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The mother of Lamya Cammon, the girl who had her teacher cut off a braid of hers during class has spoken to Essence Magazine. Here is a segment from the interview.

ESSENCE.com: Do you think it should have been more?
CUNNINGHAM: I think it should have been child abuse. It might not be a physical but it is  her hair and her hair is apart of her body.

ESSENCE.com: Have you ever had any problems in the past with this teacher?
CUNNINGHAM: No. When she first started going to school, Lamya had problems but this year she’s been doing pretty good in school.

ESSENCE.com: Was the teacher apologetic?
CUNNINGHAM: No, because she felt like what she did wasn’t wrong.

ESSENCE.com: Why do you say that?
CUNNINGHAM:
She kept saying, “I didn’t cut her hair,” “I cut this part.” And I said, “that is her hair.” Her hair is actually long. I think some of the teachers are used to a lot of little girls wearing microbraids or extensions. And that is another thing that was brought up. She was trying to say that she didn’t know that was her real hair.

ESSENCE.com: What ethnicity is the teacher?
CUNNINGHAM:
She is White, and the school is in a predominately Black neighborhood.

ESSENCE.com: What has since happened to little Lamya?
CUNNINGHAM:
They moved her to another classroom. She isn’t happy because she’s been with those kids for two years, you know, they’re her friends, they have bonded.

ESSENCE.com: As a mother, how does this situation make you feel?
CUNNINGHAM:
At first I was in shock. It went from shock to a little bit of anger after I talked to my daughter’s teacher. I feel let down because a lot of our schools have been getting shut down because of low attendance and some parents are sending their kids to charter schools so I am putting my faith in MTS to provide the best education possible for my kids.

From WISN.com

Lamya Cammon is angry, confused, and scared by the incident last week in which the apparently frustrated teacher cut one of her braids off after she wouldn’t stop playing with them in class.

Cammon, 7, sports a few dozen braids, but one is conspicuously absent.

“She told me to stop playing with it. Then cut it off and sent me back to my desk,” Cammon said.

Cammon’s a first-grader at Congress Elementary and said her teacher used a pair of classroom scissors to cut off one of the braids after she absent-mindedly kept playing with them.

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/msveevee1/ msveevee1

    That teacher should have her head shaved bald for cutting off her hair.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Hellokitty111/ Hellokitty111

    I agree ms vee vee.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/DiggyMarie21/ DiggyMarie21

    Wow, it looks like the braid was probably bothering the girl by hitting her in her face…but ummmm if you’re not the child’s momma or her hairstylist, you have no right to touch anyone’s head. Wow…she should be fired and sued…what in the heck was she thinking? That woman had to be unbalanced for a child playing with her hair to bother her to the point that she cuts her hair off. Wow.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Y_HATE_ON_U/ Y_HATE_ON_U

    I’D GO UP THERE AND BEAT HER ASSS INFRONT OF THE CLASS!! YOU DON’T TOUCH ANYONE ELSE’S KIDS IN ANYWAY!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/CaliFemme23/ CaliFemme23

    That teacher needs to be fired and shaved bald…Who does that to a LITTLE girl? Just hate on the child because he actually has some hair to play with..im sure it wasnt ruining her learning!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Freak4mines513/ Freak4mines513

    This is horrible. What type of person does that to a child. She needs to be fired and something more than a ticket needs to be issued. If I were the girls parents, I would file a civil suit against the school, if the teacher remains in that school. I can’t believe that they are letting her teach as if nothing happened. It’s wrong!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/raymondowens/ raymondowens

    i am sure this a white teacher who is in the classroom with black students, a race of people that the teacher dislikes, and that is the teacher did what she did. i hope this child’s mother sues the milwaukee public school’s

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/imnotfeelingit/ imnotfeelingit

    I would have come up to that school and only an ACT OF GOD would have stopped me from kicking that B***HES ASS!!! What the hell was that teacher thinking? Send the girl to the principal, detention, something. But to cut a child’s hair!

    OH HELL TO THE NAW!!!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/blkman6ft6_inla/ blkman6ft6_inla

    she wont be fired she will more then likely be given time of with full pay are just moved to another class room the teachers union what let her be fired.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/torance2006/ torance2006

    if that was my child dat b***h would have a well wipped ass. i have three kids two with long hair and it dnt bothere meone of which is a boy and he always in my lap wit his hair in my face but i aint cut it off. she need to be fired cause she done lost her dame mind

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/roman_empire2/ roman_empire2

    This is horrible, Hello everyone, this is my first comment on anything from Blackplanet. Let us think for a minute and look at some other avenues. We all grownup together, we are custom to seeing white children playing, combing, and eating hair with out any problems that could or may effect themselves or any student. Back in the day and still now, you could like at it being a race issue or just because of some unknown event happen. The fact remains that this teacher and/or facility should be accountable for all nonsenses. I think that the parent should file a law suit and teacher should be charge with Aggravated Assault, some type of punishment not go unharmed. Now, by saying that she should not teach in that district, county, city, etc. Racism is still an undercover problem that this country continue to look over. “We all have our opinions, dont’t we”.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Lady_Quise/ Lady_Quise

    I would’ve took that braid and shoved it down that teachers throat and brought it out of her nose… That’s some bull.. That’s one thing you do not do is touch somebody’s kids… Stressful or not I would’ve flipped that classroom upside down… She needs to be fired… No questions asked. Buh bye..

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/CrEaMeH/ CrEaMeH

    F*CK SOME DAMN STRESS, BEAT THAT B***HES AZZ, YOU KNOW DAMN BETTER, I’D SUE AND SHE GETTING HER AZZ BEAT AND SHE BETTER GET FIRED……NUFF SAID!!!!!!
    THE SCHOOL SYSTEM NEEDS TO EVALUATE THOSE TEACHERS BEFORE THEY ARE ALLOWED TO COME INTO THE CLASS ROOM….I DON’T CARE WHAT THE HELL YOU STRESSED OUT ABOUT YOU DON’T TOUCH A CHILD’S HAIR. PLEASE LORD DON’T LET ME EVER SEE THIS WOMAN IN PUBLIC BECAUSE ITS ON…..I’M ABOUT TO SHAVE SOMEBODY’S HEAD AND SEE HOW SHE FEELS!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/jatovia_3/ jatovia_3

    WHAT THA F**K THAT WOMAN DONE LOST HER MARBLES CAUSE I FOR 1 HAVE ALL GIRLS AN THEY WEAR BEADS IN THEIR HAIR ALL THA TIME AN I WISH SOME S**T LIKE THAT WOULD HAPPEN I WOULD BEAT HER ASS THEN WHEN IM DONE K.O. HER ASS I WOULD SHAVE HER S**T ALL THA WAY OFF MAN I WISH A B***H WOULD SHE NEED TO BE PUT IN JAIL THO FA REAL AN LOOSE HER JOB WE ALL GO THRU STRESS BUT SHE IS A SCHOOL TEACHER A 1ST GRADE SCHOOL TEACHER AT THAT IF SHE CANT HANDLE KIDS THEN SHE IN THA WRONG JOB LIKE I HAD TO TELL MY 10 YR OLDS 3RD GRADE TEACHER AFTER SHE CALLED MY DAUGHTER STUPID HAD HER ASS BACKED UP IN THA CORNOR AN ALL AFTER THAT SHE WAS SUPER NICE TO MY BABY LOL

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/lovely_chick23/ lovely_chick23

    Crap like this makes decent teachers look bad.. I can’t believe this jerk cut off her braid, because of stress? What a joke.. If you don’t have patience stay out of the teaching field or any field involving children!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/sexylonglegs61/ sexylonglegs61

    This is awful, I wouldn’t care if she was white or blk, it was wrong. Thank God my children all boy with hair mid-way down there back and are in college but it wouldn’t have change what I would have done. I agree with all comments.
    STRESS:
    Life is stress, so what she is in the wrong field she needs to be working in a prison and try cutting there hair. $175 dollars fine what are you serious. Counseling is need for the little child, so she want be afraid to go up to the next teachers desk being afraid that something else could happen.
    BOARD OF EDUCATION:
    going to give her a week off with pay and probably send her to a counselor send her to me I will give her a taste of her own medicine, and she will be fine.
    Happy Holidays to all and have a bless 2010.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/taurus216/ taurus216

    its only hair not even a full braid, it shouildve been like that in the front anyway its cute

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/taurus216/ taurus216

    whats so bad about fixin the girls hair???

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/specialkindalady/ specialkindalady

    Okay, let me get this right. 5 yr olds= Kindergarten, 6 yr olds=1st grade, 7 yr olds 2nd grade, 8 yr olds=3rd grade, 9 yr olds=4th grade, 10 yr olds=5th grade, 11 yr olds…at least in my part of the city it adds up that way. So, if a 7 yr old is STILL in kindergarten or a child is TWO grades behind…is there something WRONG??? I mean, I’m just saying…

    But getting back to that story…that was flat out wrong, wrong, WRONG! All the way around…teachers cutting off kids’ hair and kids not in their proper or right grade.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/taurus216/ taurus216

    special, there’s somthing wrong with ur bran b***h!!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/WMsHURRICANEW/ WMsHURRICANEW

    the monster must be fired&discredited&deprived of its working with children right how the heck such a creature was ever granted a school teacher licence.
    Ill never forget how at the age of 8 my brother was tied up to the school bench coz of being fidget he didnt get it at first but after about 10mins of shock he started to cry.
    such ugly beings as this one hurt kids sensitive soul &cause inferiority complex

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/PurpleFlames/ PurpleFlames

    If that was my daughter you better believe that teacher would be fired the next day.

    And people, can we PLEASE not turn this into a race issue like everything else discussed on this site? This is just an example of a crazy-ass teacher overstepping her boundaries.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/taurus216/ taurus216

    stupid b***h she started school a year late, n her birthday is also late dumb ass b***h!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/JUICEDADON61/ JUICEDADON61

    IF DAT WAS MY CHILD DAT TEACHER WOULD OF BEEN IN SOMEBODY HOSPITAL….

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/mscincy2/ mscincy2

    @specialkindalady The little girl is in the first grade boo. Her birthday could have fell late like mine did.

    However, the teacher was very wrong. Had that been my child, the story would have came out a little different. That’s all I’m saying.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MzBadAzzitGets/ MzBadAzzitGets

    YEA UM YEA…I’M A LIL SPEECHLESS ON THIS…PARENTS DON’T PLAY ABOUT THEIR CHILD,…FIRST OFF U PULLED OUT SCISSORS AND HAD THAT CLOSE TO THE CHILDS FACE CUZ THE BRAID IS IN THE FACE…THEN U PUT UR TWO CENTS IN THE TIME THAT WAS SPENT TO DO THE HAIR…YEA…IT WOULD HAVE BEEN -O-V… FOR HER…SMH

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MzBadAzzitGets/ MzBadAzzitGets

    AND SPECIALKINDALADY SHE IS IN THE FIRST GRADE…WHICH SHE COULD OF JUST TURNED 7 THIS YEAR AND DUE TO FACT HER BIRTHDAY IS LATE SHE HAS TO START LATE….NAW SOMETHING NOT WRONG WITH THAT SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH U…LOL

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Candyboxxx/ Candyboxxx

    Yah, cutting a kid’s hair is unacceptable. I understand how frustrating it can be for teachers, but that was extreme. She would have been better off spanking her hand a couple of times.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MzBadAzzitGets/ MzBadAzzitGets

    AND DON’T U SPANK MY CHILD HAND LEAVE THAT UP TO ME….CALL ME ILL COME AND SPANK HER ASS AND RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE CLASS..THEN GIVE U MY PERSONAL NUMBER EVERYTIME SHE ACT UP…TO MANY TIMES THEN IT WOULD BE TIME TO TAKE MY CHILD OUT THAT CLASS SOMETHING AINT RIGHT WITH THE TEACHER STUDENT…RELATIONSHIP THEN…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Ti__/ Ti__

    this is crazy, u should never touch another persons child like that!

    HOWEVER what is even more crazy is that people think that VIOLANCE is the answer to this one, as well as people ASSUMING it has to be a white woman….

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/michaelmc/ michaelmc

    I hate to say it, but if it were my kid this teacher would have her ass whooped. I don’t care how frustrating this teacher was, but you don’t go around cutting NO child that is NOT your hair. She should atleast be suspended if not FIRED! He job is to TEACH the child. I don’t condone violence…I was just a lil frustrated!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Ti__/ Ti__

    well I can totally understand frustration in this situation but this whole thing is about the teacher doin wrong based on her/his own frustration so repeating the behavior is not very right is it?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/lakerdude19/ lakerdude19

    Yeah this teacher definitely over-stepped her boundaries. If this child’s mother has a normative relationship in any sense then the teacher may want to play dead, because you don’t come between mama bear and her cubs (I coach jr. high boys basketball and I learned this the hard way).

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/blkman6ft6_inla/ blkman6ft6_inla

    i wonder if daddy is upset are is there one even in the picture if not that will cause more pain in her life then getting her hair cut i think blacks need to understand that alot of these teachers get tired of taking care of so many bad ass black kids atleast thats the way it is in most la county schools ive had teachers at my kids old school tell me straight up that most black and mexican parents dont even care they send there kids to school with there hair uncombed shoes on the wrong feet and dont get them to school early enuff for breakfast the only reason why so many are mad is because they think this teacher is white.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/--KATIE--ANN/ –KATIE–ANN

    All I got to say ….Thats crazy that the teacher did that crap…..I think the little girl moms should sued the School Board and The Damn Teacher…Wtf…The teacher could have dealt with that in a different way ………Send her to the principal office or whatever…Damn these teachers are doing crazy s**t …..

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/SENSATIONSOFNC/ SENSATIONSOFNC

    The wrong thing for her to do is put scissors in MY daughter’s hair…seriously dont think she would be teaching anyone else’s children! @SPECIALKINDALADY, the little girl was 7 & in the FIRST GRADE, not KINDERGARTEN…if her birthday falls after October 21st (I think) she would be behind a grade. Facts dear before you lay into a child… On top of that, if she is 7 and in kindergarten, maybe she’s handicap…who knows?!?! Point is the stupid teacher cut her hair!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Eolufemi/ Eolufemi

    Fire the lady, or the next time this happens a parent will simply whoop her azz.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/EGJ14/ EGJ14

    At this point and time, we are all stressed. But she as a teacher was taught in college how to handle the children she is dealing with. She knew what she was getting to before she started teaching, the little girl is 7yo. If this is the way the teacher is handling her frustrations, maybe she needs to find a knew job (obviously she’s white). If the child had acted out in this manner, charges would’ve been pressed. Remember the girl the little girl that threw the tantrum.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Ti__/ Ti__

    how can u say obviously she is white??
    why does this have to be a race thing???
    so then I can say, ONLY BASED ON THESE COMMENTS, if the teacher was black she/he would have beat the lil girls ass…???

    of course I would never ever think that cause I’m not ignorant nor do I think another race is better or worse, get a grip people, stop teaching ur own children this stupidity!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/gentleman288/ gentleman288

    okay for the idiot who ask about the father in the home you sound like a self hating uncle tom …that has nothing to do with this topic sounds like a white person to play the race card in a subject about teacher behavior in the class room….uncle toms are funny they think they are white till the lynching comes tiger woods, o.j, kobe byrant….wake up negro…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/mccloud614/ mccloud614

    blkman6ft6_inla,
    I think you are one of the most IGNORANT individuals I have come across in a long time, Not only has a childs civil rights beeen violated, her ego and selfesteem damaged. You have the gall to try to bring her family situation into the conversation. SHUT IT DOWN SON. You have not got a clue, I am ashame you are from L.A.,some kids can’t make it to school. Looking at your comments you did not make it either.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/gentleman288/ gentleman288

    @ti no black person teaches their children racism it is something that exist and needs to be taught how to deal with it fortunately for white non Hispanic children they will experience close to zero ……lets cut the bs….

