If you plan on making it into upper management...you're gonna be doing some type of client side work. Firms are not going to lose out on potential business so you can rock your cornrows Look like the homie Harrison and you straight

I pull the race card alot but, this aint one of those times. Firms make EVERYONE cut their hair or any excessive facial hair. I cant pinpoint not one shaggy ass looking white CEO.

 

[Daenerys Targaryen]

James Hall '02

This rule was around even when I was in school. I remember the editor of Essence pulled out of a speaking engagement at HU because of this policy in '06. If you know Hampton, this isn't surprising.

No hats inside buildings.
No drinking.
Out by five policy.
No co-ed dorms.

I think the school wants to keep the tradition of being the "safer, more reserved" alternative to the other HU. But Hamptonites all know the school has been and will always be ratchet.









My HU degree has been great for my career. I'm working my third six figure job since graduation.

*Hamptonians*

 

[Psychosis]

"All we're trying to do is make sure our students get into the job," Credle told ABC. "What they do after that, that's you know, their business."

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[Field Marshall Bradley]

I used to think it was racist but, its not. Companies do the same thing to whites. This dude wouldn't get hired either. Unless it was like Google or some Engineering type job, far away in a lab somewhere.

If you plan on making it into upper management...you're gonna be doing some type of client side work. Firms are not going to lose out on potential business so you can rock your cornrows Look like the homie Harrison and you straight

I pull the race card alot but, this aint one of those times. Firms make EVERYONE cut their hair or any excessive facial hair. I cant pinpoint not one shaggy ass looking white CEO.

If you're in business then I totally get it, but outside of that...

My only gripe is that why is hampton forcing this code on their students when they are the ones paying for classes.....

Ish is absurd.......

 

[Malik]

If you're in business then I totally get it, but outside of that...

My only gripe is that why is hampton forcing this code on their students when they are the ones paying for classes.....

Ish is absurd.......

Yea...I dont agree with Hampton. Their kids in college. They can do what they want. I'm talking about corporations.

You can't call it racism when there's not one visible white (or asian, indian, latino) ceo, cfo, vp, chairman, etc. with super long hair and a beard.

 

[Malik]

James Hall '02

This rule was around even when I was in school. I remember the editor of Essence pulled out of a speaking engagement at HU because of this policy in '06. If you know Hampton, this isn't surprising.

No hats inside buildings.
No drinking.
Out by five policy.
No co-ed dorms.

I think the school wants to keep the tradition of being the "safer, more reserved" alternative to the other HU. But Hamptonites all know the school has been and will always be ratchet.









My HU degree has been great for my career. I'm working my third six figure job since graduation.

 

[Mowgli]

well it cuts both ways. corporate america wasnt messing with fros and extra tats either. until..... people kept rocking those things and now you see them in corporate america.

Basically, black people are waiting for white people to give them Permission to do what they want with their hair. When white boys start breaking down barriers in corporate america as it concerns appearance and then tell black people they May now do the same, house nikkas like the Hampton faculty will instruct the students that its now safe to wear their hair the way they want because the white man is ok with it.

 

[Lewis Black]

I see it from both sides but this quote made me sick brehs

"I said when was it that cornrows and dreadlocks were a part of African American history?," said Credle."I mean Charles drew didn't wear it, Muhammad Ali didn't wear it, Martin Luther King didn't wear it."