Hampton Sells Out: Bans Dreads and Cornrows
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It's because Black men are naturally intimidating, we can't help it
Old white men don't even like us having facial hair. Crazy thing is, I never noticed that most white dudes RARELY have facial hair while, most black dudes RARELY are clean shaven. Our swag is in our beards/goatees, like Samson's hairMost of us look weird as shyt without it
c/s... My job has a clean shaven policy and all the brothers aint really going for it.. Ima look goofy as fukk with no facial hair
Hampton University has found itself in a hairy situation,--literally--thanks to a recent report by Virginia's ABC news station shining a spotlight on the historically black institution's ban on cornrows and dreadlocks for male business students.
The mandate, which was put in place in 2001, only applies to a specific group of students enrolled in a leadership course within Hampton's five-year M.B.A. program. Sid Credle, Dean of the Business School, believes that the hairstyles will prevent students from securing corporate jobs.
"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."
It's no surprise that the ruling has been an unpopular one with the student body. Many believe that the braided and twisted 'dos should have no bearing on their education and professional pursuits.
Uriah Bethea, an incoming freshman at Hampton who wears his hair in deadlocks, told ABC-- "I don't think it should matter what the hairstyle. It's my life. I should be able to do whatever I want to do."
This campus controversy is reminiscent of the hair hoopla created a few years ago when a white Glamour magazine editor, who was giving a speech at a New York law firm about the "Dos and Don'ts of Corporate Fashion", told the group that afros were a "no-no" and that it was "shocking" to believe that anyone would think that a "political" hairstyle like dreadlocks were appropriate for the workplace. The gaff got her six weeks on probation and ultimately resulted in her resigning.
Even more recently, there was a situation surrounding a young lady named MarKeese Warner who was denied a job at a Six Flags amusement park in Maryland because of her dreadlocks.
So, does Credle have a point? If Warner couldn't even get a job operating a roller coaster, she'd be hard pressed to find herself in a board room.
Push back from disgruntled Hampton students hasn't wavered Credle's conviction. When confronted by naysayers, Credle draws from his interpretation of historical ideals of professionalism.
"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 can see the cornrows cause they can look dusty but dreads? C'mon. Dreads can look very professional.
This is crazy especially coming from a HBCU. I guess we all know who the real HU is
It's always HBCU's pulling this shyt though.
Nintendough
#Kliq
How is this selling out? College needs to start helping students prepare for the real world in all aspects more often. Many good jobs want people to have a conservative look.
Mainevent_7
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gldnone913
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Credle is a c00n anyway....not really shocked by this. but i'm negging all y'all nikkas talkin shyt in this thread, b! word up!
While I totally get the backlash associated with the premise, it seem pretty straight forward to me.
If I'm teaching a class/program that is designed to prepare you for a good paying corporate job, I would be doing you a disservice if I didn't try and tint you with the lens they will want to view you through.
That being said, hairstyle are a bit different than being dressed appropriately or knowing how to interview, etc. Yet, if it was a non HSBU, and they banned, say, I dunno, mohawks, I feel like it would be for the same reason, except in the case of Hampton, your not only dealing the the stereotype a mohawk would bring you when applying for a corporate job, but also the stereotype and racial element that goes along with corn rows...so a hairstyle on a black man is a double negative where it's only a single negative on a white man.
I dunno....
606onit
Superstar
i fully believe in dressing the part. when you see caucasian business prospects wearing beehives and mullets out there, or asian folks rocking bruce lee bowl cuts and chopstick buns then we'd have a case. not everything is a fight breh, you either do as the romans do or get out of rome
Nintendough
#Kliq
Certain people have to go an extra mile, as wrong as it is. All of these colleges need to step up and teach these students how to dress properly for success.
Majestic Pape
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I didn't realize that so many of us on here went to Hampton.
I was in James Hall back in '04; I did that so that my sons won't have to go through that.
I was in James Hall back in '04; I did that so that my sons won't have to go through that.
Hampton University has found itself in a hairy situation,--literally--thanks to a recent report by Virginia's ABC news station shining a spotlight on the historically black institution's ban on cornrows and dreadlocks for male business students.
The mandate, which was put in place in 2001, only applies to a specific group of students enrolled in a leadership course within Hampton's five-year M.B.A. program. Sid Credle, Dean of the Business School, believes that the hairstyles will prevent students from securing corporate jobs.
"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."
It's no surprise that the ruling has been an unpopular one with the student body. Many believe that the braided and twisted 'dos should have no bearing on their education and professional pursuits.
Uriah Bethea, an incoming freshman at Hampton who wears his hair in deadlocks, told ABC-- "I don't think it should matter what the hairstyle. It's my life. I should be able to do whatever I want to do."
This campus controversy is reminiscent of the hair hoopla created a few years ago when a white Glamour magazine editor, who was giving a speech at a New York law firm about the "Dos and Don'ts of Corporate Fashion", told the group that afros were a "no-no" and that it was "shocking" to believe that anyone would think that a "political" hairstyle like dreadlocks were appropriate for the workplace. The gaff got her six weeks on probation and ultimately resulted in her resigning.
Even more recently, there was a situation surrounding a young lady named MarKeese Warner who was denied a job at a Six Flags amusement park in Maryland because of her dreadlocks.
So, does Credle have a point? If Warner couldn't even get a job operating a roller coaster, she'd be hard pressed to find herself in a board room.
Push back from disgruntled Hampton students hasn't wavered Credle's conviction. When confronted by naysayers, Credle draws from his interpretation of historical ideals of professionalism.
"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 can see the cornrows cause they can look dusty but dreads? C'mon. Dreads can look very professional.
This is crazy especially coming from a HBCU. I guess we all know who the real HU is
gldnone913
Integrity and Consistency