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/benz_e320/ benz_e320

    Now this was wrong granted the child could not defend herself….however I do not see why this issue made it to the news! Fact is this does not require media coverage — bigger issues need media attention…hence No Child Left Behind and its causes-effects..literacy rate and the fact its low! Again I do agree its wrong; but really guys…why do we let the media exploit us “black people” and are siked into believing its benefiting us! This child needs to be in class doing her work/learning not talking to the media for tomorrows coverage!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/nanapeppa/ nanapeppa

    If I’m not mistaken, to intentionally approach another human being with a pair of scissors along with an intent to hurt/harm/discipline without permission (in this situatioan, parental consent) and to proceed to cut their hair is Assault with a Deadly Weapon.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/lakerdude19/ lakerdude19

    gentleman, how can you say that “no black person teaches their children racism?” That statement in itself shows us your predjudice. And to counter it, look up the home videos of the D.C. sniper reading with his children and note his racist mentality.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/nanapeppa/ nanapeppa

    Ooops! Spelling Error “…(in this situation, parental consent)…”

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/mousey1685/ mousey1685

    maaaaan f**k that s**t, them teachers is underpaid. i dont think any type of teacher should be underpaid and have to be stressed out all day long. teachers are everyones future, if not for teachers where would u be at? right. she told that lil girl stop f**kin wit yo head its urkin my ass. lil girl should have stopped. i dont think she should have cut her hair off maybe stand yo ass in the corner till class was over then talk to her about wat she did wrong maybe but ya know stress is stress. s**t i dont want high blood pressure because the lil girl wouldn’t stop, the teacher could say oh she was disrupting class and have the lil girl suspended for a week then the teacher would be gettin dogged. so i blame the lil girl.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Ti__/ Ti__

    gentleman288, since I moved to this country I have been attacked for my skinn color constantly, so I absolutly agree racism is a HUGE thing in this country, what I disagree with is that so many of u think its a white vs black thing when reality is its a every race vs every race thing!

    poverty in this country is not based on color, u r not automatically born wealthy cause ur white! teach ur children they can do anything they want instead of teaching them blame every single person with light skinn!

    all I am saying is that the black community has alot of hate and all that is doin is fuiling the fire, I am not a racist, I am married to a black man, my future children will be mixed and I refuse to teach them that discrimination is ok as long as its against white people, how stupid is that?

    how can u make a complaint against unjustice and then justify ur actions with what u just complained about???? how can u expect ur children to understand its wrong to discriminate when ur doin the exact same thing urself??? equality is an essence for a happy life and it APPLIES ON ALL LEVELS, COLORS AND ETHNIC BACKGROUNDS!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/sexynickey/ sexynickey

    Do you know how humiliating that probably was for the little girl? Then her mother is asking questions. Please i would have have reacted first and then asked the question. I’m sorry but when it comes to my children i’ll do anything at any cost.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MonsterSlanga/ MonsterSlanga

    i can’t believe something as dumb as this is going on in my hometown and a school i went to as a kid. who is hiring these teachers in the first place and she should be fired becuase you can let things like this slide knowing how upset this poor girl is to be embrassed like that in front of her peers.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/nanapeppa/ nanapeppa

    Ti__, although noone is automatically born wealthy by being born white, please research imperialism, colonialization & the socio-economic effects with regards to race along the concept of “white privilege.” The countries of India, South Africa, UK and of course the USA should provide tons of insight.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/nanapeppa/ nanapeppa

    Hmmm… another grammatical error, “…along with the concept…”

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/benz_e320/ benz_e320

    Look I will try this again! TI please refrain from making anymore comments if anything you are fueling a fire you will not be able to control. Some of your points you recently made are somewhat valid however please do not be blinded by the fact of what we call White Privilege! Now we all suffer from racist views on one another so do not claim you’re not racist..its better to say you’re not openly racist! Again this child needs to be in class not try to please the media with coverage. This is the most important time in her life to gain a tool for overcoming depression and oppression that we have suffered from for so long..a Education and sh is now missing out because of stupid braid and media coverage. Now TI I can only hope you understand I’m not picking on you just removing the beam from your eyes. White people did not endure 200+ years of slavery and its effects thereof so do not say it no black and white issues today because then I would believe you are a typical brainwashed person. I’m done for now if you rebuttal I will then use my intelligence against you…because this is my tired of reading your post comment.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/aamaazon/ aamaazon

    smh, so now we have to tolerate teachers taking their frustrations our on our young children and thereby psychologically damaging them for who knows how many years to come? The teacher is an ADULT, what she did is CHILD ABUSE. Fire her az if she can’t handle stress, because as all parents know, children are stress producing.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Ti__/ Ti__

    nanapeppa, ur missing my point, as I said I absolutly DONT disagree with issues like that, I know the world history, I know about the unjustice in the world and I think is very wrong!

    all I am saying is that its not right to do something back to someone that was dont wrongly to u by someone else….

    I am personally not responsible for any of these things yet I have to pay for it on a almost dayly basis and its justified by what the white man have done previous in history, my point is this, u dont want to be held accountible for something that a ignorant, less intelligant black person have done right? thats what most of these comments usually is about that often black women are judged as a whole and not individually, right?

    yet its ok to do just that to me cause my skinn color is light, if its wrong its wrong, doesnt matter how u try to twist it ir justify it!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/benz_e320/ benz_e320

    TI stop please just stop! you’re running in a circle trying to prove a point! lady just be happy you are white lol

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Ti__/ Ti__

    and benz_e320 your saying that I am not openly racist?? I didnt even know what racism really was until 2 years ago when I moved here, u know why?

    cause where I come from people are judged for what they do, what they say and what they have accomplished and not what their skinn color is or what religion they are…

    and if I am a racist why am I married to a black man and have a BP page, that makes no sense…

    either way, no point to argue about this, sadly it is getting nowhere…

    this was about a lil girl who were treated badly and it should be dealt with accordingly based on the unjustice of it, NOT cause she is black, not because the teacher is assumingly white, thats all I’m sayin!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/ahardfind/ ahardfind

    I agree with Ti. The majority of black people on this forum have never experienced true racism. Our Black ancestors had less opportunities than we have today, and they accomplished more. They were denied education and opened up black colleges, had business and were inventors.

    Fredrick Douglas taught himself how to read while he was a slave. Today the majority of can’t read beyond the 3rd grade. I live in a university town and black people make the majority of it residents but are a minority in the universities. The only oppression that is occurring is that which coming from self. Now back to the program.

    The teacher should be fired.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/benz_e320/ benz_e320

    TI you can marry a black person .. go to the million man march if you like…once again you have that beam in your eyes! I said WE are all racist to some degree…again I said WE do not need to say we are not just say we are not openly racist…and if you would like to know the truth you mixing into the black community does not help the situation figure it out! Good luck for you kids… I do not know why you are on here…I careless! trying to be a white saviour I guess….maybe I can go to the KKK rally and be the black saviour.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Sherm_Sherm/ Sherm_Sherm

    I think kids have a way of making you frustrated, but you still don’t have a right to put your hands on somebody elses child.
    She could’ve went about that another way. If I was her supervisor, she would’ve lost her job behind that.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Ti__/ Ti__

    you are indeed proving you are racist by the unintelligant, ignorant and unapropriate remarks you just left, I agree, thank you since you are actually making my point for me!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/SarahJayne_333/ SarahJayne_333

    i bet that little girl will listen next time. i think her parents need to be fired! shoot.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/cuetbee/ cuetbee

    I hope that this school has a no tolerance policy and the teacher gets the boot. What she did is considered to be an assualt.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/aamaazon/ aamaazon

    Benz, this is a greater issue. It is symbolic of lack of respect most adults have for children,especial minority children. It is symbolic of the psychological warfare against “blackness” in the world. It is symbolic of the unconscious psychological damage that is being perpetrated against children repetitively and their self image. It is symbolic of the bonds of trust that are continuously being broken between adults and children. Is there any wonder the children are bonding together against any figure that defines itself as “authority”.

    If this same child had worn her hair in the ‘European” style of fried and straightened, this would not have happened. It was only because she had braids in the style of a black child with beads that made noise that this even became an incident!

    If the teacher is that stressed that she can not control her actions, what the hell is she doing in a classroom with our children. And it doesn’t matter if those children are black, white or pink with purple polka dots and orange punk rockers hair!

    When we send our children into the world, giving the responsibility for their care to daycare workers, babysitters, school systems or scouts, whatever, we are trusting that they will be cared for physically, mentally and spiritually. If this is not the case, where are our children suppose to go? How are they suppose to learn proper socialization skills,respect and responsibility in the community,etc? The teacher is wrong, inept, and has serious psychological issues and should be removed from her position.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/benz_e320/ benz_e320

    Okay TI you win! lol typical white person Learn this your white and you marrying a black person does not make you black … you’re right I do not care for your people but at least I admit it! This is BP with means excluding YOU just b/c u married a black man doesnt qualify you to be apart of everything that is black associated! Good Day Ms

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/sexi-19/ sexi-19

    if this was my child the teacher would have a whooped ass an thats real s**t she could have sent her in the hall for a time out or anything not chopping her hair off i dnt care who likes it an who dnt it couldnt have been my kid

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Lustful_Sins/ Lustful_Sins

    I hear that sexi-19

    I too wuda tow that broad a new a$$ hole !

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/aamaazon/ aamaazon

    sexi,lol i’m an intelligent woman, but you are soooo right! anyone who hurts my kids got a beat down coming. My kids are now grown, anyone who hurts my grandkids, got a beat down coming.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/CAROLINAGIRLSRDABEST/ CAROLINAGIRLSRDABEST

    I don’t care what color the teacher is she should have got fired and the mother of the child should have cut the teachers fu(king hair off. I know if it was my child she done that too-I would have done just like I stated.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/CAROLINAGIRLSRDABEST/ CAROLINAGIRLSRDABEST

    And I agree with you sexi-19 and then straight cut her sh!t off.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Ti__/ Ti__

    benz ur sooooo ignorant….

    like I married a black man cause I want to be black, like I married him cause I want to be a saviour…lol

    I married him cause I love him and caue he is the best man I ever met, because I know he will do a great job in raising our children to have right values and good morals, that pain is pain no matter where u from!

    cause he would teach our daughter to always listen to her teacher, and to always stand up for herself if her teacher is doing her or her classmates wrong, cause he is a man that see beyond the major issues in this country and love people for who they really are!!

    you are a racist I am not thats how simple the reality is for u and I, I will automatically have many more oportunities than u not cause I am white and u r black but for ONE reason and ONE reason only, I am not blinded by hate and I give EVERYONE a chance!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/SweetHoney1908/ SweetHoney1908

    Of course charges were not filed against the teacher and of course she will not be reprimanded beyond her monetary fine. But if it were the other way around, this child would have been hanicuffed, taken to juvenile and charges pressed. Stress among teachers is nothing new, and teaching is not a job for the weak. And since the issue of race has already be touched on by other posters, I would assume that the teacher is white or other, and only because if she were black the news media and/or the school district would have been quick to highlight her race in order to dispell any rumors that this incident was racially motivated. With that said, when it comes down to it, I could care less what race the teacher is, she is an adult and supposedly a professional. At least she could have pulled the child’s hair back into a ponytail to lessen the temptation for her to play with her hair, or dang, if it was that crucial – call her parents. If she is that stressed she needs time off or a new profession – when has teaching ever a low-stress occupation??? Anyway, not every person who obtains a teaching license is cut out to be a teacher (and I feel the same way about being a parent).

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Ket_Ket/ Ket_Ket

    She was wrong and should be fired. Yeah she was frustrated…and? What’s to stop her from smacking a child the next time she gets frustrated. To come at a 7yo child with scissors is wrong point blank forget all that other crap ya’ll are talking about. She could have just as easily have sent the girl out of the classroom.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/benz_e320/ benz_e320

    Yes I am ignorant … your read one thing translate another … I never said you want to be black…I never said that! You now are putting words in my mouth! lol Look TI go and cook you some chitterlings lol oops direct you comments to someone else please if you arent going to clearly read what I post. You think you live in a equal world such an ass! I will not respond to you anymore its like having to explain over and over again what I said simply because you cant comprehend

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Ti__/ Ti__

    “marrying a black person does not make you black”

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Gado86/ Gado86

    This is terrible, Whats more terrible is people assuming that this is race related. I saw a guy on comedy central once, he said something that i thought was profound. He stated , why is it that when a white guy and a black guy fights, people automatically think its race related. “I dont hate him because he;s black , i hate him because he slept with my wife” We as a people including all people should be morally upset that such an incident was allowed to come into fruition. But when you start talking about slavery and racism this that and the other, you have totally lost the point and your opinions become superfluously weak. This teacher place her hands on an innocent little girl. Maybe the teacher was white, maybe she was not. Thats not what truly important. For all those who are commenting that the teacher was white, would it make the situation any better if we found out the teacher was black. If you;re answer is no, then be mad at the teacher , whoop her ass even for doing such damage to a child, but black people come on racism is not the reason behind every malicious act. Some people are just idiots and that comes in every shade. We will never rise as a people if we continue to hide behind the excuse of racism. If you truly want to fight racism, stop complaining , get a damn education and fight from within!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/BADESTB1TCH_18/ BADESTB1TCH_18

    HOLD UP WHILE EVERYBODY GETTN ON TI CASE LOL WHATS UP WITH THIS SARAJAYNE_333 TRICK TALKN BOUT I BET SHE WILL LISTEN NOW WHAT IF SOMEBDY CUT UR LIL B***H HAIR U’LL B MAD SO SHUT THE F**K UP AND RACE AINT GOT S**T TO DO WITH THIS ITS JUST THE TEACHER WAS FRUSTRATED AND NOW SHE NEED HER ASS WHOOPED TO GET UN FRUSTRATED CUTTIN SME BDY CHILD HAIR THATS SME BS AND YHALL KNW IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SHE JUST DIDNT CUT THE RIGHT KID HAIR CUZ BLACK OR WHITE SOME PARENTS AINT TAKEN THAT S**T AND TLKN IS OUT OF THE QUESTION!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/lachelle1971/ lachelle1971

    That teacher knows shes was wrong…If it was the other way around and the teacher have gotten her hair cut by the student, the situation would have been totally different..The way i see it -the teacher threaten the 7 yr old with scissors and she needs to be punished..If her job is stressing her out to the point she have to harm her students, then she needs another profession. WHO TO SAY THIS WANT HAPPEN AGAIN when she feel stress!!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/juliechristine/ juliechristine

    okay so now we get to shave this teachers head n fire her for harrassment right?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/NeoPanther/ NeoPanther

    Ok. After reading ALL of everyone’s comments on this subject I have a few thoughts: Black people who attack someone because they’re white (the people who are ganging up on TI) are not helping our struggle. I like any other black person in this country have very good reasons to dislike white america based on experiences. I choose to judge people on a person to person basis. It is important to maintain the moral high ground so that it doesn’t make what you have to say null and void and give the world the excuse to further ignore what you have to say. No man or woman on the face of this earth is your enemy because of the way they look and it makes you look just as stupid as the people you attack. To TI since you are new to this country it’s good that you see what it is like over here. Black Americans have every right and good reason to dislike how the world has treated black people (in the past AND PRESENT). Assuming the teacher is white shouldn’t come as such a surprise to you. If you had a brother that was always stealing from the rest of the family every time something comes up missing everyone would turn and look at him. For him to then complain about being mistreated is stupid on his part since he made the bed he sleeps in. TI is right about one thing that is a common complaint of people from all over the world that come here: The rest of the world is light years ahead of the U.S. when it comes to education and race relations….and it is shocking to come to a place where EVERYTHING is about race for them. Whether this teacher is black or white is irrelevant except if the teacher was white and some racism is in her motives. Either way the consequences should be harsh and immediate no matter who it is.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/SarahJayne_333/ SarahJayne_333

    im just sayin if the kid listened in the first place this wouldnt even be an issue. parents need to step up and teach ur kid some freakin respect and when someone asks u to stop doin something, u stop.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/KBrowne_1982/ KBrowne_1982

    It wrong for the Teacher for cutting child hair. I work with kids I know myself i wouldn’t do that. She could of handle that situtation alot better.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Ti__/ Ti__

    neopanter, thank u!

    I agree with u, my point was never that black people havnt seen racism, I am not ignorant, I am fully aware of the injustice made against black people in the past AS WELL as the present, so all that was just a stupid try to twist my words…

    my point was that it is not made right by doin the same exact thing! and the truth is that racism is HUGE here and it is direct to all races and ethnic groups!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Cherish_This_Diva/ Cherish_This_Diva

    Reading this Article was very Profound. I couldn’t even believe that the Teacher would do such a derogatory thing. That was very hail of her to do so. If she couldn’t stop the little girl from stop playing with her hair then she could have told the child that she is going to call her mother, and let her know about the situation. And not do something she didn’t know what out come that was going to tack play. I wouldn’t say this is an Issue thing I am going to say that this is a Ignorant and very prolific thing that she did. And the article didn’t even say what race this teacher is.

    I hope that she can Loose her job. She isn’t fit to teach children if she is going to have a breakdown like that. As You can see that the teacher is there for just the money.. And not for the Children….I Rest My Case…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/blazin_hayes/ blazin_hayes

    Couldn’t have been mine thats all i can say

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/3iiiE/ 3iiiE

    frustrated…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/SmilinMJ/ SmilinMJ

    @ SarahJayne_333, u really need 2 think about what u said. Just because the little girl was playing with her OWN HAIR,SURE AS H.LL DONT GIVE THAT TEACHER OR ANY1 ELSE A REASON 2 CUT HER HAIR. IF HER OWN PARENTS DIDNT DO IT WHAT MAKES U THINK ANY1 ELSE HAS THE RIGHT! THE GIRL WAS NOT BOTHERING OR DISRUPTING THE TEACHER CLASS. THERE R GROWN PEOPLE THAT PLAY WITH THEIR HAIR EVERYDAY ALSO, DOES THAT GIVE ANOTHER PERSON THE RIGHT 2 CUT THEIR HAIR IF THEY DONT LIKE THE PERSON PLAYING WITH IT?! B REAL!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/mps2003/ mps2003

    Who cares if the little girl plays with her braids. That’s not against school policy. Is that gonna help with math? Hell no.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/mps2003/ mps2003

    What she frustrated about?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/SarahJayne_333/ SarahJayne_333

    i know exactly what im sayin and meanin. im not sayin what the teacher did was right because it wasnt. the teacher could have handle the situation diferently. im just sayin im sick of seein kids not listening to their elders. kids have no respect now a days. and obviously it was bothering the teacher which makes it hard for her to teach the class…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/DecentSole/ DecentSole

    Yeah some kids are disrespectful and can very well understand why teachers get frustrated but who is to say that in this case the girl purposely kept doing it to anger the teacher first off, and what happened to sending kids to the PRINCIPAL if they are misbehaving….after that IS what Prinipal’s are there for afterall…tired of excuses for why ppl do what they do.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/zebradis83/ zebradis83

    SarahJayne are you out of your mind to say that was the kid fault? I dont know if you have any kids but I would really suggest you not to have one. I guess you dont remember how you were when you were in first grade , oh I guess you didnt go to school. How can a child playing with her own hair disturbe the teacher or the class? Where is that police that prohibite kids from playing with their hair in school? You need to check yourself before you even think that the kid was in fault and that he diserve it.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/mps2003/ mps2003

    It’s probably race related. But there is a number of things here. This aint about stress.

