No Cornrows or Dreds for Business Students @ Hampton


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AAMU Alum said:
Co-sign.

I think that we sometimes allow our young people to do things that might be detrimental to them professionally and socially...all in the name of "self expression."

Get your foot in the door first. After that, you will be able to express yourself as much as you wish.:shame: :shame: :shame: :shame: :shame: :shame: :shame: :shame:




This reminds me of another discussion we had on here some years ago, about the young lady who wasn't allowed to participate in an Alpha Kappa Alpha debutante ball because she wanted to wear dreads/cornrows.
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I respect your opinion !
 
gramuntildeath said:
Well I guess this is where people are going to say "Oh here he goes again" , and your right..... I must admit that this IS FUGGED UP!!!!! I have been growing dread for about a year and three months and WON'T be cutting them off for NOBODY but myself. Hell, some of you may have heard me mention that after this school year I would be moving to Atlanta and looking for another job is something that I am going to have to prepare for. But I can tell you this I am not cutting my hair for nobody now the dress code thing does not matter because I like to dress up and down depending on the job .... But again somebody asking me to cut my DREADS to work for them is not an OPTION!!!!!! Some of you may say that is silly but this is my BELIEF and I am not changing it for anyone until I am ready..... I don't give a FUGG how much money you offer me to come and work for your company. If I came here looking for a job I might be leaving looking for one... I am going to be me no matter what folks think or say........ Hampton is wrong for this and I know alot of kids on the east coast are wearing this hair style..... I sure hate it but I would not be in that program....:confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :tdown: :tdown: :tdown: :tdown: :tdown: :tdown: :angry: :angry: :angry: :angry: :angry: :angry:
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When you make that move to the ATL, do not apply for anything in Marketing/Sales/Account Management or any other field that will require you to go out and service the customer in person.
 



cat daddy said:
When you make that move to the ATL, do not apply for anything in Marketing/Sales/Account Management or any other field that will require you to go out and service the customer in person.
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I agree... he'd probably cuss someone out. Dreadlocks or not.
 
cat daddy said:
When you make that move to the ATL, do not apply for anything in Marketing/Sales/Account Management or any other field that will require you to go out and service the customer in person.
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This is so true...like I said I just wrote a dude a letter stating that we can't hire him...not because he was not qualified but because of appearance....hard but fair....sad but true.
 
Dr. Sweet NUPE said:
This is so true...like I said I just wrote a dude a letter stating that we can't hire him...not because he was not qualified but because of appearance....hard but fair....sad but true.
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Was he given the option of changing his appearance?
 
Dr. Sweet NUPE said:
This is so true...like I said I just wrote a dude a letter stating that we can't hire him...not because he was not qualified but because of appearance....hard but fair....sad but true.
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That could be considered discrimination.... not for you but the company :confused:
 
UAPB '97 said:
Was he given the option of changing his appearance?
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Man are you crazy...man that got law suit written all over it. The issue is, the President of the company saw the corn rolls and was like no. I need someone who is clean cut. Some fields of work, personal appearance is 90% of the job.

Like I have both of my ears pierced...do I wear my ear rings to work...NO....if you have noticed I have some glasses with blue lenses...do I wear them to work..NO...I wear my profesisonal glasses. Appearance is the key...Presentation has killed people.
 
On one hand its good preparation and appropriate for the major. Now on the other hand, it seems a lil too extreme because as said, college is a time for you to express yourself. So if someone doesn't like it, leave the program.
 
Dr. Sweet NUPE said:
Man are you crazy...man that got law suit written all over it. The issue is, the President of the company saw the corn rolls and was like no. I need someone who is clean cut. Some fields of work, personal appearance is 90% of the job.

Like I have both of my ears pierced...do I wear my ear rings to work...NO....if you have noticed I have some glasses with blue lenses...do I wear them to work..NO...I wear my profesisonal glasses. Appearance is the key...Presentation has killed people.
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That's the answer I was looking for..... That is why I support HIU's decision to implement this dress code for business students. When they leave school and interview for positions (or during school for internships), they won't get a second chance to clean up their style. They will be just like ol' boy, unhired.
 
UAPB '97 said:
That's the answer I was looking for..... That is why I support HIU's decision to implement this dress code for business students. When they leave school and interview for positions (or during school for internships), they won't get a second chance to clean up their style. They will be just like ol' boy, unhired.
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Exactly!!!
 
cat daddy said:
When you make that move to the ATL, do not apply for anything in Marketing/Sales/Account Management or any other field that will require you to go out and service the customer in person.
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I won't these field are not something I am interested in........
 



I require my students to dress conservatively to court. Men cannot wear earrings. They cannot have their tongue earrings in :rolleyes: , because I don't give a rat's ass what you say, you lisp when you have your tongue pierce and I will not have Elmer Fudd addressing the court.

If they are wearing braids, dreds, etc. they have to pull their hair back tightly in a bun. If that makes a guy look like a punk, so be it, he can't have his hair long and flowing in my class when we are in court.

No outlandish makeup, no plunging necklines, no skirts up your ass, no stillettos (one girl had some shiny Joan Crawford come phugg me pumps one time :shame: ), no big earrings, no sandals, no beads, no shear fabric, no no no no no "club" attire. They have to wear APPROPRIATE business attire to court and they cannot come to class dress like a rapper or like they are going fishing either.


