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ScreamingMeemie

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48. she is 11. There are all different age groups on different competitive teams.

Mon Nov 9, 2015, 09:34 PM

Nov 2015

They go with a different hairstyle to meet the competition requirements. They select the hairstyle and all have to be the same.

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Girl kicked off cheer-leading team ..won't straighten her hair [View all] SoCalDem Nov 2015 OP

So she has to look like the other drones? Sad. Rex Nov 2015 #1

First, how awful to be penalized for your natural curl...I have thick naturally curly hair myself. haikugal Nov 2015 #2

I live here, close to that facility. ScreamingMeemie Nov 2015 #3

Oh FFS, hair is not Tonner's problem. Warpy Nov 2015 #4

There is more to this story... ScreamingMeemie Nov 2015 #7

OF COURSE it has to do with bigotry. Straight hair goes with a certain races pnwmom Nov 2015 #11

Of course it doesn't... ScreamingMeemie Nov 2015 #13

Any straight hair standard is a bigoted standard. pnwmom Nov 2015 #15

Sorry, but no. ScreamingMeemie Nov 2015 #18

"...the OP might have had me too..." SoCalDem Nov 2015 #23

I did not mean "Poster" in OP, I meant "Post." ScreamingMeemie Nov 2015 #32

Amen SoCalDem Nov 2015 #34

No, what? Are you saying a straight hair standard does not disproportionately disadvantage pnwmom Nov 2015 #29

It would affect my white niece FrodosPet Nov 2015 #39

I can see that her hair isn't the problem Warpy Nov 2015 #14

That's all I'm saying. They have tons of mothers coming to their defense ScreamingMeemie Nov 2015 #16

Different gym locations have different standards. If you bothered to read the article pnwmom Nov 2015 #30

"If you bothered to read the article" If you bothered to realize I live here... ScreamingMeemie Nov 2015 #35

The majority often wants to trample on the rights of the minority. pnwmom Nov 2015 #36

Those photos were probably taken earlier. The standard only happened pnwmom Nov 2015 #17

The girl in the OP looks older than these kids JI7 Nov 2015 #44

she is 11. There are all different age groups on different competitive teams. ScreamingMeemie Nov 2015 #48

Sounds like crazy mom is a bigger issue than straight hair. EL34x4 Nov 2015 #47

Stepford... 3catwoman3 Nov 2015 #50

I can't stand the look (especially with the big bows on top of the head). ScreamingMeemie Nov 2015 #55

I think they would still love it... 3catwoman3 Nov 2015 #56

I don't know... my last little girl is 25, and she was all about the makeup at that age ScreamingMeemie Nov 2015 #57

Well... maybe tkmorris Nov 2015 #9

Straight hair IS about race. How many African American girls have naturally straight hair? pnwmom Nov 2015 #12

You win the thread malaise Nov 2015 #10

What a horrible thing to say to a kid! Warpy Nov 2015 #26

A num told that to a family friend of my parents malaise Nov 2015 #38

Is ryan_cats Nov 2015 #28

What next? katsy Nov 2015 #5

Holy Jesus, what a beautiful girl. Aristus Nov 2015 #6

Thanks... ScreamingMeemie Nov 2015 #8

Hey! Texasgal Nov 2015 #19

! ScreamingMeemie Nov 2015 #21

#hicksforlife! Texasgal Nov 2015 #25

At one time I would have been shocked at the classism on DU Fumesucker Nov 2015 #22

Beautiful girl mcar Nov 2015 #20

Nothing new here. 3catwoman3 Nov 2015 #24

What's a Fen-Male? Texasgal Nov 2015 #27

Explanation - 3catwoman3 Nov 2015 #40

I also get random letters & the = signs all the time SoCalDem Nov 2015 #41

Don't you mean untie? ScreamingMeemie Nov 2015 #43

Gotcha! Texasgal Nov 2015 #45

Wow, I expected to see a dark-skinned girl, because, well, America. nt valerief Nov 2015 #31

She's a model! Baitball Blogger Nov 2015 #33

the bigger questions is why her parent(s) allow her to do this in the first place... msongs Nov 2015 #37

I grew up taking gymnastics and dance lessons. bunnies Nov 2015 #49

I allow my daughter to do it because she wants to do it. Throd Nov 2015 #53

That's sad. romanic Nov 2015 #42

Outrageous LittleBlue Nov 2015 #46

She made it thru the selection process with out straight hair. What changed? rhett o rick Nov 2015 #51

She has beautiful hair and a lot of people go to beauty parlor a to get the body she has kimbutgar Nov 2015 #52

My daughter does cheer and I have encountered a few "psycho cheer mom" types over the years, Nye Bevan Nov 2015 #54