Ideologie, Onderwijs & Wetenschap, Politiek

Jamaican schoolgirl banned for her dreadlocks can go to class, court rules

by Kate Chappell in Kingston

A five-year-old girl banned from attending school in Jamaica unless she cut off her dreadlocks will now be allowed into class when school starts on 29 August, following a ruling by the supreme court.

Buste in het Acheologisch Museum van Napels. Foto © Michiel van Kempen

Campaigners are attempting to change what they see as state discrimination against “expressions of black identity” and welcomed the ruling as the first step in a challenge to the country’s constitution.

Please, read on here at the The Guardian website, August 28, 2018.