This is a professional school, they will dress appropriately, or they can drop before the deadline. I too applaud Hampton's dress code. :bowdown:
 
Seeing Spots said:
I require my students to dress conservatively to court. Men cannot wear earrings. They cannot have their tongue earrings in :rolleyes: , because I don't give a rat's ass what you say, you lisp when you have your tongue pierce and I will not have Elmer Fudd addressing the court.

If they are wearing braids, dreds, etc. they have to pull their hair back tightly in a bun. If that makes a guy look like a punk, so be it, he can't have his hair long and flowing in my class when we are in court.

No outlandish makeup, no plunging necklines, no skirts up your ass, no stillettos (one girl had some shiny Joan Crawford come phugg me pumps one time :shame: ), no big earrings, no sandals, no beads, no shear fabric, no no no no no "club" attire. They have to wear APPROPRIATE business attire to court and they cannot come to class dress like a rapper or like they are going fishing either.


This is a professional school, they will dress appropriately, or they can drop before the deadline. I too applaud Hampton's dress code. :bowdown:
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...but they don't have to CUT their dreads and braids, though, right? This is not about the DRESS code...it is about the HAIR.
 
jag4life said:
I agree... he'd probably cuss someone out. Dreadlocks or not.
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Come on jag4life give me a little bit of credit I do know how to conduct myself in a professioanl manner when the time is appropaite. Now don't get me wrong if someone approached me with that issues then they should be ready for my reply.... I would simply tell them that " I decline to take the position and my reasoning for it". hey who knows they may call me back and hire me despite this..... Look at what I can do for the company not how my hair is done........ GUD opinion though!!!!!!!!!!

Some of you act as if I am this Ghetto Penitentiary Guy!!!!!! :shame: :shame:
 
Dr. Sweet NUPE said:
Man are you crazy...man that got law suit written all over it. The issue is, the President of the company saw the corn rolls and was like no. I need someone who is clean cut. Some fields of work, personal appearance is 90% of the job.

Like I have both of my ears pierced...do I wear my ear rings to work...NO....if you have noticed I have some glasses with blue lenses...do I wear them to work..NO...I wear my profesisonal glasses. Appearance is the key...Presentation has killed people.
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I had issues about my dress when i first started in the professional world, however, before I started I went a dropped a chunk @ Dilliard's for 'Dress' attire, a week after i started the 'dress' attire was only for church or customer meetings, I wear just about anything i want to work, but recently i have deemed Tuesday, my dress up day, and i turn too many heads, b/c they all be like, do you have an interview today, what can we do to make you happy........ I have a co-worker that I have only seen dressed 2 times in the last five years, he wear the same jeans everyday, maybe not the same pair but the same style and color, i'm saying that to say this, if they don't grow they might fall into a 'mode' now all of you when you went to college you had your freedoms and now that you are professionals you know how to act, dress whatever, they got to learn all that and not be forced is all i'm saying...
 
I have mixed emotions, on this one...I'm in the corporate america, business professional arena, so I do understand their agenda. I just don't know if FORCING college students to change their hair styles, is the correct way to approach it.

Just as Seeing Spots posted above, there are ways to make your hair neat and presentable, w/o forcing a person to change who they are. Someone else posted that it may be a part of their culture...so, just b/c someone may be Jamaican, Caribbean, African or whatever, they shouldn't be allowed in this elite school of business, and stay true to themselves, while in the process?

Maybe I'm not grasping something, but I have a slight problem, with this ruling.
 
jag4life said:
...but they don't have to CUT their dreads and braids, though, right? This is not about the DRESS code...it is about the HAIR.
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Hair is apart of the DRESS CODE. A dress code is about more than CLOTHING. You have dress codes at schools that address what they wear and the hair and even jewelry. I laughed when I read my son's school's dress code because they are limited to wearing only 3 rings on their fingers, EXCEPT for CHAMPIONSHIP RINGS! He attends Southern University Laboratory School where having championship rings is the NORM! :swink:

I don't make them cut their dreds, but I tell them that some judges are put off by dreds, so pull them back when you are before that judge. When I starting practicing, some judges didn't want women to wear pantsuits, only skirts. Some still feel that way, and when I go to their courts I never wear pants.

You are a different person when you are at work and you should dress differently. Also, we represent poor people and the Black community embraces lawyers as leaders and I dress my ass off because I want my clients to be proud that they have lawyer LOOKING good and TALKING good for them. It's all about the IMAGE OF POWER you are portraying. You can't do that when you are dressed fad-ish. It is part of professionalism and it is required at Southern University Law Center, ESPECIALLY in Professor Nash's class. Right, JSTUS? :D
 
Warndalyn said:
I have mixed emotions, on this one...I'm in the corporate america, business professional arena, so I do understand their agenda. I just don't know if FORCING college students to change their hair styles, is the correct way to approach it.

Just as Seeing Spots posted above, there are ways to make your hair neat and presentable, w/o forcing a person to change who they are. Someone else posted that it may be a part of their culture...so, just b/c someone may be Jamaican, Caribbean, African or whatever, they shouldn't be allowed in this elite school of business, and stay true to themselves, while in the process?
Maybe I'm not grasping something, but I have a slight problem, with this ruling.
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Exactly! :nod:
 
Seeing Spots said:
I don't make them cut their dreds, but I tell them that some judges are put off by dreds, so pull them back when you are before that judge.
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Right... but no requirement to cut them off.
 
jag4life said:
Right... but no requirement to cut them off.
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Right :tup:

I do make them take the guys take their earrings out and I made one female student take ALL 20 of hers out of her ears. And not TONGUE RINGS EVER! :slap:
 
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