tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155133175831479740.post3690840585979774195..comments2024-02-16T04:05:23.512-05:00Comments on Rev-elution: Hampton University business school bans locs and cornrowsREV-elutionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08726120253716456109noreply@blogger.comBlogger63125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155133175831479740.post-92163474479389820692019-07-28T02:24:59.072-04:002019-07-28T02:24:59.072-04:00Good day! Do you know if they make any plugins to ...Good day! Do you know if they make any plugins to protect against hackers? I’m kinda paranoid about losing everything I’ve worked hard on. Any tips? <a href="https://resulttimes.com/" rel="nofollow">sslc result</a><br />Marketing (SEO)https://www.blogger.com/profile/15767316528269159964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155133175831479740.post-88012292555925744852019-04-17T06:01:32.226-04:002019-04-17T06:01:32.226-04:00Thanks for sharing such a great useful information...Thanks for sharing such a great useful information <a href="https://www.infconsulting.in" rel="nofollow">Management Consulting Services</a>.Management Consulting Serviceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11127502188981874239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155133175831479740.post-19465853125880067172014-12-04T14:08:15.971-05:002014-12-04T14:08:15.971-05:00What is hair got to do with getting an education? ...What is hair got to do with getting an education? Isn't money-money?First Lady Dudleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155133175831479740.post-69032671353591755002013-06-06T00:12:42.534-04:002013-06-06T00:12:42.534-04:00Are we still trying to assimilate? Did Hurricane K...Are we still trying to assimilate? Did Hurricane Katrina not teach us the value of a black soul? Has the prison-industrial complex given way to a new society with justice and equality for all people? Let's just give it another 100 years and maybe then our locs will be appropriate in "successful white America".Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06361355139962902118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155133175831479740.post-70955283498680133242013-05-22T10:48:37.064-04:002013-05-22T10:48:37.064-04:00A unique hairstyle is a specific indicator that so...A unique hairstyle is a specific indicator that someone has taken time and effort to establish a non-conformist attitude. It takes long to grow a nice set of braids or locs and when you look at someone that has them you can easily see the history and future of that person and how it relates to their heir.<br /><br />Ask yourself this question. Why would you hire someone that wasn't willing to put your business business before their hair? Why would you you hire someone whose priority of standards are so extraordinarily superficial they spent years bucking the trend to earn "the grand crown of hair length.?"<br /><br />By wearing your hair a certain way you make a statement about yourself and what you stand for. If you wear it messy and unkempt it says you are careless and lazy and that reflects upon you. If you wear it long and styled that says you spend too much time on superficial details and the reflects on you. If you wear your hair short and you take care of it... well you get the picture.<br /><br />Now cut off that damn hair and lets get down to business.Isiahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03520968395493270990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155133175831479740.post-28042412389319056782013-05-22T10:48:03.345-04:002013-05-22T10:48:03.345-04:00A unique hairstyle is a specific indicator that so...A unique hairstyle is a specific indicator that someone has taken time and effort to establish a non-conformist attitude. It takes long to grow a nice set of braids or locs and when you look at someone that has them you can easily see the history and future of that person and how it relates to their heir.<br /><br />Ask yourself this question. Why would you hire someone that wasn't willing to put your business business before their hair? Why would you you hire someone whose priority of standards are so extraordinarily superficial they spent years bucking the trend to earn "the grand crown of hair length.?"<br /><br />By wearing your hair a certain way you make a statement about yourself and what you stand for. If you wear it messy and unkempt it says you are careless and lazy and that reflects upon you. If you wear it long and styled that says you spend too much time on superficial details and the reflects on you. If you wear your hair short and you take care of it... well you get the picture.<br /><br />Now cut off that damn hair and lets get down to business.Isiahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03520968395493270990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155133175831479740.post-83663482064902953782013-01-07T18:32:28.746-05:002013-01-07T18:32:28.746-05:00Anyone who looks at a beautiful head of cornrows a...Anyone who looks at a beautiful head of cornrows and sees something negative is not someone I would want to work for. Period. What you suggest is that black men and women buckle down and start up a healthy neurosis (conflict between interior and exterior self) in order to make hiring easier for someone who has a perception problem. I think that that is terrible advice.