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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a former teacher the other thing that bother’s me about the story is that it takes 5 minutes of teaching young black girls as a white woman to learn that you need to be extra sensitive about their hair, if you didn’t know it already. I wouldn’t forcibly remove a hoodie from any child but I especially wouldn’t make it an issue with a Black girl without speaking to her privately first (if I had to address it at all because of dress code or whatever). So the teacher is clearly suspect but that doesn’t take away from how crazy and wrong the family are. [/quote]

I spent four years of teaching first grade kids==95% African American.  I don't ever remember having an issue with little girls' hair (I'm white.)  I do remember a little boy who wore a hat which I removed.  Turned out his head had been shaved for summer and he was mortified.  The other kids had been teasing him.

Hijabs were not a thing in that school.

I don't think the teacher was racist.  I think it was genuine.

And, you would be surprised at the things parents complain about.  Though, I did not have complaints in that school.  [/quote]

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