Saturday, 18 June 2011

School's ban on boy's cornrows is 'indirect racial discrimination'

Article by Matthew Taylor in today's Guardian.


School's ban on boy's cornrows is 'indirect racial discrimination'
High court rules against London secondary school after boy was refused entry for breaching ban on 'gang-related' hairstyles
An 11-year-old boy who was turned away on his first day at secondary school for wearing his hair in cornrows, has won his case at the high court after a judge ruled the school's policy resulted in "indirect racial discrimination".

Read the full article, along with reader comments (and the chance to leave your own) on the Guardian website: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/jun/17/school-ban-cornrows-indirect-discrimination

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