A Texas teen and his mother are reeling from a job interview at Six Flags in which the boy was denied a summer position because he has “extreme” dreads.
Kerion Washington, the 17-year-old Six Flags Over Texas applicant, told NBCDFW 5 that he has been growing and grooming his dreads for three years.
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“I just don’t even believe it,” he told the publication. “That I would have to do that just to work there. They told me that I couldn’t have dreads because it’s more of an extreme hairstyle.”
Karis Washington, his mother, says she did her own research and found that the company’s grooming policy only states that your hair “cannot hang more than 2 inches below your collar and 2 inches above your head including dreads, braids, etc.,” not that they’re not allowed at all.
Source: Texas Teen Denied Summer Job At Six Flags For Having ‘Extreme’ Locs
