Boy Suspended Over Hair

A story has been making news recently about a four-year-old child from suburban Dallas, Texas. Taylor Pugh, also known as Tater Tot, has been suspended from his public school since November because, oh horrors, his hair is too long!

Pugh's parents, however, are heroically refusing to meet the school's demands.

"He's my son. I love him. I will back him to the end," said the boy's father.

Pugh's hair violates the school dress code, which is ridiculous. Just have a look at it for yourself.

• Top and bottom clothing items cannot be the same color.
• Acceptable colors for pants, skirts, short and jumpers are khaki, navy blue or black (solid, single colors)
• Bottom of sweatshirt, sweater or sweater vest may not extend more than 4 inches below the belt.
• Shoes must be solid color brown, black, gray, navy blue or white.
• Undershirts must be white, black, gray or same color as top shirt.
• Shoelaces must be white or match the color of the shoe.
• Hair is to be clean and well groomed.
• Unusual coloring or excessive hairstyles that may include "tails", "designs", "puffs", etc. are prohibited.

Not allowed:

• Zippers, snaps, etc.
• Leather, suede, vinyl, corduroy, denim and knit materials
• Suspenders
• Visible stripes, check or other designs

It seems these rules are nothing short of pointless. If zippers, snaps, and suspenders aren't allowed, then what will keep the students' pants from falling down? Hope and fairy dust? Don't try that "Oh, it prevents kids from being distracted" bullshit. What is really distracting is pulling kids out of class because you don't like how they dress. It's distracting to make people worry about how they look. The kid is four years old, and only a crack addict would expect kids that age to even remember to keep their clothes on!

From this picture I have of Pugh, we can see that his hair barely touches his shoulders, if at all. Taylor Pugh plans to keep growing his hair, despite what the idiots at his school want, so that he can one day get it cut off and donate it to a charity that makes wigs for cancer patients. What kind of assholes are we letting run our schools now? For god's sake, they're preventing people from doing generous things!

It seems that the school boards in suburban Dallas are filled with a bunch of uptight, monocle-wearing snobs. All the school is doing here is forcing traditionalist crap on children, the very same crap that defines what is and is not acceptable for males and females to do. As if there was a big meeting and everyone decided men should be like this and females should be like that. The school's actions are unconstitutional, uncalled for, and they violate Taylor Pugh's right to express his individuality in a manner that doesn't harm anyone. Somebody please go to Texas and ask what happened to individuality and democracy.

School kids, regardless of age, and all those who stand for youth rights should organize themselves in order to fight against the oppression of youth. They should form something along the lines of the Chinese Red Guards, only they should use methods that are more appropriate for their given conditions.

"The young are not our inferiors"- Mao Zedong, Take the Characteristics of Youth Into Consideration, 1953.

Youth liberation NOW!

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