<br><br>And I certainly don't think that any organization that puts itself forward as a place of education should be encouraging negative stereotyping. Period.Dorothy Potter Snyderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15437027506822572629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155133175831479740.post-3365154329048836932012-11-18T13:01:49.421-05:002012-11-18T13:01:49.421-05:00As though there are not enough comments on this. ...As though there are not enough comments on this. I am appalled and insulted. It is "we" who keep oppressing ourselves! I am a sister with locs, who made a conscious decision to chop my perm in college in 2000--12 years ago! I started off in corporate america successfully with a low fro, and later locs. I love my hair and will NEVER perm my hair again. I had a sad dialogue with a sister who has, like Hampton U, internalized the perceived racism towards black hair. It is her lack of confidence in her natural beauty that most saddens me. Commercialism and pop culture continues to deny true black beauty in all its ranges, and we continue to let ourselves be stifled. It is a falsehood that employers denigrate natural hair. It is absolutely unfounded. White people (if that's who we're concerned with) don't even understand black hair no matter what. They often find it mesmerizingly beautiful when we wear our hair naturally. They are confused either way, so it truly does not matter. what matters is confidence and competence--and NO RELAXER CAN GIVE YOU COMPETENCE!!! Hampton is perpetuating a dangerous myth and WORSE penalizing students who have enough sense of self and authenticity to love their natural beauty. Sigh. BY THE WAY, I worked for a private equity (Jalia Ventures, venture capital) fund this summer as an intern. The fund CEO/manager, a black woman, feels comfertable enough in her skin to wear her hair natural as she pleases and HIRE people like me who rock fros and locs!!! Let's get it together. conformity does not equal leadership, which is ultimately what business school should be instilling. Peace. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155133175831479740.post-30591871654606272042012-10-29T07:14:32.371-04:002012-10-29T07:14:32.371-04:00To compete internationally with our oppressor, or ...To compete internationally with our oppressor, or to be acknowledged universally by our family¿Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155133175831479740.post-20885709027732020462012-09-03T21:47:27.251-04:002012-09-03T21:47:27.251-04:00You may be missing an important point. First you h...You may be missing an important point. First you have to GET the job. Moreover, this is NOT a "One size fits all" deal. May I suggest it's rarely an ADVANTAGE to present yourself as having a different appearance or agenda than other candidates for a job. If you happen on such a circumstance, great! If you don't, your light has to shine a bit brighter than that of some one else competing the same job. It's up to you to accept someone's coaching and suggestions as to what's best, but let me say someone who is concerned about the whole first impression issue may have an advantage.<br /><br />B Schools what their graduates to succeed: it reflects well on the graduate and the school when they do. A student can follow the school's advice, or not. The market will decide if the advice matters.<br /><br />Once one has a resume that can cite accomplishments it's an easier sell, but if I were a hiring authority considering freshly minted MBA's I may let something like apparent social agenda affect my decision making. As I mentioned elsewhere,a wrong hire is an expensive mistake, and I'd rather reject a qualified one than hire someone who can't do the job. The honest fact is, I never had a position to fill that would be satisfied with a fresh MBA, so I am not arguing from a position of strength. I have, however, hired people holding that ticket with some years of experience, and to the best of my memory at least candidates I saw presented a professional appearance. I don't remember locs (dreaded or not) being an issue.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155133175831479740.post-41085873440230315182012-09-03T09:33:00.384-04:002012-09-03T09:33:00.384-04:00You have an amazing blog! More power to you!You have an amazing blog! More power to you!Portland SEOhttp://www.bizsuccesscenter.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155133175831479740.post-50738377307562566872012-08-30T01:50:56.304-04:002012-08-30T01:50:56.304-04:00Amazing post.. i can study so many things from thi...Amazing post.. i can study so many things from this post & your comments.. Thanks for sharing.Timesbusiness schoolhttp://timesacademy.co.in/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155133175831479740.post-89363483570498611652012-08-25T19:32:47.869-04:002012-08-25T19:32:47.869-04:00Like it or not, companies are not hiring ANYONE wi...Like it or not, companies are not hiring ANYONE with a social agenda. They only hire ambitious people with a business agenda. So, if you love your locks, braids, tatts, piercings, etc..., establish your own business and run it any way you like. The world wont change for you, you have to make the change to get what they have that you want. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155133175831479740.post-79132647075716248242012-08-25T19:25:18.693-04:002012-08-25T19:25:18.693-04:00As a former banking professional with locks, a gra...As a former banking professional with locks, a graduate of banks leadership development program, I have had conversations regarding my hair being a potential obstacle to my career advancement. I respectfully declined to cut my hair and shifted the conversation to my performance and what I brought to the table. I received multiples promotions and even sat on round table conferences with senior executives without feeling that my hairstyle was an issue. I must say there is much more to professional presence than an individual’s hairstyle. Diversity is not only about having someone of a difference race or ethnicity on your team, but leveraging all aspects of who they are to the advantage of the organization. I believe the University should focus on professional presence as a whole rather than just the issue of hair style. Whether we have locks or not, the potential for discrimination will always be there. The University needs to make this clear to their students and allow them to make their own decisions about issue like hairstyle. The University approach is completely misguided. By the way, doesn’t Ben Bernanke have facial hair? I was once told that could be an obstacle to advancement as well. