World Black Girls at Pretoria High School Ordered to Straighten Their Hair

[abujagirl]

Pretoria Girls High School allegedly instructed black school pupils to straighten their hair.



The instruction is currently causing chaos as school pupils are protesting and #StopRacismAtPretoriaGirlsHigh is trending on Social network. HERALD LIVE reports that Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi is due to visit the school on Monday to address the controversy as more than 4500 people signed a petition calling for his intervention.

The petition called on Lesufi and the school headmistress to ensure that black and Muslim pupils were not discriminated against‚ to protect pupils who protested against victimisation and to take disciplinary action against teachers and staff who implemented racist policies.

The school is claiming that black girls were asked to straighten their hair because it looks untidy.

 

[PressRoom]

We now live in beautiful times - Young women standing up for their rights.

 

[abujagirl]

We now live in beautiful times - Young women standing up for their rights.

those kids are too young to be faced with such amount of racism. Sociaty shouldn't make them have to defend their blackness.

 

[wazobiaplus]

South Africa is still south africa

 

[PressRoom]

South Africa is still south africa

On another thought, it should not be seen as racial. Think it's about authoritarianism - that exists in the hearts of all South African institutions.

 

[wazobiaplus]

On another thought, it should not be seen as racial. Think it's about authoritarianism - that exists in the hearts of all South African institutions.

There is no other thought sir

 

[abujagirl]

On another thought, it should not be seen as racial. Think it's about authoritarianism - that exists in the hearts of all South African institutions.

It is racism .