    Destruction of property.
    Violating the child’s space.
    Lack of respect for the child, or children in general.
    Putting too much fear in the child.
    Intentional public humiliation. (she called the kids to watch, many saw)
    Bad influence on kids. (adults supposed to set a good example)
    Threatening with a scissors.
    Harassment.
    Poor judgment.
    Not following discipline procedures.
    False reason for discipline.
    Jealous of the child’s hair joy.
    Animosity towards a first grader.
    Plenty of malice.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/SmilinMJ/ SmilinMJ

    ITS NOT THAT HARD 2 TEACH A CLASS IF U R ACTUALLY TEACHING AND NOT FOCUSING UR ATTENTION ON JUST THAT 1 STUDENT. UNLESS SHE WAS STANDING UP N HER CLASS AND CAUSING A REAL DISRUPTION. I HAVE SEEN AND IM SURE EVERY ADULT THAT HAS BEEN N SCHOOL HAS SEEN WHERE ANOTHER STUDENT DOES SOMETHING THAT IS MINOR AND NOT RELEVANT ENOUGH 4 A TEACHER 2 GO THAT FAR. HELL EVEN N COLLEGE, WHEN I WAS N BACK IN THE 90′S AND NOW, STUDENTS PLAY WITH THEIR HAIR, AND I HAVENT SEEN OR HEARD A TEACHER COMPLAIN YET! AS FAR AS RESPECT THAT CHILD IM SURE DID NOT DISRESPECT THAT TEACHER 4 HER 2 JUST WALK UP AND CUT HER HAIR. BUT U KNOW N THE LONG RUN SHE IS REALLY GONNA SIT AND THINK ABOUT HER ACTIONS NO MATTER WHAT WE AND OTHERS SAY, THE TEACHER WILL GET TAKEN CARE OF BY THE PARENTS AND THE SYSTEM!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/SW-RE/ SW-RE

    Wow!!! Couldn’t have been my baby at all!!! That teacher was stronger than battery acid!!! She could have done a million and one other things besides cut that baby’s hair off. Even if she was trying to be disrespectful send her lil butt to the principle. I know a call home does it everytime for my children anyway,lol.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/SmilinMJ/ SmilinMJ

    @ MPS2003 U SUMMED IT UP! NOW WHAT WILL THE SCHOOL AND JUSTICE SYSTEM ACTUALLY DO?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Lovevon/ Lovevon

    I don’t even have kids but let it would have been one of mines. How does a grown azz woman let beads and braids upset her to the point that she has to SNEAK AND LIE to a child to cut her hair off? Her excuse was that she was frustrated??

    Yeah, I would have talked to my child about doing what she’s told but dammit I would have rocked the hell out of that school. I would have protested (as far as the law allowed) and I would filed a civil lawsuit for defamation, harassment public embarrassment and child abuse.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Lovevon/ Lovevon

    I think they should publish the name of this teacher.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/allwayslooking/ allwayslooking

    see i have to apologize up front.. as bad as i would love to have a daughter and if that baby girl was mines. there would be surgery going on right about now it is call the foot removal process, she’s a teacher so she should have the public option on her health plan. i would have broken my foot off in her behind to a point she would be afraid to walk by a hair salon. there is no reason for a teacher to cut off that child braid…there is too much coffee in the teachers lounge for her to get herself together…my message to that teacher, please get frustrated with my grand daughter i have some therapy for you!!!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/SarahJayne_333/ SarahJayne_333

    yes i do remember how i was when i was in 1st grade, i listened. if someone told me to do something i did it. as for the child playing with her own hair question, it said the teacher was stressed and i donno abt you but when im stressed the little things irritate me. obviously the teacher was irritated with the little girl playin with her BEADS in her hair(not her hair). again im not sayin what the teacher did was right and she could have handled it differently.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Kimakay/ Kimakay

    well damn..she should get fired for that

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/EbonyBishop/ EbonyBishop

    Naw she should not be fired – she should get slapped in the damn mouth

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/SmilinMJ/ SmilinMJ

    WHEN A TEACHER CAN GET THE STRESSED AND TAKE IT OUT ON A STUDENT THEN THATS WHEN SHE NEEDS 2 CHANGE HER JOB AND NOT WORK WITH CHILDREN AT ALL! THERE IS NO EXCUSE 4 HER ACTIONS TOWARDS NO CHILD!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/DecentSole/ DecentSole

    Well if the little things irritate you, that is exactly why you SHOULD NOT be a teacher!! Which the teacher in question should not be…point blank

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/T2003J/ T2003J

    the teacher needs to be punish for that act. That was straight up wrong doing. You don’t cut someone’s hair just cuz they were messing with it. Kids do that stuff all day long.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/blakpoet_1/ blakpoet_1

    i have plenty of stress i’m not going around and cutting off my student braids. i have paperwork 1000 miles long, school work, dealing with children with behavior issues, dealing with parents with bad attitudes, dealing with an agency that wants my to teach 3 4 and 5 yr olds what is 4 levels above where they are becasue the parents are still talking to them as if they are 18 months old. the list goes on and on and on but i’m not cutting of children hair because it is adding to the stress. If she worked for head start she would be ready to kill a child. and to sarah jayne the child was playing with the beads at the end of her hair that would be the same as you chewing on your hair.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/benz_e320/ benz_e320

    TI Ill tell you like this….I think that you are intelligent enough to understand whats right and whats wrong….now you may be a blinded individual but understand the concept that blacks are lookd down upon because of their color…for instance there are ignorant whites but they are accepted for the faults they have unlike blacks who have to strive to be perfect! Read Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison and this piece will acknowledge simply how the white man or should I say black people appear invisible in society. Now, realizing this you understand why blacks act out the way they do…when you are not noticed in society you choose ways to become noticed whether moral or not! I guess you have to be a minority to fully understand the concept that we are not Privileged like the “dominant” race.

    You will be looked at by the mass majority of blacks as trying to fit in you will also then pass judgement that blacks are full of anger and issues that does not constitute their behavior…but realize whether you believe it or not blacks or yet suffering from Physiological effects of slavery and drugs that corrupt their community…not anything that the black has given but all what the white man has given or done! So no one made us use drugs you may say…I would say that indeed when you are denied rights and prevented from succeeding like many blacks have not only current but from past-time you then see the only option left for a minority to survive. Im done I could go on…but this is gettin long

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/314_femme_Lex/ 314_femme_Lex

    Being a teacher, I can see how that could happen. Your children are HORRIBLE at school. Just letting you know. I am one of the least stressed teachers at our school. I would have just had her stand next to me for the rest of the class until she said that she was finished playing with those loud annoying beads. Why do ppl send their kids too school with those TOYS in their hair!??! They are toys. If the little girl had her “listening ears” turned ON and her mother just got her hair braided normally then none of that would have happened. Plus, it’s hair! Not an arm. It will grow back.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Lovevon/ Lovevon

    SarahJayne can you STFU already?? You keep saying the same BS over and over again. No one cares what you did in 1st grade. Negative stress can irritate anybody you obese genius. For you to comment on page 3 and say, “i bet that little girl will listen next time. i think her parents need to be fired! shoot.” Girl you got life fcuked up.

    If you would have listened to anything ppl said to you, you wouldn’t be SINGLE AND PREGNANT with your second child at 19 yrs old.

    That child did nothing to warrant what that teacher did. The teacher broke the law and FAILED miserably in leading by example. I don’t care if that little girl ran around and slapped everyone in the class including the teacher…the TEACHER is the professional. She was trained to deal with children and how to handle situations/scenarios. Instead she acted like a bratty kid herself. She SHOULD be embarrassed.

    Stress is no acceptable excuse for assaulting a child. If the teacher was irritated she should have called off, talked to her boss, seen a psychiatrist etc.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/SexyMoneyMaker/ SexyMoneyMaker

    what has gotten into everybody?? people are just doing all kinds of crazy & bizzare BS lately

    http://www.swaggtalk100.net

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Lovevon/ Lovevon

    People kill me…if you don’t like your CHOSEN PROFESSION you can always quit or pick another one. No sense in taking it out of children. If you get stressed out from a child playing with beads in her hair you don’t need to be a teacher OF CHILDREN.

    Femme Lex…didn’t you take Psych: Human growth and development in college? How about sociology? I mean those are classes that explain why CHILDREN, especially in our society act the way the do. Children are products of our society by the way we know isn’t A1 to begin with.

    Hair growing back?? So you would be OK if someone just snipped your hair off without permission? GTFOH with that logic.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/chinadollo1/ chinadollo1

    that is f**ked up that teacher would do some s**t like that and i bet she was a black teacher to thats what makes it even more worse her moms is strong i would have kicked her ass over and over and over again

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MoneyMakerWes/ MoneyMakerWes

    omg 314_Femme_Lex

    You don’t need to be a teacher either. I wish a teacher would put their hands on me in any kind of way. My mom back in the day would’ve gave that teacher a can of whuppaz to the 1st degree. There’s all kindz of ways to handle that situation besides what that ignorant teacher (possibly on drugs) did…

    take the child to principal office
    call parents
    threaten parents to transfer child to different school

    cutting off hair is absolutely unacceptable. If I had a young beautiful daughter like that, I would’ve been HEATED!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/mylifepoetic/ mylifepoetic

    For an adult to justify any malicious act against a child is not acceptable under any terms…and we’re all adults here, well ideally we are, so for a incident that would not be tolerated between adults is even more so offensive…
    It is a school, an institution…one that should rely on trust and integrity…all of which that teacher no longer has.
    And really..”it’s just hair”…lol, thats the stupidest thing i heard all day…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/wincie/ wincie

    what gives that teacher the right to cut a child’s hair? if she kept touching her hair send her to the principal’s office. a child playing in her hair shouldn’t bother a teacher anyways.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/CAROLINAGIRLSRDABEST/ CAROLINAGIRLSRDABEST

    @ 314_femme_Lex What school do you teach at? Because I need to send a letter-head to that school about you. Its teacher like this 1 and you who DON’T need to teach NO CHILD. While that part of her hair is growning back the other is still going to to be longer so are you saying cut all her hair? On top of that its a scar placed on a child that will never go away and did you notice she said,the teacher tricked her in saying come and get some candy and then cut her hair. You should be ashamed of yourself an anyone who think like you should be,too.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Hello_Brooklyn1986/ Hello_Brooklyn1986

    i would have taken a razor to that teachers hair. how dare these fukin people! it would have been a rap for that teacher. that shiiit couldn’t have been happened in Brooklyn. The teacher would be missing her a)life, b)half her face, c) all her hair, d) all of the above.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/lottahips4u/ lottahips4u

    Teachers are under paid and disgruntle and some should of never been allowed to teach at all and it’s sad because the children are suffering imagine how many more terrible teachers are out there this is only the kids who have the guts to report the teachers imagine the kids who think the teachers have the right to disrespect them. I feel if you don’t have the temperament or patience you should indefinitely not be teaching children or anyone just recently my niece who is 11 years old had her 2ND yes second racist bout with a teacher she was the only African American girl in the class so the male teacher said whats that black girls name my niece said excuse me im not black that’s a color in a crayon box im African American and the teacher replied well you look black to me my niece then in turn told him would he like it if she called him a white honky lol i know it’s not a laughing matter not to mention this happened in front of her peers who were mostly Hispanic and some white children my sister don’t play that and is doing everything in her power to correct this the teacher was fired from the school and suspended from teaching for a month but my sister said that’s not enough she said obviously he is racist and shouldn’t be working with anyone’s children and she’s right.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/lottahips4u/ lottahips4u

    i just watched the video and they are excusing her by saying she was stressed that’s not an excuse at all you stay home if you feel as though you could cause harm to someone it sounds like the school is sympathizing with her and that’s unacceptable that means if a teacher is stressed they have the right terrorize our children occasionally and still keep their jobs unacceptable i could honestly give you several stories about terrible teachers and the fact that they just recycle the teachers and send them to another school or another classroom does not rectify the situation

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/BigThurmon/ BigThurmon

    That teacher was out of line. And being a parent I went through something sim to this my son was in class and what was told to us by one of the parents child is that he asked the teacher if he could move away from the aircondition he was cold she said no so my son doing what children do he put his arms inside his shirt to stay warm so this teacher got up went over to my son’s desk told him to stand up and took his shirt up over his head and maid him sit there for who no’s how long in the cold with his shirt off…So when I was told about it I told my exwife now but at that time I said She did WHAT!!!but it was some 4,5,and some ten letter words used that day. and we had a meeting with the school and Me my ex-wife the Principal the teacher and a child addvicate on our behalf so this lady was trying to say that my son was just being out of place with his behavour And I said before or after you took his shirt off? and she said she never did that so the whole class was Lying on you and everybody is saying the same thing Let me stop there thats bringing up some bad memorries and I fill for the parents of this child and any child that go’s through any thing of that nature so she is still young and she’ll still remember what that teacher done to her my son is a Jr in High school and he still remembers it so just stay prayed up and the funnything is he was just asking to move away from the air?????

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Chicteach/ Chicteach

    LOL at 314… I agree… I can totally see how this can happen. In this case, she’s in 1st grade and they can be a bit gittery so I think the teacher went too far. He/She could’ve asked the child to pull her hair back with a rubber band or something. But I bet you that little girl will never disobey a teacher again LOL.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/TBABY971/ TBABY971

    This teacher was way out of line. He or she should have notified the child’s parents about her playing with her braid during class. There was no reason for the teacher to cut the little girls hair.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/blkman6ft6_inla/ blkman6ft6_inla

    everybody keep saying they would go up to the school and harm that teacher no you wouldnt your ass would be thrown under the jail the teacher will not get fired she is in the teachers union she may get a few days off with full pay but thats its half the blackmen that are posting they would do something dont even spend time with there kids give me aa break ok and most of the women posting didnt even care enuff to have a father in the home so plaese enuff with the tuff talk.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MS_PRETTYGIRLFL21/ MS_PRETTYGIRLFL21

    her mom shouldve beat her ass

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/BigThurmon/ BigThurmon

    What is really going on here have we forgot whats at stake here? this child is still a victum come on now playing with her hair now when these high school kids get out of line you have police offercers to take them in and press charges why is this looked at different? Oh and they also put cuffs on children her age to we’ve took teaching out of school and we relie on the poltics of the school board to tell us whats best for our children and whats the best way to handle a class!! parents need to go to these PTA meetings pop up at there childrens schools and help these teachers out thats what where’re missing if you show love not only to the kids but the teachers to the children will do better and I beleave that so what are we going to do????

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/eastsideguy618/ eastsideguy618

    Well it says she was moved to another classroom, I wonder if it was for special needs kids or learning disabled children. The child admitted that she was told to stop but didnt, so what was the teacher supposed to do? In my time there was such a thing called corporal punishment. Then there was time out. And now the teachers have no means of discipline. And we all probably know how distracting those darn beads are when they keep rattling every time a child moves their head let alone sit there and play with them. at least this teacher was immaginative enough to think of a remedy for that. If the child could not be told what to do then she should have been in a class with other children like her.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/HyPhY_BaKk_In_AcTiOn/ HyPhY_BaKk_In_AcTiOn

    Man forget wat eastsideguy sayin…. Now y in the world would u let ur fingers type such f*ckery. I mean so ur ok with the fact this woman cut this lil girls hair.. Iight now wat if that was ur daughter, and she came home and told you her teacher cut one of her braids because she was playing with her hair… I mean come on now u cant tell a child to not touch her own hair and u cant discipline them for that. Its wrong and people that agree with this madness need to think about what if that was your child

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/eastsideguy618/ eastsideguy618

    Big Thurmon is partialy right. But the problem is that there is no way to discipline these children until it is too late. And by the time they finally get some “act right” discipline it usually comes in the form of the police or the business end of a gun. I live in an area notorious for murder of young people and committed by young people. Every day you see on the news some youngster murdered by one of his peers, and someone on the t.v. crying about the violence in our society. Well i wonder where it starts. these kids have no sense of consequences. So dont be so hard on these teachers who are trying to teach the kids no one else cares enough to discipline.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/donshay/ donshay

    Ok I agree there is no way in hell a teacher would have put his or her hands on my child for what so ever reason. I don’t care what decade you were born in but be for real that is common sense at that age kids are going to be kids they will touch there hair hell you have grown ass men and women touchig and playing in their cause they can. That teacher had no right to do what she did and should be punished.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/TakenStepsForward/ TakenStepsForward

    This is just wrong…… it her hair to begin with! All kids twirl, pull, tug, and play with their hair in class! Stress or no stress the teacher had no right to cut her hair! She should get a suspension or something, people stop blaming it on stress, damn she is a first grade teacher and u knew the consequences of teaching younger kids! If that was my kid i’ll take a piece and cut her hair, then beat her ass! Teachers are outragious these days!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/eastsideguy618/ eastsideguy618

    Well HyPhY_BaKk_In_AcTiOn, my daughter was brought up to listen to what shes told. what about the other kids whos education was put on hold while this child decides to rattle her beads? And unlike alot of you I still believe in spare the rod spoil the child, so shed probably have some explaining to do when she got home. But to each his own, if the child doesnt learn how to deal with authority then shell probably be in the news again!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/eastsideguy618/ eastsideguy618

    And Im not really agreeing with the teacher, but what im saying is that its time for people to start stepping up and disciplining thier kids. If the child was taught to obey thier teachers from the start it wouldnt have happened in the first place. Across the river from me there is an ordinance in wich you can be fined for sagging pants. In my city children must wear uniforms because of gangs and bullying and teasing of less fortunate children whos parents cant afford Jordans and expensive clothes. How far does it have to go before parents start raising thier kids and stop waiting for someone else to?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/TakenStepsForward/ TakenStepsForward

