A father in Michigan filed a $1m lawsuit against staff at his daughter’s school after the seven-year old biracial girl’s hair was cut without her parents’ permission.
The lawsuit filed on 14 September in federal court in Michigan, by Jimmy Hoffmeyer on behalf of his daughter Jurnee Hoffmeyer, names as defendants Mount Pleasant public schools, a librarian and a teacher’s assistant.
Among eight counts, the suit alleges the school violated the girl’s civil rights and racially and ethnically discriminated against her, reported MLive, a Michigan news outlet.
Hoffmeyer, who is Black, said his daughter’s hair was cut by a fellow student on a school bus in March. Hoffmeyer took his daughter to a hairdresser to correct the uneven chop. Days later, he said, nearly all his daughter’s hair had been cut, this time by school staff, who were white.
“I asked what happened and said, ‘I thought I told you no child should ever cut your hair,’” Hoffmeyer told the Associated Press. “She said, ‘But dad, it was the teacher.’ The teacher cut her hair to even it out.” …
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