Local actress and TV host, Minnie Dlamini found herself on the wrong side of Twitter because of hair. IOL_Lifestyle
Another Twitter user, Amahle Ngcobo said: “Umhle Minnie as always but please be careful not to classify our African hair and hairstyle as a ghetto in your huge platforms. There might be black girls who are still struggling to love their natural hair and seeing it being labelled as ghetto won't do them good. I love you though.”
Umhle Minnie as always ❤but plz be careful not to classify our african hair and hairstyle as getto in your huge platforms because there might be black girls who are still struggling to love their natural hair and seeing it being labeled as getto won't do them good. I ❤ u thoughNow, one might think that Tweeps are overreacting over Minnie’s caption, but the reality is, black hair has been considered as unprofessional for so long.
For example, in 2016, pupils at Pretoria Girls’ High had to protest against their school policy because those with afro were told that their hair is inappropriate. The protest which started on the weekend continued to Monday after pupils with afro were instructed to chemically straighten their hair. Gauteng education MEC Panyaza Lesufi intervened.
Another incident happened in Texas where a teenage boy named DeAndre Arnold was told he could not walk in his high school graduation ceremony unless he cuts his dreadlocks to meet the school district's dress code. The matter which was taken to court in January this year got a ruling on Monday, August 17 that the school district’s hair policy is discriminatory.We feed into racism and hair discrimination when we say things like this.
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