An 11-year-old black girl was sent home from school for having 'unnatural' hair
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- An 11-year-old girl was sent home from school because her hair was not "natural," according to her family.
- Over the summer, a policy was enacted at Christ the King Elementary School in Terrytown, Louisiana, that states "only the student's natural hair is permitted. Extensions, wigs, hair pieces of any kind are not allowed."
- As the student's older brother wrote on Facebook, this policy is "just one more barrier to entry for black people."
- The student, Faith Fennidy, no longer attends the school, her mom said.
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