We don’t know what to say about this one. We only hope its not a racial discrimination. Report has it that a six-year-old was turned away from his first day of school at A Book’s Christian Academy for having dreadlocks, The father of the child Clinton Stanley Sr. believes this was blatant racial discrimination. The child’s father shared an eight minute video taken at the front door to the Academy, during which he tries to reason with the teachers and administration, who mostly ignore him and walk away. He offers to tie his son’s hair back, but they reject the offer.
Here’s what the father had to say.
“Our son just got told he could not attend the school with his hair,” he says in the video “If that’s not biased, I don’t know what is.”
He struggles to control his emotions and keep calm in front of the boy, who looks confused and sad. It’s a painful video to watch, as Stanley is clearly distressed and frustrated with the situation. His son has clearly been growing his dreads for some time, and they’re a part of his identity.
