Hampton Sells Out: Bans Dreads and Cornrows
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Well tough luck for them. You don't always get what you want in life.:obama3:
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I trained Sheng Long and Shonuff
Then im done with you.
Im too old to argue for the fukk of it.
do you breh. I'm hungover from last night and really ain't got shyt else to do so but post on the-coli.
CashmereThoughts
Veteran
you sir are a fukking c00n.
Truth hurts I know :obama3:
UserNameless
Veteran
I feel as if I need to tell a coworker that but I really don't know how to approach it, yet. Unfortunately, there have been some complaints about the style of dress seems to be reminiscent of "club attire." Fortunately, my supervisor kinda gets it, but the complaints keep coming.
People, blacks, often get so caught up in clinging to an outward display of uniqueness that they place little value on what's really more important... And that's the ability to gain the clout, positioning and leverage to have a chance to demonstrate your uniqueness via upward mobility in a company to influence policy, practices and procedure and overall perspective.
That's the real "Win." Not the fact that a company accepts your locked hair or natural hairstyle.
And we know that -- right or wrong -- Locked hair still symbolizes some measure defiance and a rejection of mainstream society. That's scary to some corporate higher ups. I do believe that view is loosening up a lot.
But hairstyles do reflect a mindset. Now whether the perception of that mindset is accurate is another story. We all know a person can harbor a particular mindset, but display something entirely different.
But I have worked around folks with the hairstyle in a corporate setting. So let's not act as if corporations aren't hiring niccas with locks and unruly natural hair.
With that said, Hampton is on some bull-ish.
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MikeBrownsJob
Seattle fan since 2013 *deal with it slime*
I made a classic
Marvel
Psalm 149:5-9
Hampton is crazy. In the department I work in, we have two black males, one is a manager and other a director. Both of them have dreads and both have masters degrees.
Imyremeshaw
كن التغير الذي تريد أن تراه في العالم
I sit on both sides of the fence on this issue. College is supposed to be your last avenue to act like a young kid to transition to an adult( because lets be real your young adult from 18-24/25 ish). So saying that, I dont agree with Hampton instituting this policy, but black people in corporate america(not in the entertainment business that are not rappers, ball players, etc..) dont even take other black people with dreads( well, somewhat, if well kept) or cornrows serious. They will be the first ones to throw you under the bus( I work for black owned accounting firm Holloway & Co, no beards, long hair, or mainly afrocentric shyt during auditing season), so to really achieve success in the corporate you gonna have to sell-out to a certain point because realistically white people dont like nikkas. Sad, It's racist, and bullshyt but Im making 80k its just one of the cons of be being a professional in white america, so you can either choose to swim or drown, simple as that!!!
88m3
Fast Money & Foreign Objects
Theres a reason you'll see this at Hampton and not at Howard.
The surrounding area of howard is black and the surrounding area of Hampton, is cac.
we all know cacs have to feel safe
MurderSheWrote
Pro
Don't blame me. Blame the media. Isn't that the favorite catch phrase on here?
Black_Jesus
Superstar
Theres a reason you'll see this at Hampton and not at Howard.
The surrounding area of howard is black and the surrounding area of Hampton, is cac.
yea i also remember the Dean of Students had a cac wife
there was a cac who somehow won Miss Hampton
AND they refused to allow BET to do their black college tour there
Theres a reason you'll see this at Hampton and not at Howard.
The surrounding area of howard is black and the surrounding area of Hampton, is cac.
Hampton area is mostly black.