    Of course i went through all the comments, and first of all blkman6ft, im sure u don’t know anyone on here and how they live their lives. Obviously, if their willing to go to jail to beat a teachers ass, dull what is that telling you, their kids is a major priority in their life!! And befor eu judge me baby, sorry I don’t have kids but i do have lil sisters, and their homeschooled because of the teachers laziness and bulls**t!! I also have a niece and when she enters school I dare a teacher to play with her, oh and yes the farthers are present thank you!!!! 314_femme, you ot your damn mind!! You would make a child stand up during the whole class period cause she playing with her hair!!!! Wtf, you are stupid, and it could never be just hair, hair is a possession that females are proud of. Maybe your hair is brought and you wouldn’t understand that!! Do you have kids anyway!! Can’t be!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/eastsideguy618/ eastsideguy618

    To TakenSteps
    God bless your parents! I really think that proves my point! For one if people feel teachers are so bad, DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT! Once again thank you to your parents and give them a pat on the back for me!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Sunshyne_defined/ Sunshyne_defined

    I don’t care, wouldn’t ANY teacher be cutting my childs hair. I work too hard keeping it up growing, and looking nice. If the beads were getting on your nerves, the teacher had the right to send her to the nurse and ask the nurse to remove the beads from her head to remove the distraction, and stop the noise, but there were MANY ways this could have been dealt with better than what this teacher chose. They could have even removed the child, and contacted the parents and told them the child was not allowed to return to school with the distracting hairstyle. Many different options. Personally, it wouldn’t happen because my children know how to act in class, and would only be told ONCE not to do something, after which point i’m up at their school letting them know whats going on. But, any kind of violation of my childs personal space, such as this teacher did, wouldn’t be acceptable.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/annasheart/ annasheart

    First of all…There is no teacher in this world that has a right to touch their student or cut their hair. Also, regardless of whether or not a child is not listening or is listening DOES NOT GIVE THAT TEACHER A RIGHT TO PUT HIS OR HER HANDS ON THAT CHILD NONE ALONE CUT THE CHILD’S HAIR!!! I dare any teacher to touch my child or anyones child, for that matter, Him or her would not be able to remove my voice from their ears or my face from their mind, I will sit in each of my child’s classes until I see fit to stop! I as a parent wish a teacher would even dare to mess with a child’s hair just because the first grader wouldn’t stop playing with their hair, I would personally have the teacher fired and sent to jail. Besides the ignorance this teacher exhibits signs of impatience not a quality for a teacher to have in the first place. When a child is nervous they do things to comfort themselves maybe this youngster had been harassed by this teacher more than once before so this child or the parents should not be jumped on without knowing the whole story. A child doing things of this nature does not necessarily mean there may be a discipline problem at home or that it should be blamed on the parents. Keep in mind there are only certain people in this world who belong becoming a teacher, not everyone is cut out for it the others only do it because they need the money not popularity, but that is no excuse.

    I feel sorry for the children caught up in this…How about you?

    God Bless the teachers who love their jobs and the little people in them!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Sunshyne_defined/ Sunshyne_defined

    And embarassing her in front of the class was also wrong. I’m sorry, children are children. There are better ways to handle these situations.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/vdrame/ vdrame

    The teacher’s action against this CHILD was mean-spirited, childish and lacking in self-control. If she doesn’t know better and can’t behave better she’s a poor example for the children. Imagine how these kids may process this and act out against kids who do things THEY don’t like. Think about it.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/jmoment/ jmoment

    well i personally would have had a very intense conversation with my childs teacher.. i mean.. how many little black girls do you know that have a beautiful head of hair?.. and for her to cut it.. omg.. i think i would have been very upset.. that crossed the line… what ever happened to time out?!

    ps.. add me on bp!! jmoment!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/mzdeeofnc/ mzdeeofnc

    Kids get frustrated too. Do they go take their little scissor and cut off their teacher’s hair? And if the role were reversed, the child would have been kicked out of school, (ZERO tolerence) and possibly brought up on charges. So kids can’t get upset in school and lash out, but a grown teacher who should have self control got “frustrated”. The mother should have taken the same scissor and cut the teacher’s hair off. Now would the parent be brought up on charges? If so bring the teacher up on the same charges. If all the kid was doing was twirling her braid. Ignore her. At least she wasn’t bothering kids, talking in class, etc. And what happened to trying to send home a note? This teacher should not be a teacher. Go into another profession or higher grade. The school system is so wrong. There should be consequences for teachers taking their frustration out on kids. The teacher needs anger management and stress reducing classes. Adults cannot contain themselves but expect little kids to. This is sick!

    Check out this scenario: Kid goes to school with hair cut lopsided. Teacher asks kid what happened to you? Kid starts crying my mommy got mad and cut my hair. teacher would be concrned and call protective services thinking child is being abused.

    THIS is emotional abuse……not the act but how and why it happened. If kids get teased about being fat or ugly, they grow up with a complex, this girl is going to grow up hating people and teachers and wonder why nobody did anything.
    OKay. I’m finished.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/imustbeit/ imustbeit

    She cut her hair WTF! Man i would be in jail right now if that was my baby girl!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/lissasc08/ lissasc08

    First of all, I think that was completely unnecessary for a teacher to cut a child’s hair because she was playing with it in class..it’s her hair. I mean if it was getting on her nerves that much then she should have just put the child in time out, not cut her hair. It seems to me that the little girl is the adult in this story, not the teacher. That’s some mess that kids do, not adults. I personally feel that the child should be allowed to cut a piece of the teacher’s hair off so that she knows how it feels. And if I were that child’s mother, I would have to schedule a parent-teacher conference with that woman because I would have some choice words for her.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/chictatious1/ chictatious1

    most children are bad, its not always the parents fault and it is typically due to their social life. the mother looks like her hair was cut by the teacher as well. i do not agree with placing your hands on a child, do not understand why should get angry at the child in the first place for playing with her hair unless the teacher had none and envied the child. i think the teacher should get fired and not allowed into any school or child. thats why i will not have children, because if someone mistreated my child god bless you…lol. on the other hand, children are bad, can be good with the proper parenting, but its not something im into full time. so ill leave the children for all of the other women. while im free lol.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/QT_classy_deeva/ QT_classy_deeva

    i am sry but i dont think i would have been civilized at all. just like if my child cut her ponytail i would have disciplined her, i would have dissciplined her teacher with a well whooped azz. i have zero tolerance for stupidity, because if the child would have done something to the teacher they would have been kicked out of school and waiting on their court date.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/angeldoll954/ angeldoll954

    I think that was really stupied on the teacher behalf. First of all you have to have patients that are required for a job when dealing with young children. If you can’t handle a child playing with her hair or anything a child might be doing in class, then you shouldn’t be working with kids. That women shouldn’t be a teacher if she let something like that cause her to flip out and be a DUM AZZ. If I was that little girl mother I would be waiting for that B#*ch after school. LOL I would cut off her hair. She should be FIRED from teaching if she can’t handle a small situation like this one in a proper manner. If she happen to flip out on another student, what will she do the next time!!???

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/SarahJayne_333/ SarahJayne_333

    for your information Lovevon im pregnant with my first kid and im not single get ur facts straight and just because i believe that kids should listen means i have life f**ked up? sorry im thinkin not.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/eastsideguy618/ eastsideguy618

    Dont trip Sarah, alot of these people are the same ones that believe thier children do no wrong, even when they end up on the news.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/jadenmyluv86/ jadenmyluv86

    PERSONALLY, I THINK THIS HAS SOME SERIOUS ISSUES. THIS LITTLE GIRL IS ONLY 7 YEARS OLD. KIDS WILL BE KIDS. AND FOR HER TO CALL HERSELF A “TEACHER”, WHERE IS THE PATIENCE. THESE ARE FIRST GRADERS, THEY ARE NOT IN HIGH SCHOOL. IF THIS IS HOW SHE HANDLES A LITTLE GIRL PLAYING WITH HER HAIR, I WOULD HATE TO SEE HOW SHE WOULD HANDLE A CHILD HITTING HER!! WILL SHE CUT OFF A HAND? BUT THE MEDIA AND OUR OPINION SHOULD BE THE LEAST OF THE TEACHERS WORRIES. I’D BE WORRIED ABOUT THE LITTLE GIRLS MOTHER AND WHAT SHE IS GOING TO DO TO HER. THIS IS ABSOLUTELY CRAZY AND SHE SHOULD NOT BE TEACHING.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/nanapeppa/ nanapeppa

    Message for Ti__

    Not in the least did I intend to insult, disrespect and/or offend you with my statement of suggestion. I was merely offering somewhat of a “beginning” or “starting point” towards an explanation for the thoughts and views of various people of color. And while I make no excuses along the lines of race and/or racial prejudice for my own shortcomings, I have, however encountered overt racism and discrimination on many levels and in interesting form. Sometimes it takes living an existence while clothed in deep brown skin to fully comprehend the American Black Experience. You may empathize, sympathize, love, support and endure alongside a bi-racial child and a Black beau, but no matter how close in proximity you become, you’ll never know first hand.

    Personally, I think the teacher thought this child was wearing hair extentions.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/diva61811/ diva61811

    I couldn’t believe my eyes when I read this story. That teacher had no rights to put her hands on that little girl regardless of whether or not she was playing with her hair. Again she is in the first grade that is what children that age do. I would rather her play with her hair then to be noisy and disruptive. I wonder what this teacher would have done if she was disruptive in the class in other words talking. If she is not disturbing the class then what is the problem. That teacher she be suspended who is to say what else he or she has done in the past. There was definitely another appropriate way to handle this situation instead this teacher resorted to behaving like a child like a first grade student. She is teaching the other children that when you do not like what someone is doing then use force and violence. She should have informed the mother about the little girl and her behavior if it was that bad I seriously doubt any rational parent would look at this teacher as being sane. I know children do a lot of things that may drive anyone crazy but that does not give you the authority to put your hands on them. @mzdeeofnc everything that you stated is right on point and this teacher needs to be reprimanded as adults we should have self control. I also can not believe that some individuals are basically agreeing with what the teacher done to this student. Let us all remember she is in the first grade and to have anyone regardless if it is a teacher or someone else take scissors and cut your hair how in the world do you think you would feel, yes the teacher has authority but not authority to take a pair of scissors and cut her hair. I also see that she had beads in her hair I guess the noise was bothering her too that will be the next thing….so she will tell the next child with the same hair style do not move your head because the beads in your hair is a distraction.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/missbetty/ missbetty

    This child will never forget this incident.If this was a Black teacher we all know she would have been arrested, fined fired,tenure or not.I know I would have been arrested bcause I would have showed her students how she felt getting her ass whipped in front of them.We are losing clout and respect in all areas. We’ve got to stick together,there is safety in numbers.The illegals are even organized,Puerto Ricans,JEWS without a doubt.White folks control because we allow this excrement to continue.NEVER forget the lynchings,dogs,hoses,raping of our women,killing of our men.Please apply pressure to this situation,stop fighting and killing eachother and allowing the media to ALWAYS show us in handcuffs and negative lights.Unite for survival,Katrina wouldn’t have happened in a white area,even in a poor white area.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/eastsideguy618/ eastsideguy618

    The point is to teach these kids Before they end up in handcuffs (or caskets).

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/iPhukUrMowf/ iPhukUrMowf

    missbetty how do you even know the teacher was white? this is not a race issue and i remember when i lived in milwaukee and the owners of a black daycare left a kid in a van for several hours in the middle of winter and she wasnt charged. i think thats much worse… one day we are gonna be equal… when we get our minds right and stop playing the victim. this little girl was being annoying and not minding and yeah the teacher was wrong for cutting her hair and should be punished but this isnt about race.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/tom_collins09/ tom_collins09

    i got stress, can i run up on somebody with some clippers? probably not…
    it was a dumb a$$ thing to do, and its crazy how this is turning into a race issue, she got a fine, but thats not enough, give her a suspension or fire her and some damn counseling, and let her count her blessings that the girl momma had some sense. Bottom line its an issue of an adult overstepping her boundaries, and being immature. There are millions of people out of work and dealing with their own personal “financial cut-backs”. and their not out there actin ignorant…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/SarahJayne_333/ SarahJayne_333

    eastsideguy618 i totally agree with u and im glad someone else sees it the same way as i do.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/blkqueen913/ blkqueen913

    I read almost all the comments on here and i am like shocked at what some people said I dont think this is about race but what some people is forgetting this is a lil girl thats in the 1st grade kids her age attention span is not very high every girl/woman has been at school or at work in a meeting and subconsciously has played wit ur hair in some kinda of way so it was not rite for that teacher to cut her hair and everybody that agrees wit the teacher methods think about if that was your child would you still think be making those same comments better yet could you look your child in the eyes and be say “well baby should have left your hair alone like the teacher said.”

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/eastsideguy618/ eastsideguy618

    Yeah Sarah, dont get me wrong. I think the teacher went a little too far, but if she would have sent the child out of the class it would be something else to complain about. And everyone talks about the fact shes only seven. Well at what age do you experts suggest we teach our children to listen and be courteous to others? And the child wasnt being distractful? C’mon! those darn beads do make noise, and for her to sit there playing with them makes it even worse. Honestly there have been some reasonable suggestions pertaining to what the teacher could have done. Like asking her to tie it back or sending her to the nurse to have them removed. But as far as sending a note home, iI doubt that would have done any good.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/eastsideguy618/ eastsideguy618

    To blkqueen, yes I could, as my child was taught at a young age how to behave and respect authority. Pretty much the same as I was. But I guess thats not how its done anymore.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/blkqueen913/ blkqueen913

    To eastside…how do you know that the lil girl wasnt taught the same thing?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/suchaladie/ suchaladie

    I agree with you diva. But more so then that because they went to such pains to not give any information about the teacher it makes it seam that race could have been an issue. Yes the beads make noise however what is the message if you where beads and it bother the teacher you child’s hair will be cut. We have all races that go to school and they have the own religions that take with them and wear their hair in ways that I find strange and wired but if we can protect people right to represent their religious rights in schools, workplaces and public areas why is this not being seen as a volition of rights. I also would like to mention that the way the mother handle her self was great however I would not just let this drop if I wear her. I know easy said then down however just an FYI I had the same thing happen to my child in Kindergarten however unlike this teacher who took responsibility for her action and said she did it. I am sure the only reason she did so is because she did this in front of the class and as we all know children will tell what they see. No getting out of it but in my case the teacher did it on the quite and then let another child take the blame for cutting my child’s hair. Trust me when I say I did not believe a child could cut throw a thick bread with a pair of safety scissors I knew the teacher did it and she know I knew. She also knew that I could not prove anything. No one says anything and 18 years later the same stuff is still going on all over the USA it will continue to happen until people stand up and say that it not going to tolerated.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Tayze_D/ Tayze_D

    That teacher, and the school would get that ASSES SUED UP THE WAZOOO!!!! It would be the 4th of July around there because I would make sure ALL THEIR ASSES GOT FIRED!

    How dare she cut the child hair!!!! This is an asault, and should be treated as such. Hell… if she’s stressed out… smoke some weed, have a drink, or go on vacation. Why didnt she just make the child leave the classroom, stand in the corner, or go see the Principal??? This shows how ignorant the teacher was. I hope the mother pursues this legally. I would love to see the outcome on this!!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/blkqueen913/ blkqueen913

    And your telling me that your child and you as a child does everything the first time you(your parents) or an adult tells u/him/her…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/eastsideguy618/ eastsideguy618

    Because they on t.v. news (please read earlier posts!) complaining about how someone else stepped up and disciplined thier child. The little girl admitted (I give her credit for owning up to it at least) that she was told to stop. Apparently if she was taught, she forgot on the wrong day. or she was playing in her hair when her mother told her to be good at school and listen to the teacher!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/eastsideguy618/ eastsideguy618

    OMG some of these comment are so ridiculous. But blkqueen your question is worth an answer. My daughter is no angel. And me, well whew if you only knew! The point is we both realize there are consequences to our actions. My daughter knows now that if she acts up anywhere there will be heck to pay. And as far as me, well, when i grew up if I got caught doing something I was punished. Didnt matter who, friends parent, grandma, teacher , my tail was fair game! but I lived to appreciate the lessons I learned. Let me make this understood! The main thing that upsets me is the fact that children are not raised to respect authority anymore. And for those who are trying to turn this into a race issue BE FOR REAL!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/LJSPACEMAN/ LJSPACEMAN

    This is a toss up to me.Granted the child is seven , being only seven to listen and some times not listen.But on the other the braids were preventing the teacher from doing her job teaching the class robbing her classmates of learning time.If she’s taken out of class then you temporarily solve the problem for that day , but it begins again tomorrow as well as dealing with an more than likely angry parent.

