It really is time for an Ecksian purge of academia.
Schools that ban dreadlocks and braided hairstyles are using ‘slave-era’ tactics to ‘maintain white supremacy’, academics claim
Oh, FFS! They are imposing a dress code. Dress codes are fairly common in the workplace. You might not like them, but it’s a part of life. As an adult, you can make choices and if the employer is being petty and absurd, take your skills elsewhere. It’s a market after all. As for school – this is a lesson children need to learn. If it’s that big a problem, the parents can always seek out a school that doesn’t impose such rules. But white supremacy, for flying fuck’s sake.
A research paper claims that attempts to police black hair have their origins in colonial days when ‘slave masters shaved enslaved people’s hair and jealous white women cut the hair of black enslaved women’.
Moronic bilge. They are imposing traditional styles – that is, traditional western styles. This being a western country (for the moment, at least). It’s got fuck all to do with slavery, but these arseholes have to dig up the “whitey bad because slavery” shtick at every opportunity, while ignoring the African slave trade that existed for three hundred years during which white Europeans were taken as slaves. But that’s all okay. We don’t mention that because reasons.
The imposition of traditional western hair styles in schools has nothing to do with slavery and it is a vile slur to suggest that it has.
The academics add that by implying that black hairstyles are ‘undisciplined’, school policies feed into a broader narrative that black people themselves lack discipline.
No, it doesn’t.
White social control of black hair has deep roots in enslavement and colonialism, and that notions of black hair as messy and antithetical to school discipline (and therefore success) are both naturalised and widespread,’ they assert in the Social Sciences journal
Ah, yes, social sciences. So not science at all. Merely social justice propaganda. These schools tend to insist that white boys cut their hair as well. Pointing out that Rasta plats are untidy and undisciplined is simply an observation of fact. No one looks good in Rasta plats. Seriously. And if the school has rules – as they should – that exclude these styles, so be it. The workplace includes discipline and children need to learn that life lesson.
The study is part of a growing movement in British academia to analyse society using ‘critical race theory’ which works on the premise that racism is rife.
The theory often encompasses the notion of ‘white privilege’.
And this is why we need that purge. There is no such thing as white privilege. It’s a faux concept invented by the left to make white people feel guilty about themselves. It’s bollocks. And the meme that in one of the most tolerant nations on Earth that white people are closet racists is a lie. These people need to be removed from academia where they are currently able to poison our society and the young minds entrusted into their care.
Critics said the views in the paper only served to turn the black community into powerless victims and make everyone else racist.
Chris McGovern, chairman of the Campaign for Real Education and a former headmaster, said: ‘Most people are not racist and not all white people are bad. Implying otherwise can potentially fuel racial tension and can push people to the Right.’
Precisely – although why people moving to the right is a bad thing remains a mystery.
I can see why dreadlocks are frowned upon, they do look scruffy and untidy, but I can’t really see what the problem is with braided hair which looks really neat. But then the attitude of those running schools toward hair never did make sense. They were forever on our case for having it too long. Now they get on the kids’ case for having it too short.
Likewise. It annoyed me but I survived.
As I’ve said before, “White privilege = being held responsible for the actions of my ancestors by those who accept no responsibility for the actions of their offspring.”
Looking at the article – ‘The new paper has been written by Dr Remi Joseph-Salisbury, presidential fellow in ethnicity and inequalities at Manchester University, and Dr Laura Connolly, lecturer in criminology at Salford University. ‘
So all government expenditure on Manchester University can be ended as if they can afford a ‘presidential fellowship’ in ethnicity and inequqalities they clearly have too much money. Both authors would be prime targets for the potential ‘Socialist tax’ whereby those who peddle this crap would be liable to compensate those both financially damaged by it and who are beset by stress and even illness regarding utterly bogus notions of ‘racism’ and ‘privilege’ and other such utterly bogus concepts. Sadly it looks likely that such morons might well be in the Vanguard of the coming regime
A few weeks back there was a story about a female on a farm that refused to restrain her long hair. Because.
The obvious happened and Darwin Award duly aopplied for.
Then of course the farmer was prosecuted!
Back in the day we had boys and girls with long hair at school, but no-one, under any circumstance, was allowed in, or to remain in, the metalwork shop with unrestrained hair. Power machinery + loose hair (or ties!) do not mix.
But the school did not object to the hair style itself, only pupils who were foolish, dangerous or a menace to themselves and others. I remember they showed around a few official H&S ‘warning’ photos that would have the snowflakes chundering today.
I belatedly followed the link to the story about the donated barbeque food being destroyed. Commentors expressed surprise that the H&S officials weren’t lynched. I would have thought that the minimum expected reaction would have been to restrain them and ignore their instruction to destroy the food.
@Tim the Coder
Farm woman had it coming.
When I’m working at home or in mate’s garage on cars/bikes I wear overalls, work boots, no watch, ring etc. Overalls are cotton as I may be using oxy-acetaline.
Likewise in Navy for those doing ship to ship refuelling/supply strict no loose anything, no jewellery imposed