A Michigan school cut a 7-year-old biracial girl's hair, but she won in the end

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We fight, We win
In March 2021, Jurnee Hoffmeyer, a biracial 7-year-old, had her hair cut by staff at her elementary school. She knew this didn’t seem right — and questioned why they were doing this to her.

“It made me feel different from the other kids, and I felt weird,” Jurnee told Yahoo News.

The haircut issue stemmed from another school-related incident just days prior: Jurnee said that while on the bus with her fellow classmates, another student cut her hair with scissors. Jurnee’s dad, Jimmy Hoffmeyer, complained to the principal and took Jurnee to a hair salon, where a stylist gave her an asymmetrical cut. But two days later, Jurnee came home with both sides cut.

Jurnee’s dad removed her from school. In September 2021, he filed a $1 million federal lawsuit against Mount Pleasant Public Schools, naming librarian Kelly Mogg and teaching assistant Kristen Jacobs, who are white, as defendants.

“Jurnee’s library teacher, Ms. Mogg had cut off her remaining hair with the assistance and/or acquiescence of Ms. Jacobs,” the suit said.

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/a...2?cvid=b44d11b0dea8407eac6379d1450f7a7d&ei=16
 
Michigan bans discrimination based on hair
On Thursday, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed the Crown Act — or Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair — into law, making Michigan the 20th state to ban discrimination based on natural hair texture in the workplace and at school.

“For too long Black communities have been told to control their hair or to make it conform to white standards to meet unspoken rules that are rooted in prejudice,” Whitmer said during the signing ceremony.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/a...2?cvid=b44d11b0dea8407eac6379d1450f7a7d&ei=16
 
guno said:
In March 2021, Jurnee Hoffmeyer, a biracial 7-year-old, had her hair cut by staff at her elementary school. She knew this didn’t seem right — and questioned why they were doing this to her.

“It made me feel different from the other kids, and I felt weird,” Jurnee told Yahoo News.

The haircut issue stemmed from another school-related incident just days prior: Jurnee said that while on the bus with her fellow classmates, another student cut her hair with scissors. Jurnee’s dad, Jimmy Hoffmeyer, complained to the principal and took Jurnee to a hair salon, where a stylist gave her an asymmetrical cut. But two days later, Jurnee came home with both sides cut.

Jurnee’s dad removed her from school. In September 2021, he filed a $1 million federal lawsuit against Mount Pleasant Public Schools, naming librarian Kelly Mogg and teaching assistant Kristen Jacobs, who are white, as defendants.

“Jurnee’s library teacher, Ms. Mogg had cut off her remaining hair with the assistance and/or acquiescence of Ms. Jacobs,” the suit said.

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I'm surprised there wasn't an assault charge involved.

The proper response for any hairstyles not within the rules is to call the parents and send the kid home. Holding them down and cutting their hair seems way over the line.
 
guno said:
Michigan bans discrimination based on hair
On Thursday, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed the Crown Act — or Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair — into law, making Michigan the 20th state to ban discrimination based on natural hair texture in the workplace and at school.

“For too long Black communities have been told to control their hair or to make it conform to white standards to meet unspoken rules that are rooted in prejudice,” Whitmer said during the signing ceremony.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/a...2?cvid=b44d11b0dea8407eac6379d1450f7a7d&ei=16
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What?! That wasn't an article in the Babylon Bee?
 
guno said:
Michigan bans discrimination based on hair
On Thursday, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed the Crown Act — or Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair — into law, making Michigan the 20th state to ban discrimination based on natural hair texture in the workplace and at school.

“For too long Black communities have been told to control their hair or to make it conform to white standards to meet unspoken rules that are rooted in prejudice,” Whitmer said during the signing ceremony.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/a...2?cvid=b44d11b0dea8407eac6379d1450f7a7d&ei=16
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Bullshit. If that were true Kid N' Play would never have been a thing.
 
T. A. Gardner said:
What does that have to do with an idiot useless law on hair discrimination?
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The OP is about a little girl assaulted by fuckwits, but I can see you don't give a fuck about people assaulting a biracial girl.