    Still a toss up , but she should have done something else sending a letter or calling home to ask can she get her braids taken out or replaced because she’s disrupting the class.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/eastsideguy618/ eastsideguy618

    LJ, I dont think the braids the problem, its the beads and the noise they make.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/blkqueen913/ blkqueen913

    I was raised the same way and so are my kids im not saying that she shouldnt have been punished for not listening to the teacher but cutting her hair is lil over broad and u knw that.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Bigg_Tity_Swole/ Bigg_Tity_Swole

    how unnecessary. if they was casuin that much of a problem, she shouldve either takin out her beads or sent the child home we ALL know that black hair is hard to manage, keep up, and grow sometimes and for her to cut if off is way too extreme. is it her hair? hell no. she aint got no right to lay a hand on it. PERIOD.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/eastsideguy618/ eastsideguy618

    Yes queen, my point is that there is no way to discipline them anymore, or at least some people think. I will whoop my child and go to jail for it rather than let them act a fool and get killed or end up in prison or any other downfall our children face today. We have let the state and government take the responsibility for raiseing our children and it is just filling up cemeteries and prisons. So when it all comes to a close legaly this child would be allowed to do whatever it wanted to until she did something bad enough for the justice system to step in. Sure shes only seven but eleven years fly by in the blink of an eye then she will be an undisciplined teenager beating the teacher.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/mrsqianam/ mrsqianam

    Ok I am going to say this. The teacher was wrong for what they did. I don’t care if the child was smacking another child upside they head with the beads they were wrong bottom line. As my grandmother always told me there is more than one way to skin a cat. The teacher could have had a parent teacher conference sent home a note or even made a phone call, but you should never take matters into your own hands. I have a seven year old daughter and she had a thing where in order to concentrate on her school work or whatever it is she is doing she twists her hair around her finger whether it is braided or not. It helps her and because of that she is a straight ‘A’ student. All I am saying is find out mentally what is going on with the child before you start drastically taking matters into your own hands. No this is not a race thing it is a human being thing and people need to cut the sh*t out. I personally am sick and tired of the bullsh*t and that is exactly what all this is a bunch of bullsh*t that can be f*cking avoided.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Tigga_069/ Tigga_069

    dONT BLAME THE LITLE GIRL SHE’S ONLY A BABY. THE TEACHER SHE OF NEVER PUT HER HANDS ON THAT STUDENT, THE TEACHER IS DEAD WRONG….

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/slimshady420/ slimshady420

    dude first off! race dont mean s**t in the situation! ya’ll way 2 f**kin ignorant! The teacher no matter wut race was wrong! period! now if the teacher reminde the student numerous times 2 stop. then the student shoulda been punished…but not in that way! who knows how far the girl took it? she mite have made a disruption in the class by flickin an playin wit her hair? i dunno i dont care really! but this is prime example of people thinkin b4 they act! this s**t sounds stupid! its like me callin a black person the N word after he calls me the C word! its counter productive and solves nothing!!!! u kno its a shame sumtimes 2 see how black people throw the rascist card right away when that s**ts been ovr wit b4 they were born! an white ppl had the majority of puttin obama in office!(how many blk ppl u kno in iowa?) i dont want race issues no more! that s**ts f**ked up an played out! its not us that got that poor treatment! so lets move forawd an become better ppl!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/missqueen3/ missqueen3

    I AM A SINGLE MOTHER N I WOULD’VE BEAT THAT B!TCH UP NO WAY ADULTS CAN DO SHYT LIKE THIS N SAY OH I’M JUST STRESS WELCOME TO THE REAL WORLD EVERYDAY JOBS ARE STRESSFUL BUT IF ITS TO MUCH TO HANDLE THEN SHE SHOULD HAVE EXCUSE HERSELFN TOOK A FEW BREATHS OR WHATEVA TO CALM DOWN KIDS ARE ANNOYING N CAN GET ON AN ADULT NERVE BUT THATS WHY WE’RE THE ADULTS TO SHOW A BETTER WAY OF DEALING WITH STUFF VOILENCE NEVER SOLVE ANYTHING BUT IF IT WAS MY CHILD MY INTERVIEW WOULD HAVE BEEN FROM CENTRAL BOOKING SHE NEED TO CHANGE OCCUPATIONS WHATS NEXT ASSUALT MOM SHOULD’VE POPPED THAT B!TCH REAL TALK

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/BLacKBeAuTy_1988/ BLacKBeAuTy_1988

    First, slimshady420.. racism is still alive and well my friend! It was in the past and it’s still here today and just because Obama’s in office doesn’t mean s**t. Yeah he’s in office but racism is still an issue in the United States. Now about the situation. I don’t care what the little girl might have been doing.. the teacher had no right what so ever to cut that child’s hair!! NO RIGHT AT ALL. That was so stupid and uncalled for. If she had such a problem with the girl playing with her hair then she should have contacted the girls parents and talked to them about it. I must say the teacher acted foolishly.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MzBadAzzitGets/ MzBadAzzitGets

    BLACK WHITE BLUE GREEN PURPLE…F**K THE RACISM TALK IF THE B***H WAS ORANGE I WOULD HAVE BEAT HER ASS FOR MESSIN WITH MY CHILD IF MY CHILD WAS WHITE AND THE TEACHER WAS BLACK I STILL WOULD HAVE BEAT HER ASS IF THE CHILD WAS BLUE AND I WAS WHITE I STILL WOULD HAVE BEAT THE TEACHER ASS…DO U GET MY POINT…COLOR OR NO COLOR TRANSPARENT FOR ALL I GIVE 2 F**KS B***H WOULD HAVE BEEN SEEING MY FIST POINT BLANK PERIOD SO QUIT THAT RACES TALK…IT BIGGER THAN THAT

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/xox-beLa-xox/ xox-beLa-xox

    BEING REAL IS NOT PLAYING THE RACE CARD…I’M SICK AND TIRED OF EVERYONE BLAMING BLACK PEOPLE FOR USING THE RACE CARD TOO OFTEN..WELL F*CK, WE WOULDN’T NEED TO, IF RACIST S**T DIDN’T KEEP HAPPENING TO US. ANDDD REALISTICALLY..IF THAT WAS A LITTLE WHITE GIRL..MORE WOULD HAVE BEEN DONE…STRESS MY ASS…IT’S STILL A RACIST ISSUE…NOT A HUMAN ISSUE…IF YOU TRULY BELIEVE THAT, THEN YOU ARE BLIND AND DON’T SEE THE WORLD AS IT REALLY IS. I’M NOT SAYING THE TEACHER DID IT BECAUSE THE KID WAS BLACK, BUT I AM SAYING NOTHING WILL BE DONE FOR THE KID BECAUSE SHE IS BLACK! JUST TELLING IT LIKE IT IS!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/eastsideguy618/ eastsideguy618

    Hmmmm, I guess my mom was being racist when she whooped me cause Im mixed and shes white. Man, what a revelation, everything bad that ever happened to me is cause of white people and black people. I feel so much better now that i can blame everyone else.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Deletha_J/ Deletha_J

    i dont think it was racism but it was a f*cked up way of showing discipline. u mean to tell me she caouldn’t handle a 7 yr old in a more professional way. that b!tch was mad tacky. frustrated my a** she wasn’t doing anything but playing with her hair. if a b!tch gets that distracted from a child playing with her hair then she doesn’t need her f*cking job teaching little kids. aint no telling what she will do next to a little one. man if she was a part of my family i would have snatched that teacher ass up the day of that senseless incident.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/xox-beLa-xox/ xox-beLa-xox

    @eastsideguy…NO she’s probably beat your ass because you’re retarded…and clearly you don’t know how to read. What a shame smh!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/xox-beLa-xox/ xox-beLa-xox

    she probably…*

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/eastsideguy618/ eastsideguy618

    No i know how to read. but I dont know how everyone is reading racism into this!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Sweetiepie9481/ Sweetiepie9481

    i didn’t finish my first post but as i was saying…I’ve seen situations where teachers did not handle a situation with a child in the best manner.We can’t just write things off as discipline when you don’t know the people being paid to work with children. Just because they have the degree and the title of teacher does not mean they are qualified to work with children.We have to realize that some people find themselves stuck at a job because the have to have an income not because they enjoy what they do. I bear witness to teachers cursing at small children/ screaming at a child not just because the child is wrong but because the teacher doesn’t want to be bothered.We see it in the news that teachers are sleeping with students. So before we say children need discipline lets look at these cases and get back to protecting our children and speaking out.
    To the mother of this child please get justice for your child! I don’t even want that person to be able to work with children. This story disgusted me and i’m really not sure if I would have been able to stop myself from going to that woman & cutting her hair. Ironically, if the parent did that to the teacher that parent would be charged so seek justice for that child and every other child that that woman would not be able to deal with rationally.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/LJSPACEMAN/ LJSPACEMAN

    Beads (not the braids) are the problem.I’ll agree from a parents perspective the teacher should have not even cut off anything.

    I’m a male ,(dumb or whatever word you choose) trying to understand.Are their any beads that make less to no noise or are they all the same no matter what.

    What about other kids in the classroom with beads in the hair that knew not to mess with their beads while the teacher is teaching or is this a hatred/racism of hearing hair beads played with.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Faithful_and_Favored/ Faithful_and_Favored

    I don’t give a good gottdamn about the teacher being stressed and I highly doubt it was racism. But one thing I DO know is that teacher’s @ss would’ve been mine!!! If your stressed join a therapy group, or take some time off or even try switching up careers but cutting my child’s hair? Her @ss should’ve called the child’s parents and let the mom know this is a distraction and to maybe change up hairstyles or something SHEESH!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Lovemyblacksistas/ Lovemyblacksistas

    That teacher should let all the students in the class cut her hair til she look like a bonified monkey. Uncivilized demons.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/eastsideguy618/ eastsideguy618

    C’mon LJ, I thought you were one of the more levelheaded ones on here, hatred/racism of hearing beads, honestly! Simple solution: get rid of the beads. When I was in school the girls used barrettes the same way, and they didnt make as much noise.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/LJSPACEMAN/ LJSPACEMAN

    Ok , I’ll admit I was being sarcastic about the whole thing.But only because this is a crazy news story.Personally I agree with both sides , I just wish they had a video w/audio of the whole situation.I’m trying to figure what kid would stay still long enough or even agree to it.I expected to read the student attacked the teacher after the scissors cut, but I was let down greatly.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Sweetiepie9481/ Sweetiepie9481

    There is no excuse/justifiable reason for this “teacher’s” actions! If it’s hot get out of the kitchen same goes if your stressed and cant handle your job rationally find a new job. I hope this woman is prosecuted to the fullest extent.This child is 7 still learning and growing.It doesn’t matter if that child stood up and started swinging her beads that “teacher” has no right to cut her hair. If the child was tapping her foot and the “teacher” cut off her foot would we still be this insensitive? Some of you probably think it’s just hair but with little girls it’s different(check Chris Rock’s Good Hair movie). If it doesn’t fall under assault then it still falls under abuse.This should not be taken lightly. Yes a foot is a big difference from some hair but this “teacher” did not handle a noise situation rationally.
    Im a parent of a very well behaved 8 year old. Every report card says “a pleasure to have in class”. I braid her hair & I add beads. If she came home missing any hair there would be a big problem. What happened to a punishment, a trip to the principal’s office, a call,or a note? That family was blind-sided by just a hot-tempered reaction.
    I notice someone posting about discipline but you’re ASSUMING this was a case of a child misbehaving. Discipline shouldn’t be brought up since that “teacher” did not discipline that child. As stated that “teacher” was frustrated. The point of the matter is the “teacher” CUT the child’s hair with no notice & no authority.
    I’ve put quotes around the word teacher in this post because this woman is not a teacher, should not be a teacher, and should not be allowed to work with children.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Kerseyand/ Kerseyand

    I wish a teacher would cut my childs hair.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/LJSPACEMAN/ LJSPACEMAN

    I agree , In all seriousness I get what the teacher did is wrong and some type of assault.I’m not making light of this situation , it just seems like this story should not exist but here it is.I think what we have here is a teacher that more than likely is not racist , that thought out of behind(***) instead of the brain.Went to the extreme and caught off a young girls hair.

    If the parents want sue the school,I guess go ahead(if I was her parents I would) but after the end of the day the hair will eventually grow back.Get this teacher some help or something but let’s not fire them , teacher’s are human they make extremely dumb mistakes but their human beings too.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/saar74/ saar74

    That’s a shame.
    how can he be a teacher???
    doragames

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/eastsideguy618/ eastsideguy618

    I just hope the child can move forward and get an effective education.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Sweetiepie9481/ Sweetiepie9481

    AS I said in my earlier posts if u can’t handle noise from children then teaching is not a career to stay in especially if you can’t think before reacting. This time hair was cut what would the next over-reaction be? I’ve raised children & i have worked with children every child is different you have active children, children that misbehave and emotional children. As a teacher you must have patience and know how to deal with several different little personalities. This “teacher” just taught a class full of children to react without thinking, instead of finding another way of handling a problem she taught them to take matters into your own hands.
    It’s not just a simple mistake when it comes to dealing with children. Just because this child didn’t get bruised or have any blood lost does not mean she was not injured. That teacher left an emotional wound.Girls feel strongly about their hair. To have it cut in front of her classmates..? Read the other mother’s reactions on here. Also it takes a while for some hair to grow due to the curl pattern, the hair was cut in the front so she gets a constant reminder as she gets to look at the uneven hair in front of her face.
    If this teacher continues working with children this situation will be forgotten until it happens again or she does something worse. This was more than just a mistake.If she had slapped the child in the face is it still a mistake? Well she gave that child an emotional slap and thats not the person that I would allow to teach my child.
    It might not seem serious to some but over-looked small matters can escalate into big matters. We need to use extreme caution when it comes to our youth because these years shape them for the future.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MR_FACE/ MR_FACE

    why b upset at the norm n amerikkka or are peeps so caught up tryin to b equal and havent notice shi t aint change one bit in this world cuz racist just went corporate thats all

    look at are economy and who hurtin the most “WAKE UP”

    so why b mad at a society that u know was built on racism if u know ur history “willie lynch syndrome” alive and well

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/preciouszzzzones/ preciouszzzzones

    well i’m a hairstylist and i work in a multicultural salon and if i did that to anyone’s hair the parents would be highly up set she should get fired for over reacting because i would have came to the school wit shears and gave that b***h a haircut of a life time. the mother is taking that very light teachers are not trained to cut hair obviously she need more training keep your nasty ass hands out of people hair. fire her ass

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/peach43/ peach43

    Very beautiful litte girl…Something very similar happened to my daughter in school but worse. I am seeking an attorney preferrably a black one, but anyone who will take the case. I live in Arkansas. My email is tiwilliams9392@yahoo.com.The teachers are killing our BLACK childrens self esteem at an early age. Can U imagine what happens in their little minds when somebody like a teacher does this. Its really bad. Nobody deserves this type os treatment. Sorry to say but if it were a white child it would be a different story.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/bj24681357/ bj24681357

    I can fully understand that poor teachers feelings of shear :)) frustration on this as I myself hate with a passion when anyone white or black sits there and plays with their hair, if it was me I would have tied the kids hands behind her back

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/sophinal40/ sophinal40

    that son of a bastrd LOVEMYBLACKSSISTA YOUR UGLY MOMMY IS A MONKEY!!! HOW YOUR ONE EYE ASS FIX YOUR BLOCKHEAD MOUTH TO TALKABOUT A CHILD LIKE THAT!!!!SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH YOU, WERES YOUR WILD KINGDOM PIC AT . I BETTER NOT EVER FIND OUT WERE YOU LIVE!!! CUZZ ILL HAVE YOU DEALT WITH, YOU P***Y!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/one_in_a_million83/ one_in_a_million83

    I WISH A TEACHER WOULD CUT MY BABIES HAIR BECAUSE SHE IS PLAYING WITH IT..WE WOULD HAVE A SERIOUS PROBLEM, I FLIPPED WHEN MY 5 YEAR OLDS DAD CUT HER HAIR NO LESS A TEACHER AND THAT IS THE STUPIDEST REASON I HAVE EVER HEARD TO CUT A CHILD HAIR! AND FOR THOSE WHO SAID IT IS NOISY MY DAUGHTER HAS BEADS IN HER HAIR AND ALSO PLAYS WITH IT AND I CANT EVEN HEAR WHEN SHE IS DOING IT SO IT WAS JUST AN EXCUSE TO COVER THEIR A**. IF I WAS THE PARENTS I WOULD SUE THE TEACHER AND THE SCHOOL BORED. THE FACT IS NOT THAT IT IS HAIR AND WILL GROW BACK BUT THAT SHE VIOLATED PERSONAL SPACE THAT NEVER SHOULD HAVE BEEN CROSSED AND IN RETROSPECT TECHNICALLY ASSAULTED THIS CHILD BY CUTTING HER HAIR UNWILLINGLY AND WITHOUT THE PERMISSION OF THE PARENTS. THIS IS A SCARY SITUATION FOR A CHILD AND SHE SHOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN SUBJECT TO IT!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/k777kj/ k777kj

    First of all, she stepped over the line! And I’m sadden because, this little girl has to remember this for the rest of her life. You never know what this may do to this child. This kind of thing could regress her. This could give her a learning disability. Well, let me tell you, if that was my sister, my mom would have went up to that school….went into the class room and just KICKED HER ASS UNTIL THE POLICE GET THEIR! No joke! I remember when I was in the 6th grade..this white man just told me to get out of the lunch line for no reason. Well, I did. I also went home because I was hungry! When my mother said “what are you doing home” I told her…she and my dad went up to the school…not my dad…but my mother tried to jump on that fool. Don’t get me wrong here please…I’m not a violent person..but sometimes the devil only understands a good old fashion…ASS WHIPPING! 400 yrs ago, this is the way we had to learn, and I think some of us have forgotten! They always want us to remember the lessons of the past, well they should have reminded this teacher…tie the person to a post and gave her five lashes. After that she would NEVER do anything like that to another child EVER AGAIN! And be fair about it, give them a choice…whip or caning! They don’t want to fire teachers OK! This is a way to hold them responsible and accountable for their actions. The men teachers too..you touch girls the wrong way in school..WHIP’POW..(sound of the whip Yall) Teachers who slap kids!(Whip’POW) sendind e-mails..WHIP’POW..trying to trade sex for grades..WHIP’POW!!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Fly098/ Fly098

    I understand people get stressed and money is an issue but this is a CHILD. It doesn’t matter what color the girl is. IT’S A CHILD. She just has a habit of playing in her hair. So what! It’s her hair and as long as it’s not disrupting the class in any way, what difference does it make?! This is a form of abuse if you ask me. She should be very happy that that girl’s mother didn’t come down there and open a can on her or worse. What’s even more jacked up is that they didn’t do anything to the teacher. No suspension without pay or anything and from the looks of it, they’re going to drag their feet on the investigation until this is not so fresh on the minds of others. This is pathetic! My grandfather always used to tell me “Boy. There are 3 things you don’t mess with. People’s money, people’s kids, and people’s wives. Those three things will get you killed.” This teacher got away with it this time but next time she may not be so lucky. People will literally kill over their kids. She’d better lay low……for the rest of her life.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/sheila145/ sheila145

    Oh my God, racism or not, the teacher is a teacher, not a hair care pro. she had not any rights what so ever to even put her hand in the child head. if the noise, were that bad, i am afraid what she may do if all the kids were talking or passing licks or something, oh but it would be ok if she just beat the hell out of them i guess, come on people, this is a issue that need to be looked into. the teacher need to be looking for a field where she wont be so stressed out, she just have declared WAR, if she know it or not, Do she not know you just dont mess with people children, who knows what effect that may have on this pretty little child, as a black person we have enough problem trying to get where we are in life as it is. Look just cancel the b***h, she like cutting hair, let her get a job at Billy Bob Barber shop, enough said

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Fly098/ Fly098

    I just realized that the child felt tricked into coming up to the desk. The teacher called everyone up, then called the girl closer with the promise of candy, took the scissors and then cut her hair. She didn’t do it. It was premeditated. That was very calculated and the child knows that after the fact because she said “She (the teacher) tricked me”. The school’s principle is just as guilty of this abuse as the teacher because he’s allowing it. I’m sure the teacher wasn’t a minority just based off the fact that the principle protected her so much, the fact that the news didn’t put her picture up, and finally because of the diabolical way she plotted to get close enough to cut that child’s hair. I’m done.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/IMNOTPLAYIN/ IMNOTPLAYIN

    Why stop at 1 braid??

