[sayemthree]

A white Philadelphia police officer has been forced to do desk duty and cut his hair by his black superior after showing up for work with cornrows, traditionally a black hairdo. Thomas Strain, who has five years experience in his job, got taken to the inspector's office and was taken off the street on September 3rd, the day he got the cornrows in his hair.


Thomas Strain of Philadelphia's 35th District has declined to comment on the incident, but many of his colleagues are calling the action discriminatory. According to Philly.com, dozens of black police officers have cornrows. But Strain's superior Aaron Horne found the cornrows unprofessional.


Police policy states that officers' hair has to be "clean, properly trimmed and combed", so that they are able to wear their hats "in a military manner", according to police spokesman Frank Vanore. Police policy does not ban hairstyles such as cornrows, mohawks or dreadlocks, but police officers are not allowed to dye their hair in unnatural colors. Vanore did not see Strain's cornrows, but speculated that they may prevented him from wearing his hat properly.

[Koroush]

sounds equal to me.

Blacks like to whine about racism alot when they don't get things their way.

[TMNT]

Sounds like a professionalism matter to me.

Who the hell would take a white cop with cornrows seriously? I wouldn't even take a black cop with cornrows seriously....its a trend and fashion that lives amoung the young in the country. You rarely see full grown adults with that hairdo, ESPECIALLY professionals.

I'd have all cops regardless of race cut that shit off.

[yomama69]

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[Kensta335]

WTF? Forced to cut his hair? Can't he just remove the corn rolls?

[Blake]

reverse racism is still racism. i hate that double standard. i don't understand how black people can say or do blatantly racist things towards white people but it's not a big deal for them, but if a white person says one thing that can even be remotely interpreted as racist, suddenly it's a hate crime.

[dth656]

how can you be racist against the empowered majority? meh, cops suck regardless of race.

[darkphantom]

zzzzz

[Pink Taco]

Professionalism... period. Like stated I would not take a white officer with cornrows seriously. I'd probably laugh at him... but come on. having clean cut will lead you more respect.

[radix]

Originally Posted by dth656

how can you be racist against the empowered majority? meh, cops suck regardless of race.

You don't understand the meaning of the word racist.

[Inspired]

I also wondered why I never seen a copy with a turban. Is it banned?

[sokdo]

Reverse discrimination? Maybe the superior officer thought the white officer was mocking the black culture? Where is the article? This would be wonders for my socio class!


edit: nvm i just googled the entire paragraph and found it google ftw

[number335]

As long as the rule is consistent with all the officers it ain't racist homey.

[fdsasdasdf]

People scream "RACISM!!" whenever two people of two races disagree about something. I realllllly don't think that this is racism What cop has cornrows, anyway? Never seen one before.

[sokdo]

It wouldn't be racism if all cops were required to take off their cornrows but this issue is that there were black officers who had cornrows who weren't asked to remove them but a white officer was, which in my book is discrimination....

[sayemthree]

Originally Posted by Zell

People scream "RACISM!!" whenever two people of two races disagree about something. I realllllly don't think that this is racism What cop has cornrows, anyway? Never seen one before.

if you read the article you would see that african american cops in this same Dept are allowed to have them.

[Bimmer Nerd]

Not related to the topic:

I call some of my black friends "*****", they aren't offended because they are not anybody's slave anymore, those times are OVER. but racism on different level still does exist.

Like african americans are STILL considered minorities in this country.

[wakeboarder109]

Originally Posted by sokdo

It wouldn't be racism if all cops were required to take off their cornrows but this issue is that there were black officers who had cornrows who weren't asked to remove them but a white officer was, which in my book is discrimination....

[sayemthree]

Originally Posted by wakeboarder109

that is the point:

According to Philly.com, dozens of black police officers have cornrows. But Strain's superior Aaron Horne found the cornrows unprofessional.

[a burrito]

Discriminatory Racism. If one guy can't have cornrows, then the rest of the guys shouldn't be able to have cornrows. REGARDLESS of "what you usually see on x race."

[ruxp]

Originally Posted by sayemthree

if you read the article you would see that african american cops in this same Dept are allowed to have them.

WTF does that matter? What matters is whether or not African-Americans under the same supervisor are allowed to have them.

White Fox News watchers are seriously the Caucasian equivalents of Al Sharpton.

[blue2fire]

Who cares?

Even if they are a bit protective of themselves, you meet so few that it wouldn't matter. The bad natured and painfully rude attitude toward others just comes from centuries of being suppressed (regardless of whether the same attitudes apply today).