The girl pictured above, Tayjha Deleveaux is a pupil at the CR
Walker Senior High School in The Bahamas. Earlier this month, she turned up to
class with an "afropuff" hairstyle.
For this, she was allegedly threatened with suspension by her school
principal, T Nicola Mckay, saying her appearance was deemed "untidy",
her hair seen as "unruly" and against school rules. In one report, the principal said she was trying to clamp
down on students wearing their hair in a way that "looks like it would not
have been combed for days".
This upset Tayjha Deleveaux' mother, who posted her daughter's
picture on Facebook with
a message in defence of her hair, saying she was "standing up"
against "foolishness". The debate hit a chord with many people on
social media, who posted pictures of their own hairstyles using the hashtags
#supportthepuff and #isupportthepuff.
This is just a case of being victimized because of the
colour of your skin and the texture of your hair.
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