Female soldiers fight back against new army rules about certain hairstyles
Uncle Sam wants you - but maybe not your hairdo.
Posted: Wednesday, April 2, 2014, 8:51 PM
Uncle Sam wants you - but maybe not your hairdo.
The U.S. Army has angered some African-American female service members by issuing new regulations clarifying certain black-oriented hairstyles such as dreadlocks and two-strand twists. Army officials go into detail and the exact specifications put a crimp into some hairstyles worn by African-American women who opt to keep their hair in its natural state. For instance, female service members can wear multiple braids but they have to be small - about a quarter inch in diameter. That means no elaborate goddess styles.
As soon as the new regulations came out on Monday, female soldiers started agitating and rightly so. One of the last things a service member wants to worry about when she's serving her country is the size of her hair braids. Having curly hair braided or getting locks, are logical solutions for black women with natural hair especially when a service member is facing deployment to a war zone.
Thousands of people have signed a White House petition asking that the rules be reconsidered because "these new changes are racially biased and the lack of regard for ethnic hair is apparent."
In addition to spelling out rules for hair, the new regulations limit the number of tattoos and discuss fingernail length and makeup.
Sgt. Jasmine Jacobs, who started the petition, told Army Times that she's "kind of at a loss now with what to do with my hair."
Like a lot of black women who don't straighten their hair, she has a thick curly mane that's challenging to pull back. Until the rules are changed, Jacobs said she may wear a wig.
Original Post By: http://ift.tt/1ovSOKC
Related Post:
Hairstyles
- #TBT: Let's Re
- Three red carpet hairstyles for Cannes
- Jennifer Aniston: "'The Rachel' Was One of the Hardest Hairstyles to Maintain"
- Cannes 2014
- The Looks That Go Straight to Their Heads
- How Many Ways Can Lupita Nyong'o Style Two Inches of Hair?
- Wedding Hairstyles: Ideas Inspired By Our Fave Celebs
- DIY: 'Game of Thrones'
- DIY: 'Game of Thrones'
- Jessica Alba's top hairstyles
- The Pentagon's New Target: Hairstyles Worn By Black Women?
- The Middle
- Kelly Osbourne Shaves Her Head, Looks Awesome
- US Army Grooming Guide Prohibits Majority of Natural Hairstyles For Black ...
- Pentagon to review policies on hairstyles
- Defense Secretary Asks Military To Review Rules Targeting Black Women's ...
- Sienna, Cara and Suki: Get their hairstyles
- US military reviews hairstyle rules for females...
- Best DIY Hairstyles for Date Night
- Pentagon to review policies on hairstyles
- US Military Will Review 'Racially Biased' Hairstyle Regulations
- Army to review hair rules after complaints from black military women
- Pentagon vows to untwist black hairstyle controversy
- Tuesday Ten: 10 Fabulous Hairstyles For Any Girl On
- Now Under Review: Military Hairstyles