- cross-posted to:
- exmormon@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- exmormon@lemmy.world
Kanaan VyShonne Barton says he’s following all other school rules but shouldn’t have to cut his hair: ‘My locs represent strength’
A Black student at a Mormon university in Hawaii said he has been told by staff to cut his shoulder-length hair because it does not adhere to school policies, he said.
Kanaan VyShonne Barton, a student at Brigham Young University-Hawaii, told the Salt Lake Tribune he has been engaged in a battle with the school since September over the length of his hair, which he has refused to cut.
The university requires students to follow an “honor code”, which states hair should be “neatly trimmed”, although the code has no official guidance on length.
It was always weird how many Mormons and Scientologists lived in Hawaii…
Like, I get turning to a cult in Utah, there’s nothing going on and pretty much everyone else is in it already.
But you live in Hawaii, just go hang out at the beach
In my view as a haole from the mainland who’s never visited our 50th state…
A black Mormon is weird.
A black Hawaiian Mormon is weirder.
A black Hawaiian Mormon that still has natural hair? That goes beyond my understanding.
Mormonism has very strong ties in Hawaii. They sent missionaries there when the state was annexed by the US.
While not as strong as Utah, it very much is there.
Gotta convert those swarthy Polynesian heathens, I guess.
You gotta get them when they don’t know you yet