“Mr Justice Collins, sitting in London, ruled that the hair policy was not unlawful in itself, ‘but if it is applied without any possibility of exception, such as G, then it is unlawful’. … The judge emphasised that the school’s ‘short back and sides’ hair policy was perfectly permissible and lawful, but exceptions had to be made on ethnic and cultural grounds.”

this is discrimination on so many levels, and the Judge’s partial ruling just adds up to it. On the one hand, it is clearly the case of racial discrimination. On the other hand, by allowing for “short back and sides” hairstyles only, except for some special cases based on their background, this is a type of discrimination on other levels as well. First, it is a type of gender discrimination, since there are no schools in which female students are asked to have short hairstyles. Second, it is a discrimination towards those who do not fall under “exception conditions”, and who simply wish to have a non-short hairstyle. Such standards are deeply disturbing taking into consideration we’re in 2011, damnit.