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Tink79/ Tink79

    I would have CUT that Teacher’s ASS!!!!!!!!!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/kaikai7/ kaikai7

    The teacher should have been fired period!A fine? Are they serious?Stress or not there is no excuse to intentionally pick up scissors and cut a childs hair,espcially someone else’s child! We can not allow teachers to get away with this type of disrespectful behavior,by simply apologizing and blaming their actions on stress! If you know that you are stressed seek counseling,take a leave of absene until you get yourself together or find a new profession! There are too many teachers ,many underworked, and underpaid or just frustrated taking their frustration out on students.If they make excuses for her now what will they do when she gets really stressed out and kills a child? The school is crazy to make excuses for this woman ,and allow her to get off with a light tap on the wrist! Aren’t they supposed to protect the children taht attend that school? They have a ticking time bomb on their hands! They handled this too passively, and if I were the parent I would fight to have her azz removed from that school!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/dayzjavue/ dayzjavue

    This teacher definately had “balls”. I have never seen a mother so calm. Cut off the fake hair and I might only b@*!%h slap her. But she actually cut some of the child’s own hair according to the mother. One thing I do not play with is my children! You do not destroy a child’s spirit by doing something like this especially in front of a class that is “allowed” to laugh at her. Being accepted by other children is hard enough for kids even as young as she is, but having an adult that is accepting this behavior adds salt to the wound. In NO way would I accept the punishment by the system of $175 fine! My child is worth more than her weight in gold. Sorry, but I would be inclined to “take it to the streets”, if you know what i mean. Have a blessed day all.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/chinadollo1/ chinadollo1

    i really do have a feeling that this was a black teacher that did this to that child and if so it makes it worse since us sistas know that we take pride in our hair and put a lot of time and money into our hair its just a guess but im kinda going by what the little girl said when she said the teacher told her to go and tell your momma that u dont find t many white foks talkin like that and i think it would have been posted white teacher cut of black girls hair think about it its a good reason to start a race war not literally speaking but you know what i mean

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/chinadollo1/ chinadollo1

    there is another link to this video that shows more of the little girl talking about what the teacher said i got to find it again but bp dont show the entire clip

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/chinadollo1/ chinadollo1

    ok i found it its a longer clip of it on you tube

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/producer6tray/ producer6tray

    For ever inch of hair,that b***h would have been slappppped that many times.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Rhemawrd/ Rhemawrd

    Oh I see now! So stress and frustration are now an excuse for you to cut children’s hair off!

    I’ll admit, our teachers have one of the most stressful jobs on the planet. But stress cannot be allowed to be the excuse for inappropriate behavior. Everybody knows that children will habitually play with their hair. This teacher should be fired, fined, and black listed from ever teaching again. Plus, if this were my child, I’d sue both the teacher and the school district into the ground. They want a standard for how our kids act in school (and I can fully understand why), so let’s have one for how the teachers act too.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/riva_89/ riva_89

    Stress is no excuse for that. You can’t cut a child’s hair, especially a child that’s not your own. A 175 dollar fine? Are you serious? That teacher should be fired ASAP.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Sexiiwhiitegirl22/ Sexiiwhiitegirl22

    I work with this same grade and age group and I could never imagine anyone doing anything like this at the school where i am employed. This is ludacris! This teacher needs to be fired, barred from ever teaching again and also sued by the parent(s) of this child!!! If this teacher cut this child’s hair because she repeatedly played with it, this teacher has some serious issues she needs to address herself, patience nd common sense being two of them. But personally I think it goes beyond that; racism, something personal with the parents, who knows? But whatever the case maybe this should not go without extreme consequences. Cmon who the hell does this teacher think she is????

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/SuzyQ38/ SuzyQ38

    How could someone get so frustrated she cut a child’s hair?? That’s PSYCHOTIC to say the least. I think a little Tit for Tat is in order, eye for an eye. Let that little angel CUT THE TEACHERS HAIR in front of the whole class and see how it feels to be humiliated. To do that to a child, I just can’t imagine……

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/bowlegg1952/ bowlegg1952

    I must say that being a teacher can be a very stressful job, but this is where classroom management come into place. The teacher had some alternatives, she could of had the principal to remove the child and then contact her parent of the situation, and had he mother to talk with the child, or the teacher could have remove herself from the clasroom and had the administer to come and set with the class while she regroup, or had the child stand out side of the classroom in front of the door or stand in front of the class, until she felt like stop playing with her beads.

    I have worked at an alternated school where the kids had been picked out of regular school, caused of the bad behavior, and believed me they can get that last nerve, and some more, but I had to make decision, if that child would stay in my classroom, of one of us being remove from there, so when needed be they were remove, but if I thought all I neded was to get away for a moments, then I would request that administer person come down and give me 5 to 15 mintues, instead of removing that child, caused it could have been getting on his/her nerves, to caused him to act out.

    I feel with that being said that $175.00 fine is not enough punishment for her negative reaction, caused she could have been a dead teacher, messing with others folks children. I have some daughters, and me back in the days, it just wouldn’t have when down that easily, it would have been another breaking news, and you know how the head line would have went.

    I looked at this when peoples got lay-off from there jobs, or when kids have been bully in school and take action into their on hands, and killed up others, should they not be punish for their actions, well her action wasn’t any different, just on a lower scale, no one got killed, or physical scared, but what about the mental scaring, who really know at this point in her young life.

    This is not a race issues, it’s a human action went wrong.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/warmblackberry28/ warmblackberry28

    First off this woman had so man options. She could have had this child removed from her class. She could have put some tape on the beads and kept them from clinging. She could have taken the beads out. But to cut this childs hair. Plain and simple this woman needs to have her A$$ whooped and her hair cut. She dealt with the right mother, cause I would be locked up.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/david0033/ david0033

    We need to get this teacher removed. Please do as I did and write & contact the school to let them know this will not be tolerated!
    Congress Elementary School
    5225 W Lincoln Creek Dr
    Milwaukee, WI 53218
    Milwaukee County
    PHONE: (414) 616-5300
    FAX: (414) 616-5315

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/nelsonpt22/ nelsonpt22

    Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn! Dis’ black b***h is crazy for cuttin’ her hair! I always said you black b***hes is crazy! Stop the black on black crime people!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/DaintyJen/ DaintyJen

    woooowwwww if i was the little girls mother I would fvck up the teacher something serious…so serious

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/omega_the_first/ omega_the_first

    Ok, You guys are so funny!!! I’d be pissed too but black folks; we have got to learn that violence is not always the answer. That is what society expects of us. I agree with david0033. The more intelligent approach is to let Congress Elementary School know that parents and people in general are not happy about this teachers actions. I do agree that the education of first graders is not the best career choice for this woman and she should be dismissed.

    She could have sent a note home to the girls mother asking her to tie the childs hair back in a ponytail. This may or may not have stoped her from playing with her hair but whether or not it gets cut off is the mother’s choice.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/cxyazeva/ cxyazeva

    Evidently she had nuthng better to do than to pay attention to the lil girl playing with her hair. If she was teaching like she was supposed to be she wouldnt have noticed. Beads don’t make that much noise. If she was that stressed out she should have called off. she needs to be removed and they need to take her to civil court.That lil girls hair will not grow back to match the other braids. Her hair will have to cut to make it even or just stay un even. People are crazy!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/ARW747/ ARW747

    What the hell is wrong this teacher! How dare she cut the poor child’s hair like that, it not like if the teacher would have done it on another child who had longer hair.

    THIS IS STUPID AND DOWN RIGHT RACIST! THEY NEED TO FIRED THAT TEACHER ASAP!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Rob0Dee7/ Rob0Dee7

    The teacher woulda got her ass whooped in fronna that whole class.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/diva61811/ diva61811

    I am trying to understand why some individuals are putting the blame on a seven year old child for the teacher’s reaction to the seven year old playing with her hair. The teacher had other alternatives to dealing with the situation with the child. Many children this age will do things but that does not mean they are unruly and need discipline to the extreme of receiving corporal punishment for example a whooping. I can not believe some individuals are making comments suggesting that this child receive this type of punishment for just playing with her hair.
    As her mother I would have removed the beads if the teacher would have contacted me and informed me of the child’s behavior. I would not want my child to be distracted nor would I want any other child to be distracted from learning because of the beads. I have worn beads as a child and I have never received any type of problems from teacher’s behind wearing them because when you move your head of course they are going to make noise so maybe this teacher just has a problem altogether that is deeper than the beads in any case as a parent I would have removed the beads and replaced them with barettes or something. I just hope many of you realize that reacting in a violent manner is not the appropriate way to handle the situation even though that may go through my head I still would not react with violence. The first thing is to find a way to get the teacher removed or punished for her actions because she should be held accountable for her behavior. The situation could have been resolved with a simple phone call home to the parents of the child.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/bareblackonly/ bareblackonly

    Please, please tell me why everything that happens has to be related to racism?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/BreBuffalo/ BreBuffalo

    1)Lets leave Ethnicity out of it please. WHY MUST YOU GUYS SEE EVERYTHING Black vs. White or White vs. Black?

    2)Good chances are the teacher was BA as is the student. BA studnets,esp.in lower income-lower /middle-class areas,tend to be more respectful of White teachers because they are scared of them,see them as different,and the students have generally more respect for White teachers than Black teachers.
    3) All teachers should at the beginning of the year write and post in code only for themsevles to understand what to do and do to,say to, students.
    Along with your classroom management routine , do this too.Yeah,classroommanagement,namely discipline and treats, awards, group awards, is important. Today’s studnets repsone to that. You have to give treats.Yeah,I learned the hard way, GIVE treats. Forget why the school system says about only so much sugar. Give them cookies, minature choc candies, along with the crackers, pretzels and Cheerios cereal.
    One teacher I worked with gave out whole pickles.Heeeeyyyy, her students were orderly!!!!
    4)The Slime Rule-one teacher told me this rule. Think and look at the students are dipped in slime.Snot. Pus. Meaning behind this is-
    DON’T TOUCH THEM!!!Don’t touch them. Electric shock-they are open wires and if you touch them you will shocked and die.
    5) Some of these kids will test your last nerve. WHY? Lack of supervison,discipline,routines,stability, love,attetnion at home.
    That is NOT your problem. You must do by giving any treat nec to keep yourself calm, teach,and get through each day. Let the streets and the law,and home handle the students. Your jobb is make the lesson fun,entertaining, give treats and keep order in order to teach them,reach those disrtict bassed benchmarks, state test scores,and just maybe reach them in other areas.
    6) Well why be teacher if …do not like kids? I KNOW some of you will ask that.
    You do not have to love them to teach them.I have seen many teachers who do not seem to like those kids they have for that year and yet,teach, have great classroom management and who passed their evaluations.
    You want to teach to bring students up to a higher thinking level. You want to see the rewards of someone not knowing something and then learning that and other subjects,themes related to that original concept.
    The reward is getting a student in one level academically and challenging yourself to take them to the next grade level.
    Maybe that is liking children.
    7) Not every school and studnet population isfor everyone. I learned the hard after teaching mostly White middle-class kids in a Catholic school,a better behaved mixed population from a public school,and a tough public school,that all kids are NOT the same.
    That is okay.Find a school population you can work with.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/larrymckinzie/ larrymckinzie

    Technically it’s aggravated assault. Make it personal – what if it was your child? Being a teacher, I know that if the little girls behavior is at the point where redirection doesn’t work then there is a lack of communication on the teachers part. I am an advocate for corporal punishment. Immediate consequences for improper actions. Cutting a braid off is inexcusable (Racial or not.)Aggravated assault is a felony.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/shiletta/ shiletta

    I don’t care what the circ**stances were, what color the teacher was or even if my child was in the wrong; if the teacher had cut MY child’s hair, the story would be a little different- something like ” Enraged Mother Beats the HELL out of Regretful Teacher”, and we would all be reading about ME.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/BreBuffalo/ BreBuffalo

    Look at this situation.
    The teacher was wrong.
    SELF-control self-control think think.
    The little girl ,Iam sure , cont. to play in her hair, swing her hair towards others, knock her beads on the desk, anything and everything to be annoying after her teacher told her please don’t….lets not….

    Now, that teacher is dismissed.The parents, home,you probably never saw before,were all otehr the principals’ ofice screaming and hollering, along with reinforcements(the sister,boyfriend, granmother,child who was lapping this all up),…the home called the news…Did the news really need to do this? No…What about a peice on the poor condition of some buildings,overcrowding, drugs deals nearby some schools, gangs nearby some schools,you get where I am going.
    I wish the teacher could have resigned. Paid the student oh, $400.00 for that one braid.Those hair braid and hair packs costs which I think is rather extreme..I really do not know.

    Very sad. Bad situation for the teacher. Get another profession,really. No other district is going to that teacher.The teacher could go to a private school.

    The student,I really hope she grows up to be a safe and productive citizen. Wait 10yrs-and we’ll see what her qaulity OF LIFE WILL BE.
    Good luck. Hmmm,I hope she picks the right
    company ,gets good
    grades, etc.yeah, I hope. 50-50 chance.
    If nooooooot,will it be this teacher’sfault. Lots of these parents fail to understand you live them.HTe teacher only teaches for few hours a day.

    That is teachers rule8) remember
    these are not your children. You do not live
    or have to deal with after hours and weekends,holidays. They are not your problem. You leave them, do your job,get your check, and go home to your real life.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/cherronw/ cherronw

    @BreBuffalo-That was the worst advice ever and it didn’t make sense. You call yourself a teacher? I feel sorry for the students under your tutelage. If a teacher gets frustrated a a kid for simply playing with their hair, then they are not cut out for teaching.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Keeshy10/ Keeshy10

    lol@ shiletta… so true!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/BreBuffalo/ BreBuffalo

    Larry, ok, take it furhter. Aggravated assualt. The parents maywant to. Sure. File a lasuit. The studentis emotionally scared for life.

    THE TEACHER WAS WRONG. I feel reall sorry thios person. They should pay that family a few thousand dollars. Don’t worry and wait for the other shoes to drop.
    Resing ASAP.Never mind a review board by the school district and all that.

    Move away to another state. Get another profession.

    WHAT ELSE???> How about the death penalty adn jail time for theteacher.
    Whereto stop? Where you want to stop?

    Ummminteresting you said assualt,and IKNOW ,I AMSURE,I BET you the home is filing a lawsuit the teacher,school district,you name it.
    I smellllllll money !!!!!

    Assualt.Wow. I really hope the district can with a school mediator settle with the home(student) by having the teacher resing and pay restituion, $3,000 about sounds good and THAT IS IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    Enough!!!!!!!!!!! Case CLOSED!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Assualt? Many students assualt many teachers and alls good.
    No tv cameras show up.School district does nothing. Teacher really can’t file charges. the home (student)does nothing about that.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Keeshy10/ Keeshy10

    Ok, ignoring race or anything like that, it doesn’t matter what race the teacher was, that was just an ignorant thing to do. In some states, cutting off a child’s hair as punishment can be viewed as abuse. Regardless of her being frustrated, she should have called her parents or sent her to the principle’s office so they could have maybe sent her home. That was very ignorant of her & she was out of place to do that to that little girl. Especially to humiliate her like that in front of the whole class like that. I take things like that seriously b/c when I was in the 1st grade my teacher pushed my head into a desk b/c I didn’t finish writing some letters fast enough. I would have turned that school out b/c if she is bold enough to cut a child’s hair in front of everyone, who knows what else she might do out of “frustration”

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Crmlbutterfly/ Crmlbutterfly

    Send the child out of class to the principal’s office— anything more than that…when you put your hands on someone else’s child…is assault and should be treated as such. Children can be annoying but as adults we must set examples and maintain control over emotions. When kids see this behavior from adults it reenforces further negative views and more anti-social behavior. Sounds as if the teacher needs some type of sensitivity training— either that or another line of work because as long as she’s working with 7 years olds she’ll continue to encounter problems with children lacking self-control. Or perhaps she’s been around them too long because she obviously reverted back to 7 herself with the childish assault she pulled.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/BreBuffalo/ BreBuffalo

    Sorry Cher if I made typos there.I am not writing a formal letter here.
    What did I say that does not make sense to you?

