Farouk James, an 8-year old boy from London, is not being allowed to attend several schools in the city because of his long, natural hair. His mother, Bonnie Miller, has since been advocating for his son and others who are experiencing discrimination based on hair.
Farouk, whose father is from Ghana, has been growing his natural hair for years. Due to cultural reasons, his parents didn’t cut his hair until he was at age 3.
“At that point he was attached — and so was I, to be honest — with his beautiful hair,” Bonnie told CBS News. “We just kept the hair.”
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Bonnie has been looking for a private secondary school for her son when she first found out that two of the schools of her choice wouldn’t allow her son to attend because of his hair.
Bonnie first considered inquiring at The London Oratory School, where her older son who is now-23-years old attended and had issues for very short hair. She thought that because years have already passed, the school might have changed its strict policies. But she found out that it didn’t and Farouk’s long hair violated the school’s policy as well.
Bonnie then thought of Fulham Boys School, which changed their policies after another mother filed a lawsuit when her son was banned from the school because of his locks. But upon reading the school policies that stated “the maximum hair length is above the collar and the minimum hair length is a number 2 cut,” Miller knew her son’s long hair was still against it.
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