Parents and students at a Massachusetts high school are speaking out
over what they believe to be discriminatory dress code rules targeting
students of color.
Mya and Deanna Cook, 15-year-old sophomores at
Mystic Valley Regional Charter School in Malden, Mass., have each been
given detention and stripped of sports team privileges,
extracurriculars, and even banned from prom for violating the school's
dress code policy that prohibits "extensions."
"It makes me feel horrible that the school won't let me wear my
hair," Deanna said. "The school doesn't appreciate my culture which is
my hair and it makes me feel like they just want us out more than just
for the reason of our hair. It's our skin color that they want out of
the school."
The twin sisters have attended the school
since kindergarten and in April they got braids with added hair to
"embrace their culture and protect their natural hair."
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