Student forced to remove 'black' braids

MONDAY, JUNE 4, 2002

A 15-year-old student in Utah was told to remove her braids after a teacher told her to stop trying to "act black," Rolly and Wells report today.

Amber Goodman removed her hairstyle during a lunch period when a vice principal told her it was a distraction. She is white but her mother is African-American.

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Rolly and Wells: Girl: Teacher Told Me to Stop 'Acting Black' (AP 6/3)