    I said this teacher WAS WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    Needs to resign ASAP!!!! PAY restituiton to the family of around ,maybe $2,000-4,000. This case is JUST starting so it would be in the teacher’s best interest to END IT NOW on his /her own. it would be in that teachers ‘ best interest to end it NOW!!! Go to a private school.Get another another profession.
    I really feel bad for this teacher. Boy. What else should be done? The death penalty!

    Teaching is great profession. All schools and students are not for everybody. Pick a school district and population that suits you. All kids are not the same. That is all okay.

    Those rules,yeah,I stand by that. Too bad that teacher did not ralize that or understand that. Maybe the teahcer did not know through experience or have other teachers tell her or see for herself. I stand by what I said…rules 1-8.

    Your job is to teach…make lessons relevant, fun,entertaining, interesting.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/BreBuffalo/ BreBuffalo

    Cher,read what I said for 4, and 5.

    I wish I had known some things,did things differentlywhen I first started out.
    I never hit child,cut hair,damaged personal belongings of theirs,or anything like that.
    Yeah,it strucka cord with me.Once I had a child have a braid cut by another studnetand I had no idea untill the parent called and was very angry.

    The girl told the boy to do that and he did. Both were sweet kids. I offered to pay for the braid.
    I was glad the parent called me first instead of the office.
    It all ended fine, but that year was tough for me and a learning experience.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/KSIDA/ KSIDA

    When I first read this story, I had to go back and read it again!! What the hell is wrong with people? This little girl is 7…do 7 year olds play with their hair…hell yes…they’re 7.

    These posts about race means nothing to me. It does not matter what ethnicity that child or any other child is….we are all of one race…the human race.

    Teachers make big impacts on kids, can you image what this child will think about teachers from here on out? To make matters worse, they are keeping the teacher! If that teacher will cut off a little girls hair, she will do anything. To the school – GET RID OF HER!

    Does this family deserve a settlement for this….damn right they do. This mother may have to take this little girl for counseling over this. You can’t just go around doing things like this to people and not expect to have sanctions and the only sanctions that you can get out of this is money.

    I have to say “props” to the childs mother for keeping her cool. If that would have been my child, I am afraid that the newsies would have another story…”Mother shaves head of teacher after teacher cuts childs hair..then kicks the S–T out of bald teacher!”

    So to Ms. Helen Cunningham (the Mom)….good for you for taking the high road, now get a lawyer and make this thing right. I am not one for frivolous litigation, but I feel this is far from frivolous…this woman is dangerous.

    Kiss your little girl and make sure she knows that most teachers are not like that. Good luck to you and your daughter.

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/blakpoet_1/ blakpoet_1

    314 i think that you are out of line. I too , like carolinagirlsdabest, would like to know what school district you are in and the name of the school so i could send a copy of what oyu have written so that parents, staff, and the BOE will know whom they have teaching their children. i think that all “educators” should send a week in a head start classroom. Before anybody say anything about head start not being a real school, think again. We have to teach social skills, cognitive skills, define gross motor and small motor skills, things that Kindergraten or 1st grade won’t teach because you should know that by then. Head Start teachers are the best teacher outside of the home. and for you 314 to say that it is just hair is will grow back. It is not just about hair that will or will not grow back it is about making the child feel at ease around you and future teachers. This one incident can lead to years of anger toward teachers and adults in general and this child could either lash out at adults or clam up. It is not about one braid it is about the rest of this child’s life. 314 you shouldn’t say that children are horrible they have behavior issues but that can be corrected with guidance. I think that you should think about the career chose you have made and find a different one.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/soveu34/ soveu34

    That b itch should have been fined more than that if it was a parent they cps would have called it child abuse and taken the child away. No way this bi tch should be teaching children I guess her daughters if she has any must be walking around bald headed dam…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/justdontplay/ justdontplay

    man i feel if it was my child i would have beat her ass for what she did to my child now that baby gone be like my teacher cut my hair cause i was playin with it aint no way i could have went to that school calm no way i bet she white huh let that happen to one of my daughter i will whoop some ass and then take name

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/TOTALBODYIMAGE/ TOTALBODYIMAGE

    I WOULD HAVE WENT IN!! HOW CAN YOU CUT SOME CHILD’S HAIR AND YOU DON’T KNOW IF YOU ARE CUTTING OFF THE CHILDS REAL HAIR? NO WAY WOULD I SIT STILL FOR THAT ONE.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/lalgerois69/ lalgerois69

    Okay ! Kids or teenaggers should keep straight position in school! But what happened seems to be in mental hospital ,that means the “teacher” if yoyu wnna call her like that ,should kept with handscuffs no longer racism it’s!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Sweetiepie9481/ Sweetiepie9481

    Many of us agree that the teacher was wrong. many of us took the time to post our views during school hours so I’d like to thank David for posting:

    We need to get this teacher removed. Please do as I did and write & contact the school to let them know this will not be tolerated!
    Congress Elementary School
    5225 W Lincoln Creek Dr
    Milwaukee, WI 53218
    Milwaukee County
    PHONE: (414) 616-5300
    FAX: (414) 616-5315

    When you feel something is wrong you have to take action & let your voice be heard.I don’t care what nationality the teacher is all that matters is I would never allow that kind of individual to be around my child. I found time to post and I will find time to call, write, & fax. I don’t know what the child’s family is doing with this situation but it must be treated with the what if this was your child mentality. Some say they would open that can well open that can legally & help this child out. Need I remind you the child stated she thought she was getting candy & not a haircut. She was tricked & abused.
    7 year olds don’t braid their own braids/add beads to their hair either so those of you that claim the child annoyed the teacher, as if the teachers actions are called for, the major skipped step was contacting the child’s parent.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/davettalashley/ davettalashley

    If someone had taken a scissor and cut my child’s hair off, there would’ve been one helluva fight outside of school at 3:00pm. Would it have been right, no, but I would’ve slapped the stress right outta that b***h.

    I’m stressed, too, b***h, but you don’t come near another person’s child with scissors!!! I espcially don’t like that she did it in a sneaky way. If the child is annoying you, send her ass to the principal’s office or call me and tell me to come deal with her, but don’t EVER come at her with scissors!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/davettalashley/ davettalashley

    And it DOES matter what race the teacher is. If it didn’t matter, the damn information would be up here for all to read.

    It’s a glaring omission and one that can’t be ignored.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Kornegay/ Kornegay

    FIRST OF ALL THE TEACHER SHOULD BE LET GO. SHE ONLY BEING FINE $175 THATS A JOKE. MOM SUE HER AND THEN SUE THE SCHOOL. WHATS GOING TO HAPPEN THE NEXT TIME SHE GET STRESS OUT WHATS NEXT!!!. THE ONLY ONE THAT IS PAYING FOR IT IS YOUR BABY. SHE GET HER HAIR CUT AND THEN GET MOVED OUT OF HER CLASS SHE DID NOTHING WRONG.
    MOVE THE TEACHER PUT THAT BABY BACK IN HER CLASS BEFORE HER GRADE START TO DROP. AND THEN WHAT

    SUE THEM OR LET THAT TEACHER GO.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MsJuany/ MsJuany

    I feel that a lot of you all are beating up the situation…FIRE THE TEACHER….nope!! As a teacher, you all don’t know the HALF of what we go through. Now it sounds to me as the little girl maybe BD (behavior disorder…”her first year, she had problems, this year is better”) Because of NO Child Left Behind, many BD, LD, and…just special ed kids are being put into regular ed which COULD pose a HUGE problem on the teacher. My next concern is…is kind of relationship do the parent have with the teacher? My guess…NONE until now!! Why do that matter…it helps in classroom management. You all act like teacher get paid when in fact we are the LOWEST PAID PROFESSION and we put up with so much BS from both PARENTS (especially those who don’t care til something goes “wrong”..flunking or fighting) the STUDENTS (who parents don’t care because “I stay with my grand ma now!) or SCHOOL BOARD (who don’t care about our opinion). Therefore, we have to be in the profession because of our love for children and wanting to teach! (thats mine anyway). Was this teacher wrong…YES!! But to get fired..NO!! That would set on more issues than necessary. Who really wants to go into a class in the middle of the year and have to start over….NOT ME!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MsJuany/ MsJuany

    And thanks KSIDA..”Kiss your little girl and make sure she knows that most teachers are not like that.” For realizing that not all teachers are like that. I must admit that teachers…we do lose our cool. (Ive had 38 students in my class with no aide or assistance, just a prayer that a parent would come help!) Like I stated before, its not an easy profession like some think it is. We sometimes have MORE HATS WEAR. We play parent (yes, I hug and sometimes feed my students) counselor (“my brother feel on me sometimes”) mentor, etc. Therefore, I believe that some educator such as the one from this school need to re-evaluate her meaning for teaching.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/sexynickey/ sexynickey

    Regardless of BD, LD or whatever u may call it, it doesn’t give her the right to cut lil mama’s hair. If it was my child I wouldn’t have time to talk to the media because I would be in jail. Because of the incident lil’ mama may have BD, LD, etc… I would suspend the teacher and require her to take some anger management. Then I would monitor her with the children, if that doesn’t work then I would fire her. It’s a tough situation and it depends on the teacher’s past experiences with her students..

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/mscpa2u/ mscpa2u

    I feel sorry for this little girl but we dont really know what happened. The teacher should be fine more but whopping ass that why many parents cant even go to the school because of parents taking the violent approach. I feel for the teacher as well because who knows how this child really behaved not saying her hair being cut is warrented but her behaviour might have triggered something in the teacher. I give it to educators they have to deal with some bad ass children nowadays with no recourse of joint effort from the parents. My advice to parents is be pro active about things as oppose to violence cause it wont get you very far. This from a parent who cant even do a walk thru on my son @ school because of ignorant parents thinking violence is the answer!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/IM_SO_FLY_IM_SKY_HI/ IM_SO_FLY_IM_SKY_HI

    i woulda cut that teacher hair off wit my bare hands no sissors no clippers

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/BonSante/ BonSante

    APPARENTLY THIS “TEACHER” NEVER LEARNED HER LESSON FROM HER BULLYING DAYS AS A CHILD CUTTING OFF HER CLASSMATES HAIR. WHAT WOULD SHE HAVE DONE IF SHE WAS BITING HER LONG FINGERNAILS, CUT OFF HER FINGERS. THIS CLEARLY WAS A VIOLATION OF THE CHILD RIGHTS OF PROTECTION AS A STUDENT IN THIS SCHOOL. IF THIS PROBLEM WAS SO ANNOYING, THEN EITHER CALL THE PARENT AND DISCUSS IT, OR TALK TO THE ADMINISTRATOR OR EVEN REMOVING HERSELF FROM TEACHING THIS CLASS. NOTHING SHOULD HAVE WARRANTED SUCH EXTREME MEASURES AS TO CUT OFF SOMEONE’S HAIR. THERE SHOULD BE SOME KIND OF PUNISHMENT FOR THIS TEACHER CALLING THE OTHER STUDENTS TO WATCH AS SHE HUMILIATES THE CHILD. THAT’S WHAT SHE WAS TRYING TO DO HUMILIATE THE CHILD. BEING WHITE, SHE COULD NOT ACCEPT THAT A BLACK CHILD HAD LONG HAIR.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/TakenStepsForward/ TakenStepsForward

    It is abuse. I guess you can call it emotional abuse because the little girl clearly loves her hair and she said the kids was laughing at her so thats something that she will have to deal with!! THe teacher was way out of line! She thought it was weave, lol what a dam joke!! She should be fired!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/diva61811/ diva61811

    This teacher crossed the line when she decided to take a pair of scissors and cut the little girl’s hair weave or not her behavior was inappropriate. She should definitely be reprimanded by her actions if not fired. There were other alternatives that she should have taken such as contact the little girl’s mother and ask her to remove the beads if the beads were becoming a distraction to her and the other children in the class, but I have never seeen or heard of this happening. I see little girl’s wearing beads all the time so why was it such an issue for this teacher. Next, it will be something else that another student is either wearing or doing that is driving her crazy. She has indirectly taught the other children how to handle a situation when they feel irritated or annoyed and therefore she should be relieved of her duties. This mother should do everything in her power to have the teacher removed and the school should do so without a fight because at the end of the day this teacher has become a liability. No one wants to employ someone who could be a potential cause of a lawsuit. I commend the mother for taking a non violent approach and she is justified in her anger her daughter experienced something traumatic.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Bee3ntertained/ Bee3ntertained

    I THOUGHT THAT WAS PUBIC HAIR LOL WHAT SHE DOIN CUTTIN HAIR THE B***H SUPOSE TO BE TEACHIN ANYWAY I WOULD HAVE GOT LOCKED UP THAT DAY CUS THAT B***H WOULD HAVE GOTTEN LAYED OUT LITERLY SPEAKIN

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/trisha_369/ trisha_369

    I would have called it an a$$ kicking time for the teacher and let my daughter cut her sh!t off-infront of the class where it started.(just my opinion)

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/big-blue-beast/ big-blue-beast

    The mother is very calm. I bet the teacher has tenure and has been teaching at that school over 20 years. It seems like the teacher was more immature than the 7 year old girl!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/deltababe2/ deltababe2

    It doesn,t say weather this teacher is white or black, but who she is does not matter or give her any right at all to cut off anyones hair, don,t care how frustrated she was. Did the beads make to much noise or something? Does she know what she did to this child could hurt her in some way that she,ll never know. If it was her child,saying that she has any, don,t know, but she would have had fit. She should have written a note to the childs mother, and let her know what was going on, I know that the child mother would have taken the beads out of her hair, if it was all about noise, but if it was about the child just moving around, Please all children do.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Larose2951/ Larose2951

    Color does not make a difference, real or false hair does not make a difference. Assault is Assault. Next the teacher might hit or sexually abuse a child and say she didn’t know it would hurt. TAKE THE KEY AND LOCK HER UP…you know the rest!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Mizz_Keia/ Mizz_Keia

    I Woulda Been Piss…I Mean Datz An Child She Got Do Stuff Like Dat…She Really Had No Rite 2 Do Dat Even If Da Lil Girl Played With Her Hair All Day..She Still Had No Rite…N Her Mother Iz Really 2 Calm So It Muss Nt Of Been Her Real Hair…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/dream_angel2213/ dream_angel2213

    HMMMMMM,
    I cant believe that this woman had the nerve to cut a childs hair and think that it is ok.I am sorry but, I would have beat the **** out of her and then held her ass down and shaved her hair off.I hope that she isnt teaching anywhere, she doesnt have the patience to do so.This is an outrage that this happened and that the school didnt take responsibility for her actions,and the fact that they didnt call the parent and let her know what had happen to her child.IT IS ABUSE!!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/soveu34/ soveu34

    Its child abuse period no question about it that b itch would have never cut a lil beckys hair and not have faced a lawsuit period. Our children are treated indifferent when something like this happens to them. No one give a f uck or they blame them for the teachers or school officials behavior, they are suppose to protect our children while they force us to send them to school so they can get government funding.

    Its a wonder some people are home schooling their children because some of these lazy nasty preverted teachers have other things in mind for our

    children other than teaching. All I can say is talk to your child and keep the communication lines open because some of these teachers nowadays should not be let anywhere near children especially a crazy ass b itch like that.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/soveu34/ soveu34

    For those of you who keep asking what nationality the dumbit ch was it’s noted in the article and she’s is non black

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/4merHorse06/ 4merHorse06

    Sorry. If she’d cut my childs hair her azz would be mine. Time to catch a assult charge!!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/toodelicious4u/ toodelicious4u

    Man If somebody cut off my child’s hair, plain and simple I would be whoopin their ass!!! I will beat them so bad that they will not only be shyttn on their self but they will also come out of it bald!!! The Bytch should’ve been fired!!! They do some f**ked up shyt and they get a pat on the damn back! WE do some f**ked up shyt and we go home unpaid expectn unemployment!!!! Than white people wanna know why we get so angry at them, some of them need to open up their damn eyes and look the f**k around them it’s self explanatory!!!! Than I’m so sick of MF’s Especially white people maken the assumption that all black people wear weave like our hair just automatically don’t grow!!! Me and my daughter have qick growing hair!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Brooklynbadboy/ Brooklynbadboy

    Fkk that… shyt was annoying to me when she was playing with it in the news clip. i can imgaine everyday telling that kid to cut it out and she keep doing it. the teacher finally snapped. I aint she was right but i can undestand.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/ladyiska/ ladyiska

    i cant stress enuff this teacher needs to be took out of teachin any kids, yes she needs to be investigated and a formal apology to the child would be good i dont think it should be done anyother way nobody can tell the lil gurl sori and let her to understand that was wrong but the teacher herself so that at least if notin else is done the studen wont be abused by her actions this story is all of the above….

