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"A Queensland dad recently took his four-year-old son out of the Gold Coast’s
A.B. Paterson College because the school had ordered the boy to cut his long
hair.
“Like other private schools, we have a uniform policy,” school principal Joanne
Sheehy said. “Ours is intended to encourage all our students to be
well-presented, respectful and unified.”
The story is a familiar one. Disputes over school uniform policies are
repeatedly making the media. Frequently, these disputes concern hair.
This includes students being barred from class photos for “unnaturally”
coloured hair or a teacher cutting a student’s long hair. Students have also
been disciplined for wearing cultural hairstyles such as braids, or turning up
to school with styles such as mullets.
These stories are all part of a larger phenomenon I have examined in my new
research: school policies on hair often enforce an idea of “good taste” that
favour certain norms around gender, class and race."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
