Do you think it is wrong for dreads and cornrows to be prohibited from work?

Question

that is so wrong. i think as long as it is small and neat that there should be no problem with it. i understand a dress code but a hair code? that is ridiculus. for african american men and women who dont use perms or have extremly short hair is the only choices besides a huge afro. i think if you are gonna judge by hair you minus well go back to judging by skin to.

im not saying it has anything to do with skin color. im saying it it just as bad as judging by it. i know different colors can wear them. ive seen asians and white with them just as many times as blacks.

if someone had dreda i would take him seriously. a very good math teacher in my school has him and he is very nice and smart.

Answer 1

I agree, I feel this type of conduct is discrimination. I'm just not exactly sure what you can do about it. Good luck!

Answer 2

Some work places also do not allow men--any man--to have hair that goes below the ears or touches the neck. Others must wear a tie at all times and refrain from wearing certain colors. They are told it must coordinate. No jewelry is allowed except for a watch and a wedding ring. Women must wear skirts of a certain length and nothing that shows cleavage or is uncoordinated or transparent.

I think it is just a strict dress code that is meant to keep people somewhat uniform and professional in appearance. True, most people who do dreads or braids have very elaborately pretty hair, BUT there are some who would not always keep it that way, and some who would put lots of uncoordinated decorations and such in it...even though it can be done without that. It's always the "some" people who ruin it for everyone, unfortunately.

Basically, the company is saying they don't trust the entire employee base to continue putting on a professional front, and need to keep the stock holders pleased.

Answer 3

no
a business has the right to set condition for dress code, including hair, so as long as it does not discriminate

disney won big on this one when a man with tattos and long mustache sued Disney for wrongful termination.. based on those 2 factors
since Disney is a very public company and considers all it's employees to be actors, behind the scenes or not, they try to maintain a clean cut image based on Walt Disney orginal dress code for all park employee, and cornrows and dreads are not among allowable items

if you are behind the scenes you maye be able to get awy with it, but even thne a company can argue ( sucessfully I might add ) that you might be sent out for an errand, and thus are in the public eye representing that company, so there too the ban would be in effect

you lack of understanding in thinking you have employee rights in business ( you do to a limited part ) does not extend to personal choice or freedoms, after all you are the employee, not the boss. when you get your own company and employ dread lock and corn row wearing people and wonder why business is down ( unless of course you sell rasta / rap music / shirts or something like that.. then it's an assest ). discerning hair style is not the same a racial discriination, you be suprised to what extent hair bans will go with even some business ( think trash pick up.. look at western managment a mulitbillion dollar refuse company , despite what they do they have a very clean image and there employees look sharp, this is not by accident), it also will depend of course on the type of business, last time i checked drug dealer s could care less about hairstyles and they are always hiring for street pushers

Answer 4

I really think that it depends on where you work IE in the office or in the plant. If you work in the plant and if it doesn't interfere with safety or production then fine. Think of it this way. If you went into an office where there are all professionally dressed people and then you see one with a Hawaiian shirt on. That person would stick out this is the type of things that businesses are trying to avoid. Dreads are a thing that would stick out. Cornrows done in discretion IE weave that is in the same color as your own hair I feel is a nice look.

Answer 5

The essential difference between race and hair is that you can choose to do something about your hair.

Personally, I think that I would only object to dreads or cornrows as an employer if it was a safety hazard (like on a factory floor, and the hair couldn't be contained under some sort of cap, and might get sucked into a machine), or such. But I understand that some big corporations might see dreads as against their image, which is simpleminded but they have a right to do it.

Answer 6

Dress codes include the whole person, especially if you're talking about an office job. It's the total look of the personnel that concerns the company.
I don't like the big fat braids myself, but as look as they look nice and not looking like they've been in for six months, I wouldn't object to it.
I like the little braids better but that's just my personal preference.
My daughter who is white has done both and I think the little braids look better on her than the fat ones.
There's something about the fat ones that just don't look right to me, but I can't even begin to explain it.

Answer 7

Depends on the company or place of business and their expectations. Of course this is generally a wrong rule and possibly grievable or illegal. I think it's weong to prohibit anyone from wearing their hair the way they chose,again unless it's for health or other specific company reasons

Answer 8

It depends on the job & your customers. Clothes are also a consideration. Some jobs require suits. Skin color has nothing to do with it.

Answer 9

Montell Williams is black.He does the intelligent thing and sports the bald look, so did George Foreman.If someone walked in the door of my company sporting dreads,i would not take that person seriously.If you owned a business,would you?

Answer 10

Absolutely.