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155133175831479740.post-69296530602982084402012-08-25T09:58:59.219-04:002012-08-25T09:58:59.219-04:00The issues at hand is society never expected black...The issues at hand is society never expected black folks to make it as a succesful and educated race. This post is not targeted at the whole of society rather the large majority that focuses on putting people in boxes and unable to identify the different qualities in individuals. We black folks are being told "you've been through so much" or "you're so beutiful" these things are often said in hopes to minimize the black individual while attempting to inforce yet another limitation. The natural hair is not accepted and makes me sad to see such a regression in the thought process of so many individuals. The black community poses a threat and are yet again being forced into unacceptable expectation and that's is still racism in my book...just saying.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155133175831479740.post-75533179765801645462012-08-25T07:00:43.561-04:002012-08-25T07:00:43.561-04:00Wowwww! As a black male with an 12 year old daught...Wowwww! As a black male with an 12 year old daughter, it pisses me off that I have to tell her to keep getting a relaxer until all of your naturally beautiful hair is burned to the scalp. She received her first relaxer at five years old. It hurt me to see those chemicals in her hair, but her mom said this is what society expects. Crazy thing is my daughters mom has been growing her locs for 2 years now. My sister has been growing locs for 15 years and my girlfriend who is a recent graduate of Howard University has been growing her locs for over 10 years. And for the record, my girlfriend has her doctorate degree in education. The point I am trying to make is what do I tell my daughter about her hair? I do know that I will tell her not to attend Hampton University....Love Locsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155133175831479740.post-78390853034903235942012-08-25T04:46:41.047-04:002012-08-25T04:46:41.047-04:00A person with locs can wear a business suit too an...A person with locs can wear a business suit too and look professional. Male or female can have cornrow braids or twisted natural and still work in a business environment. Many successful brilliant black women have natural hair, some are even from Africa. Hair does not define the way you behave. A person can have low cut hair wearing an Armani suit and not have any class whatsoever business or otherwise. We need to know how to look deeper and see the mind and a person's abilities.<br /><br />I love to see well groom ethnic looks, wonderful diversity and individuality in a business environment. Hampton needs to change that policy and antiquated way of thinking. Go visit some of the young billion dollar corporations like Google, Facebook and several other companies and you would throw all those antiquated rules out the window except good honest, hard, intelligent dedicated workers. <br /><br />Hampton go order some new business books. Some of us have always been our worst enemies. Our people were made to feel inferior about everything that we have that is also very beautiful. I am so happy that the young people are going back to natural hair. We need to stop killing ourselves with chemicals and messing up our beautiful God given hair and skin color. We should embrace who we are with pride. Hair does not define who we are – we are a beautiful group of people with all types of hair and hair styles – from braids and locs to straight and curly. Just be the best that You can be in the world - in and out of the office.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155133175831479740.post-90661049673351402802012-08-25T00:13:02.054-04:002012-08-25T00:13:02.054-04:00I'm going to keep this simple. As an entrepren...I'm going to keep this simple. As an entrepreneur and someone close to employment into a federal agency the context in which this rule was presented is careless and offensive to those who do have the subjective 'extreme hairdo.' I guarantee you as someone who has my foot in the entertainment industry and in the corporate world, the common denominator has always been presentation. Generally, companies have an autonomous stance on what they view as professional dress and grooming. Rules and guidelines on the subject differ from one to the next.<br /><br />I say if they are going to enforce such a rule at this institution then they need to make it clear that this is none more than a generalized stance on successful access into the corporate world as a whole, not just black-owned and operated businesses. There are organizations that look for all-around professionalism in prospects in comparison to noticing a certain hairdo. Corn-rows, box braids, twists, locs, afros have been worn by many a professional and entrepreneur (in certain industries) throughout the course of history. Have many others played it 'safe' to avoid a setback? yes but we would be fools to deny the successes of those who 'didn't.'Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13849627162399336431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155133175831479740.post-35172959263169510192012-08-25T00:04:58.007-04:002012-08-25T00:04:58.007-04:00Just one more reason why you/me/us need to create ...Just one more reason why you/me/us need to create our own jobs locx on a women beautiful, they shold ban perms how the hell can you tell someone to change how there hair grows...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155133175831479740.post-3661011088740876852012-08-25T00:01:44.653-04:002012-08-25T00:01:44.653-04:00To all of you "Afrocentric" Christians a...To all of you "Afrocentric" Christians and Muslims, you all are hypocrites. Christianity and Islam were forced on blacks by white settlers from Northern Africa, Europe, and the Middle East. My ancestors had their own religions before they were sold to the white man in slavery, they had their own Gods and faiths that have since been destroyed and forgotten.<br /><br />You eat up the white man's religion just like he wants you to. He destroyed your ancestors myths and legends, stories, and religions. And they gave us their white saviour. Bullshit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155133175831479740.post-60014311744914949312012-08-24T22:28:44.150-04:002012-08-24T22:28:44.150-04:00I'm hearing echoes of conversations with a whi...I'm hearing echoes of conversations with a white female friend who had a successful corporate career and described her morning routine as "putting on the uniform" and "putting on my game face." Without attempting to make any comment on Hampton's rigid posture, since I'm an outsider, I can only say that white women have been recasting themselves for the corporate game for a long time. It seems like anyone perceived as "from the outside" has to do this ... and then will become an outsider in both the new world and their original group. LadyBehindTheMasknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155133175831479740.post-56405774554156075192012-08-24T20:59:43.284-04:002012-08-24T20:59:43.284-04:00The "leadership" at most HBCUs has alway...The "leadership" at most HBCUs has always had a problem with the thinking, attitude and dress of the students. The students of the civil rights era were shunned by admin because they were active in the streets against second class citizenship. Today HBCU students who wear their hair in it's natural state are unemcumbered with the sense of self hatred related to African hair. To ban locs and fros is to say very loudly that the Hampton SOB (school of business) still believe in the myth of African inferiority and the superiority of the European Business world. Like the brother said, "elders, we love you but get out of the way!". HAPPY 2BNAPPYAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05402553782614055092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155133175831479740.post-53020830208467089482012-08-24T20:50:53.309-04:002012-08-24T20:50:53.309-04:00Excellent!!!! I could not have said it better!Excellent!!!! I could not have said it better!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155133175831479740.post-27740323792547137182012-08-24T19:18:05.267-04:002012-08-24T19:18:05.267-04:00Not sure why this is even a disscusion! With this... Not sure why this is even a disscusion! With this type of idiocracy, HBCU's will soon be irrelevant so this may soon be irrelevant. Let's stop the race card..there is a reason its called corporate "America" and not white or black America. Perhaps if we stopped following hip hop as a religion then maybe we could stop making such superficial discussions like this relevant. Grow up, its the American way!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155133175831479740.post-80718504176792165502012-08-24T18:36:02.381-04:002012-08-24T18:36:02.381-04:00Simply choose the school and program that meets yo...Simply choose the school and program that meets your objectives. Is it training for a career? If so a B school with a good placement record for its graduates is the right choice, placement successes suggest its training is spot on. Most know how many offers on average a graduate got. For that matter, that would be a good question to ask no matter what career path you're considering. <br /><br />I was happy to see NCCU work at making its students present themselves better. Others may feel it infringes on the students' right of self expression. If someone's 'self expression' places that person at a disadvantage it reflects most directly on the individual and secondarily on the institution he came from. <br /><br />Loc is a form of self expression. If extremely done IN THE EYES OF THE HIRING AUTHORITY it places that person at a disadvantage. It's as simple as that. <br /><br />Look, at least for me a major purpose of going on a job interview was to get an offer so that I got to make a yes or no decision and with an offer in hand it opened the door to ask other questions about the opportunity. <br /><br />Others may have a different objective, but if your objective is to have a position offered to you don't shoot yourself in the foot by offering a self image inconsistent with that of the target company. <br /> <br />It's not about being black or white, but about demonstrating you'd be a good fit. the company in general is NOT going to bend to your whims unless you're exceptional (in the eyes of the decision maker). <br /><br /><br /><br />If you choose to present yourself differently you're placing yourself at a disadvantage. If your 'presentation' is that important to you you'll have to find a company that is in sync with your values. <br /><br />Good luck in any event.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com