discrimination

- Activism & Hue-man Rights
- News
November 18, 2016
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Rastafarians threaten to sue GES over students discrimination of dreadlocks

The Rastafari Council of Ghana has resolved to sue the Ministry of Education, the Ghana Education Service and the Mfantsiman Girls’ Senior High School for denying their wards admission due to their dreadlocks. They claim this follows the refusal of authorities...

- Activism & Hue-man Rights
- Nation Building Projects
September 28, 2016
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Court strikes Rastafari boy’s ban from school

PHILIPSBURG--The Court of First Instance on Friday ordered Foundation Catholic Education St. Maarten (FCES) to give young Rastafarian pupil Immanuel Marica access to Sister Regina Primary School in Simpson Bay, and to provide him with education, as of Monday. ...

September 22, 2016
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U.S. Court Rules Dreadlock Ban During Hiring Process is Legal

The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals recently ruled against a lawsuit filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission against Catastrophe Management Solutions, effectively ruling that refusing to hire someone because of their dreadlocks is legal. The l...

August 3, 2016
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Chinese Restaurant in Kenya Shut Down for ‘No Blacks’ Policy

When we were in Ethiopia, a few of our African family members invited us to visit Kenya. They said there were still "whites only" restaurants there. We couldn't believe that in 2016 in The Motherland, foreigners had the NERVE to discriminate against Africans...

May 14, 2015
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Rastafarian Blocked Entry to Daughters School Because of Turban

WSVN-TV - 7NEWS Miami Ft. Lauderdale News, Weather, Deco He is a Rastafarian who wears a turban to cover his dreadlocks, a South Florida husband and father who lives a normal life like most other people. But he is not always like everyone else because, he s...

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August 11, 2014
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Discrimination against Rastafarian children continues

The Rastafari Council has had to step in 11 times this year to force Eastern Cape schools to accept Rastafarian children. The latest case involves a six-year-old boy, who has been turned away by all the Afrikaans schools in King William's Town. School authorit...