You don't have any kids or grandkids do you? If you did, why would you want a school doing the same to them?
 
guno said:
In March 2021, Jurnee Hoffmeyer, a biracial 7-year-old, had her hair cut by staff at her elementary school. She knew this didn’t seem right — and questioned why they were doing this to her.

“It made me feel different from the other kids, and I felt weird,” Jurnee told Yahoo News.

The haircut issue stemmed from another school-related incident just days prior: Jurnee said that while on the bus with her fellow classmates, another student cut her hair with scissors. Jurnee’s dad, Jimmy Hoffmeyer, complained to the principal and took Jurnee to a hair salon, where a stylist gave her an asymmetrical cut. But two days later, Jurnee came home with both sides cut.

Jurnee’s dad removed her from school. In September 2021, he filed a $1 million federal lawsuit against Mount Pleasant Public Schools, naming librarian Kelly Mogg and teaching assistant Kristen Jacobs, who are white, as defendants.

“Jurnee’s library teacher, Ms. Mogg had cut off her remaining hair with the assistance and/or acquiescence of Ms. Jacobs,” the suit said.

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/a...2?cvid=b44d11b0dea8407eac6379d1450f7a7d&ei=16
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Mount Pleasant. Go figure. Site of the infamous Mount Pleasant Indian Industrial Boarding School, where at least 200 children died.

Why on Earth do people believe that they have the right to touch a child, let alone cut their hair????? I hope they can find a better school for this little one.
 
guno said:
Michigan bans discrimination based on hair
On Thursday, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed the Crown Act — or Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair — into law, making Michigan the 20th state to ban discrimination based on natural hair texture in the workplace and at school.

“For too long Black communities have been told to control their hair or to make it conform to white standards to meet unspoken rules that are rooted in prejudice,” Whitmer said during the signing ceremony.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/a...2?cvid=b44d11b0dea8407eac6379d1450f7a7d&ei=16
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Black children are not the only targets. Plenty of native boys have had their braids cut off at school, too.
 
ThatOwlWoman said:
Mount Pleasant. Go figure. Site of the infamous Mount Pleasant Indian Industrial Boarding School, where at least 200 children died.

Why on Earth do people believe that they have the right to touch a child, let alone cut their hair????? I hope they can find a better school for this little one.
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A sad history.

As for school, better to fix the ones we have. Assaulting children, no matter how well supported by Trumpers, should not be allowed.
 
Doc Dutch said:
I'm surprised there wasn't an assault charge involved.

The proper response for any hairstyles not within the rules is to call the parents and send the kid home. Holding them down and cutting their hair seems way over the line.
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I'm surprised too that there wasn't an assault charge. It's the first thing I thought of when reading the OP.
 
christiefan915 said:
I'm surprised too that there wasn't an assault charge. It's the first thing I thought of when reading the OP.
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The article briefly mentions a settlement a few months later: https://www.mlive.com/news/saginaw-...chool-over-daughters-modern-day-scalping.html

The details of which were sealed. There's no mention of police involvement, but it does mention the librarian and teacher acted outside school policy.

The investigation’s key findings were as follows:

· On March 26, an elementary student’s hair was cut by a MPPS employee without parent knowledge and without the knowledge of district administrators.

· Cutting a student’s hair on school grounds either with or without parent permission is a clear violation of school policy.

The board added that the third-party inquiry was performed in addition to an internal review by the school district’s administration. That probe included conducting interviews and reviewing video footage and photographic evidence.
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Doc Dutch said:
The article briefly mentions a settlement a few months later: https://www.mlive.com/news/saginaw-...chool-over-daughters-modern-day-scalping.html

The details of which were sealed. There's no mention of police involvement, but it does mention the librarian and teacher acted outside school policy.
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IMO the civil suit was the way to go. What kind of charge or sentence would those "educators" get if the parents had just involved the police? Hit 'em in the wallet.
 
ThatOwlWoman said:
IMO the civil suit was the way to go. What kind of charge or sentence would those "educators" get if the parents had just involved the police? Hit 'em in the wallet.
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They could do both.

IMO, the settlement included dropping charges. Odd that no charges were mentioned. Is Michigan really that racist?
 
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