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/dorseygirl3/ dorseygirl3

    WTF. If that was my child I would have beat the teacher down. The mother must have not press any charges cause that teacher should be on lock right now. What kind of school is that, not a good one I know. If stress can cause this woman to put scissors to a childs head, God only knows what else she would do if she’s stressed. She don’t need to be around kids plain and simple, next it will be something worse. Mother of child you should have filed charges if you didn’t.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/dorseygirl3/ dorseygirl3

    Brooklynbadboy, I don’t know what’s up with you. You don’t need to be around kids either!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/dorseygirl3/ dorseygirl3

    This for specialkindlady, actually it’s 5&6=kindergarden, 6&7=first, 7&8=second, and so on and so forth depending on the birhtday, Boo. Get your mind right. And it really don’t matter a child has been violated!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/_SNICKERZ_/ _SNICKERZ_

    please i wish….i mean i wish a teacher would touch my childs anything! let alone her hair! wtf is wrong with people these days! at what point does an assumed educated prfessional convince herself that cutting a childs hair in a classroom is appropriate?? she did that because she knows she can…nothing would be done to her~that is child abuse! if her hair was not braided and brushed out im sure she would think twice~they see that she is a young, black child..assume no one would say anything and its business as usual! I definately would have pressed charges, it was deliberate and done without consent which would have beed denied if the mother was contacted. im outraged! then when get up and do tha “angry black woman dance” infront of them they wanna ask why are we so mad..because of shyt like this~id have al sharpton, jesse jackson, black panthers and tha brother hood crusade at that school in a meeting..the mothers a better woman than me~

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/CaliFemme23/ CaliFemme23

    LMBAO @Brooklynbadboy..You know you ‘aint’ right for that one….

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/persona/ persona

    Wow, the mother should talk toa lawyer. Please tell her. White people don’t know Our culture at all. White girls mess with their hair all the time and combing and brushing in class, White teachers don’t tell them to stop.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/mandmore/ mandmore

    that b*** would have been mine…you don’t treat a kid this way…all because she was playing with her hair…how many little white girls do that?…come on…the mother should have been a lot tougher with that teacher and that school.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Professor_Garrett/ Professor_Garrett

    (Professor Garrett -aka- The donlamb)Said:

    First of all, Young black girls already grow up with a phobia about their hair in a country that relentlessly equates beauty with the eurocentric style, permed out, pressed down,and dyed up type situation.The fact that this hillbilly teacher acted out her hate on this child would have to lead one wondering,Is she mentally Ill? Is racism a mental illness? because they can’t seem to control their hater drama. Nevertheless,She violated that child physically, mentally,and constitutionally.However, it’s no suprise that she felt like she could do this because most people in authority are only as openly racist as they know their collegues are, partucularly the ones who are in charge on criminal charges and indictments. In other words, she is aware of the silent code of ethics, or lack thereof in the community which she resides.This is also the main reason why cops have no problem with gunning down black males in a form of street justice in communities that supports this silent code of “white ethics” which could be devistating to the black comminity if we do not make ourselves aware of these “white supremecy codes.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/freeaprilgriffin/ freeaprilgriffin

    Milwaukee police broke a baby bones and paralyzed his mother, and gave the baby to the man who raped and abused his mother, is this not news? Why isn’t Al Sharpton blogging about this, same city that this little girl hair was cut, and this is just as news worthy! Want more info? http://www.youtube.com/freeaprilgriffin

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/CrEaMeH/ CrEaMeH

    f*ck what you heard BEAT that B*cth AZZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/tinkie6177/ tinkie6177

    That so called teacher, should be fired. She had no right to cut that little girl’s hair.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/missbetty/ missbetty

    Is this mother on valium or rittalin. She needs to be on that teachers ass.She needs to be on the whole school systems ass also LEGALLY.That alleged teacher should be sued and fired,tenure or not.The system should be swamped with phone calls,physical protest in and around the school.Everyone knows if the situation was reversed,a black teacher would be jailed,fired,hannity,limbaugh,beck,dobbs,you get my drift.CNN,fox all of the media would be all over this.Obama is unaware of this? I doubt it,he could atleast invite the main parties to the white house for a beer and discussion.PLEASE!!!! the illegals have more togetherness and clout than us.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/mandmore/ mandmore

    i would like to hear a follow up story, casey, so that we could know the outcome of this situation…no teacher has the right to even handle the child and humiliation is just as bad…the job is to teach, not to punish as if she were as a slave.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Daysha80_Betrayed/ Daysha80_Betrayed

    My son has long curly hair and I will never cut his strength and his teachers have been warned not to play in my sons hair due to the fact I would drop him off in two strand twist and come to pick him up with corn rolls I dont put the tension of corn rolls on my baby so I told them touch my baby head again and forget your job that will be ya @#$, for this chick to cut that angels hair she would have got the biz from me real talk, what give you the right to even walk up to a child with scissors what if she had tripped and stabbed the girl would that be excused also bc she was stress out.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Cm3fLyN08/ Cm3fLyN08

    I’M A MOTHER…AND THE NEXT HEADLINE WOULD HAVE READ: ” MOTHER OF CHILD ARRESTED FOR BEATING TEACHER WHO CUT HER CHILD’S HAIR”. ARE U SERIOUS… I WOULDA BEEN ON THAT ASS WITH NO QUESTIONS ASKED BOTTOMLINE. IF A TEACHER HAS A PROBLEM WITH A CHILD, THEIR JOB IS TO CALL THE PARENTS… SHE GOT THA RIGHT ONE CUZ I WOULDA BEEN THA WRONG ONE

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/bj24681357/ bj24681357

    See? read some of these comments, this is where these kids get all of their violent behavior from, their stupid racist parents.
    bj

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Sexyazzprican/ Sexyazzprican

    calm the hell down sweetheart(bj)dont take offense because your skin color is the same as the teachers. no one is screaming white on black crime. it doesnt matter what color she was or the child, it was still wrong and if u cant see that then you are just as bad and ignorant as that teacher was.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/jenkinsderrick/ jenkinsderrick

    Biach it’s one braid. Shut da phuck up. This is not a real story. Phuck J-sleazy.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Black_Queen09/ Black_Queen09

    “bj24681357″ YOUR DUMB ASS COMMENT TELLS US JUST HOW IGNORANT YOU REALLY ARE… WE BLACK QUEENS AND KINGS KNOW THAT IT IS OUR SOUL RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT OUR CHILDREN NO MATTER WHAT… WHAT THIS TEACHER DID WAS COMPLETELY WRONG… AND THIS CHILD IS PROBABLY SCARRED FOR LIFE… I COULD JUST IMAGINE WHAT THIS LITTLE ANGEL WAS FEELING… AS HER TEACHER TOOK IT UPON HERSELF TO VIOLATE THIS LITTLE ANGEL… SHE BETTER BE D*MN GLAD IT WASN’T MY CHILD… BECAUSE I DON’T PLAY WHEN IT COMES TO MINES… I WOULD HAVE HANDLED HER ASS IN ONE OF THE WORST WAYS… AND IT DON’T MATTER WHAT COLOR SHE WAS… THE BOTTOM LINE IS DON’T F**K WITH MINES… YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH MY CHILD THEN BRING IT TO MY ATTENTION… THAT’S WHAT GROWN PEOPLE IS SUPPOSE TO DO… BUT TO DIS-RESPECT MY CHILD IN FRONT OF THE CLASS… HELL NAW, I WOULD HAVE HAD TO LAY MY HANDS ON THAT TEACHER, FOR REAL…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/bold124/ bold124

    bj24681357
    Same goes for the kids of the KKK. This has nothing to do with the parent. The teacher had no right to cut off the braid, PERIOD!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Kashi101/ Kashi101

    this lady needed a better lawyer. there’s no way that teacher should have been left in that school w/ her crazy azz. the entire school system and board should have been sued as well. my child would have had to attend another school altogether w/ them leaving that crazy woman there and i’d have to be reimbursed for the expense of moving and transporting her.

    what are they waiting for? for her to shoot up the class next time?! i bet she’s already on record for mental illness. all this ocd, add and bipolar s**t everybody is claiming is a cop-out for (white) people to throw their crazy fits, curse out their employers and still keep their careers. in this case she would have met my bi-polar pistol whoopin

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/BABYURL33/ BABYURL33

    THAT WHITE TEACHER DONT WANT A JOB KIDS ARE GOING TO PLAY WITH THERE HAIR SHE IS JUST A KID AND FOR THAT TEACHER TO DO AND THIS WHITE DIDNT SAY SORRY EITHER.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/msjohnson25/ msjohnson25

    If The teacher or ANYONE came to either of my daughter’s head with some shears, she better be prepared to meet the same fate. Eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth, and now lock for a lock. Don’t play with me.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/bigjucieepeach/ bigjucieepeach

    I’ve have been in this situation, however it was my child who cut her hair. Her teacher who happened to be white called me on my cell ASAP so that I could know that it happened and probably to make sure I didn’t come down on her. She knew that however I sent my children to school is the same way they better come back and if they didn’t I was going check the teacher for it. We need to know how involved was this mother in her child’s school life, because I promise you if they knew that she’d get up in their faces over her child this sh!t wouldn’t have happened at all. And her calmness about it all makes me suspicous as hell. They would have arrested me at that school but that teacher would have needed a ambulance.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/deshawzn/ deshawzn

    After I had calmed down from wanting to knock the teacher’s head off her shoulders I would have informed the school my lawyer will be in contact with them. While any and all communication will be through my lawyer!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/OrbitalFlow/ OrbitalFlow

    It’s not like she b***hed-slapped the kid with the pair of scissors or threatened to stab her with them. What a f**king dumb parent, and shame on the media for making this crap news.

    What’s next: “Parent thinks detention is child abuse?”

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/KINESHIA/ KINESHIA

    HAHA Ukno A black woman be real mad when the child hair long MY MAMA wud Of Whooped Her Azzzz Lol !!! Cuz she was playin Wit it ??? I had One complain bout my beads one time but shyt she wasn’t stupid like dat n she was white and assumed it was fake!! Yep would of got mopped Wit the flo!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Shabukty/ Shabukty

    OrbitalFlow…..u r a jackass…..who goes around cutting people hair, whether she thought it was fake or not….what did she think she was going to accomplish by doing what she did

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Lovevon/ Lovevon

    To be honest, I would have arranged a hit. Some hoodies would have met that teacher in the parking lot and cut all her damn hair off and ran.

    I would have done it myself if I live in the city just so the mother wouldn’t get in trouble.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/gunmetal/ gunmetal

    IF THAT WAS MY CHILD, I WILL PERSONALLY KILL THE WHITE B#TCH. I DONT LIKE WHITE PEOPLE ANYWAY

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Mamacita101/ Mamacita101

    I WOULD BEAT THAT B***H ASS!! THERE WOULD BE NO CONVERSATION, NO NEGOTIATIONS JUST ME STOMPING THAT B***H IN THE GROUND. I DON’T GIVE A F**K IF MY CHILD HAD WEAVE ALL UP IN THRU HER HEAD, ARM PITS, TOES – WHATEVER – SHE HAD NO RIGHT CUTTING HER HAIR!!! WTF IS WRONG WITH WHITE PEOPLE THESE DAYS?? I GUESS THEY NEED SOMEBODY TO START WHUPPIN ASS TO SHOW THEM WHATS REALLY GOOD!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/SexyKi28/ SexyKi28

    I’m sorry but screw that I would have beat her a** white or black, you dont put your damn hands in a another persons kid head that is not what you are there for you are there to teach not put your hands on them if she had a problem with the child she should have contacted the parent. And for bj24681357, you dumb as hell, no this is not where our children learn violent behavior,there is a diffrents in teaching our children to protect themselves and stand up for their self from silly a** people like you.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/CRUSH_/ CRUSH_

    BJ24681357…ummm…. aint this BLACK PLANET ?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/luscioushotcha/ luscioushotcha

    Okay, I understand how teaching is a very stressful job. I understand after watching the video how the little girl’s actions can be very annoying, not to mention a distraction to the entire class who will be watching her flip her hair instead of paying attention to the lesson. I work in the school system and I understand the frustration that comes from knowing when children are doing these types of things, including balling up paper or drawing pictures that it’s stressful because they’ll later say they don’t understand when all they had to do was pay attention and you will be labeled a bad teacher. However, the teacher’s actions were very wrong. You don’t do that. I don’t even confiscate items. I let them keep and doc**ent their actions and keep it moving. I also usually try to get other teachers to witness the off task behavior so that when the parents try to get mad over a bad grade, I will have doc**entation to prove that the child needs to stay on task. If a child has a short attention span then it is up to the teacher to notify the parent so they can remove the distractors themselves. I had several issues like that and I always called the parents, and the students would come to school toyless, markerless, or whatever it was keeping them from learning. Or if that wasn’t the case, then I definitely couldn’t be blamed. People need to think of creative strategies instead of acting drastically out of frustration. Teachers should learn to pick their battles well. She is not endangering herself or no one else, let her play with her hair and miss out on important information. Case closed.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/bos_man7414/ bos_man7414

    White folks from the suburbs cant handle teaching inner city black kids in milwaukee.I personally made a few break down during my class clown years.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/123step/ 123step

    Cut off her hair.. Let her see how it feels… teacher, day care workers, anyone dealing with other peoples children need to realize it’s just that “other peoples children”.. Folks need to recongize.!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/AaliyahRussell81/ AaliyahRussell81

    LOL bos_man7414, you silly. But on a serious note, this teacher has some serious RACIST issues if you ask me. And TRUUUST it has something to do w/ race, i just know it, because c’mon now think about it, a White lil girl w/ a ponytail..playing w/ her ponytail continuously..teacher decides to cut off her entire ponytail???? The White ”traditional” suburb teachers really DON’T know how to discipline inner city Black kids, they have absolutely no idea as you see here w/ cutting off her braid. Some of these White folk can’t seem to pull themselves out of the f*****g past and they’re way of thinking when it comes to handling different races other than their own! What do they need some sort of racial work shop so that they can study up on how to treat children equally?…wtf! I think that mofo needs to be FIRED for what happened! It’s the principal of it all. You have no right to go after this lil girls’ HAIR in a act of discipline only to try to prove a crazy a** point. One word..UNPROFESSIONAL and there are alooot of those type in the school system apparently!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MiSz_PiNk_DiamOnd/ MiSz_PiNk_DiamOnd

    Lord give me strength…Id go in with an electric razor and cut off all her hair..Lol okay probably not..But I would go in there with a baseball bat inconspicuously and make that teacher BEG for mercy. I wish someone would do that to me if I had a child lawd have mercy!! I’d do a whole bunch of ish to her to make her regret her actions. Id never get caught either :)

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/handy-man1/ handy-man1

    omg this is the real america huh were teacher who are so frustrated that they take it out on their students. Ok lets think the teacher was not fired nor removed from the school and to add insult that little sweet heart has to see that b***h face everyday to remind her that a white woman cut her heritage which would be her hair. i am ashamed that this happen and the parent of that little girl is not standing up for her daughter rights, clearly the little girl civil rights were violated.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Crystal_Blaze/ Crystal_Blaze

    #1 why does it look like this little girl has a perm in her hair?

    #2 Why is her mom sittin up there making a big deal out of it? She should be telling her daughter that she is still beautiful…and that it is just a different style to wear.

    #3. I bet the mother is now teaching her child racism against white people, blaming the teachers skin color for her actions.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/XL_611/ XL_611

    I don’t understand how she can get away with this. I guess if the kid were distracting everyone somehow with her hair, she could have been made to wear a hat. Better yet, send her to the main office and a report made to the parents. Paddling, btw, should only be done with parents permission, so something like this calls for termination.

    ALTERING the child in any physical way, is assault.

    Period.

    LOL

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/XL_611/ XL_611

    I just saw the video and see the police fined her 175.00, but she should have been charged with assault of a child, go to jail and NEVER EVER BE ALLOWED TO SUPERVISE OR BE ALONE WITH CHILDREN.

    Stress? If this is her reaction to the minimal amount of stress a teacher has to contend with, she absolutely should not be around children for any reason.

    I doubt she’d cut the hair of her own children…….

    LOL

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/PetiteTee/ PetiteTee

    She should be fired! No way would I want her around my kids..stress you say..imagine what else she is capable of. I would sue the teacher. African Americans hair does not grow back as fast as Caucasians. We do alot more to have it look nice and for busy children is difficult to keep it nice & neat! AND how do you REALLY explain all this to a child her age?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/jandrus/ jandrus

    that b***h needs the f**k beat out of her.i wish one of these motherf**kers would touch my child.i’d kill that b***h.that ain’t no excuse cracker motherf**ker.i’d punch that f**king white c**t in her face and break her motherf**king nose.you can believe that.she would not touch another child ever again.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/mandmore/ mandmore

    white and black teachers are always taking their frustrations out on the kids….it is her hair, she can touch it all she wants….she probably got offended because she was flipping it like the “white girls” do…and wanted to shut her down for a minute…thank God I am not the parent, just saying……

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/schottie_1/ schottie_1

    AGAIN I SAY I WOULD GO TO THE SCHOOL AND BEAT HER A** DOWN.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/TheMsmother/ TheMsmother

    NOSHEDIDNOTNOSHEDIDNOTNOSHEDIDNOTNOSHEDIDNOT NO SHE DID NOT!!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/ShawtiiSexxxiiThick/ ShawtiiSexxxiiThick

    That teacher better be glad I wasn’t that lil girl’s mom…. I woulda ripped handfuls of that b!tch’s hair out

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/I_Like_Thugz/ I_Like_Thugz

    you cant trust cops, you cant trust teachers, WTF is going on!

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/jhadan/ jhadan

    (See? read some of these comments, this is where these kids get all of their violent behavior from, their stupid racist parents.
    bj)

    Really, bj24681357… You have the nerve to post this! You’re on a black social site telling us that our children are violent because we are all violent, stupid and racist. Your choice of words identifies and condemns you as the racist piece of trash here. These repugnant views shows are the very ones that racist trash hold sacrosanct. Why don’t you just be gone!

    Oh and take all that plastic with you. You’re just another fake (and all plastic at that) pretending to hold it down on here. Undercover racist!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/jhadan/ jhadan

    Damn I’m so angry at you that I’m making mistakes in my post.

    This is what the earlier post should have said peepzguys…

    These repugnant views are the very ones that racist trash hold sacrosanct. Why don’t you just be gone!

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