Source: / Kieana Hooper
Another Black student is fighting for their simple right to walk across the stage for their graduation no matter their hairstyle.
According to LoveBScott, Kienjanae Hooper is a senior at Gladewater High School in Gladewater, Texas, and this week, officials told her that she couldn’t walk at her Friday graduation ceremony because of her braided hairstyle.
The school’s dress code policy didn’t say anything about braids, however, it says:
“[hair] shall be clean, trimmed from eyes, and well groomed.
Her Tuesday Facebook post reads:
“Words Can not express how each every person/ voice that has shown Support for Kj, my daughter and the issue with her hair and not going to be able to walk/ graduate on this upcoming Friday at her High School, Gladewater High School unless she takes her hair down due to color/ braids.
Hooper joins people like DeAndre Arnold, who was suspended and told he wouldn’t be able to walk at his high school graduation because of his dreadlocks.
