A Child's Identity and Self Esteem Affect His Life

Real life Classroom Issues of Children,Teachers and Guidance Counselors

Identity Styles Spills Into Classrooms and Become Issues.

A Child's Identity Is Crucial For Children Trying to Express Themselves

It is difficult to decide which state has the most foolishness and harm to student education. Florida and Texas lead the way. Today's classroom issue strongly suggest that-Texas has taken a slight lead temporarily. In southern Texas an African-American student was suspended because he wore his hair in braids and locks(loc). Some schools still refuse to let Blacks students wear their hair in ways white officials don't like. They punish black students by suspending them. When will they suspend any of the following white students: 1. the girls with pink or blue hair,2. The girl who shaves half of her hair off on one side,3. the girl whose hair changes colors,4. the white male student with long hair pinned with bows and ribbons, 5.or the white student who tries to copy a black hair style. The answer is never.

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The classroom issue in Texas is not about hair or style, it is about discrimination. Hair style is the excuse used to cover injustice. To suspend a student for months because you do not like his hair style is ridiculous. You are deliberately denying that student his education. The student caused no problem, no disturbance, and no disrespect; some one didn't like his hair style or culture identity. The CROWN act prevents such discrimination, but Texas judges and official don't care about laws they don't like. They still want to control black life or culture identity.

Many schools try to hide their discrimination behind a so-called "Dress code". However, there is no suspensions from school for white students who do follow these so called "codes". What is it that some whites fear about black hair styles.? What is it about braids and locks that send some people into a rage? Perhaps they are seeing their own children accepting diversity and wearing braids and locks. Embracing black culture, history, and identity is the type of reality that make some people wet their pants.

There is no wrong African American hair style, what is wrong is the fear of them. Some young whites accept all forms of diversity. That type of acceptance make some officials go-from pants wetting to soiled under garments.

African American hair style is just another issue that spills into classrooms. Unfortunately it is one that discriminates and denies students a rightful education. Racism is alive and well in Texas. Unfortunately,that cannot be said about children and their education.

Someday schools officials will learn its not the style of hair on the head that is important, it is the knowledge in the head that makes a difference. Hair style should never be a classroom issue. No student should be suspended and denied an education for months because of hair style. Teachers don't teach to hair, they teach to children.(students) Children come to school to get an education,they don't come to face coded discrimination.