MenMeet the Black Lawyer Who Refused to Cut His Locks to Make His Colleagues Feel BetterBLACK ENTERPRISE EditorsAugust 1, 2020August 1, 2020 by BLACK ENTERPRISE EditorsAugust 1, 2020August 1, 202073508 Marcus Shute Jr., a 34-year old lawyer from Nashville, raised a few eyebrows when he decided to grow his locks in 2002. But he still...
NewsEllen DeGeneres Gives $20,000 Scholarship To Black Teen Who Was Told To Cut His DreadsJustin BartonJanuary 29, 2020January 29, 2020 by Justin BartonJanuary 29, 2020January 29, 2020882 DeAndre Arnold, a high school senior from Texas, was given a $20,000 scholarship by Ellen DeGeneres. Arnold made national headlines when it was reported that...
EducationTexas School District Demands Black Teen Cut His Dreadlocks to Walk in High School GraduationSelena HillJanuary 23, 2020January 23, 2020 by Selena HillJanuary 23, 2020January 23, 2020872 A Texas school district is refusing to let a black teen walk in his high school graduation ceremony unless he cuts his dreadlocks....
LifestyleU.S. Navy Lifts Ban on Dreadlocks and Other HairstylesSelena HillJuly 18, 2018 by Selena HillJuly 18, 20181069 The U.S. Navy has ended a long-standing hair policy that critics say unfairly targeted women of color in the service....
Fashion & BeautyZendaya Responds to Racist Hair CommentCristie LeondisFebruary 24, 2015February 24, 2015 by Cristie LeondisFebruary 24, 2015February 24, 2015508 At the 2015 Oscars on Feb. 22, 18-year-old singer and Disney star Zendaya opted to wear dreadlocks to the ceremony. In light of the Oscars,...
EducationReport: School Bans Rastafarian Teen For Refusing to Cut His DreadlocksCourtney ConnleyAugust 26, 2014August 26, 2014 by Courtney ConnleyAugust 26, 2014August 26, 2014229 One Rastafarian teen has been banned from attending his Louisiana high school for refusing to cut his dreadlocks....
NewsTulsa Charter School Dismisses Child Because of DreadlocksSasha KingSeptember 5, 2013 by Sasha KingSeptember 5, 2013178 A charter school in Tulsa, Oklahoma has sent a child home for her hairstyle. 7 year old Tiana has dreadlocks and according to the schools...
CareerDreadlocks vs. Corporate America: Real-Life Stories of Making the ChoiceGerren Keith GaynorAugust 27, 2012January 8, 2013 by Gerren Keith GaynorAugust 27, 2012January 8, 20132633 These two professionals decided cutting their hair to conform to Corporate America standards just wasn't an option....
NewsHampton University Business School Bans DreadlocksGerren Keith GaynorAugust 23, 2012August 24, 2012 by Gerren Keith GaynorAugust 23, 2012August 24, 20121347 Dean says dreadlocks aren't professional in the workforce...
CareerTo ‘Loc’ or Not to ‘Loc’: Women Talk the Politics of Hair in WorkplaceBlackEnterprise.comNovember 1, 2011November 2, 2011 by BlackEnterprise.comNovember 1, 2011November 2, 2011307 Writer Starrene Rhett explores the professional issues related to women wearing dreadlocks in the workplace....