Mom Fights For Son, 8, To Keep His Long Hair Despite Schools Rejecting Him

“Farouk hasn’t done anything wrong, and YOU REJECT HIM! He will say good bye to his friends as they all get accepted into the schools he so desperately wants to attend.”

Because of this, Bonnie has even started a petition on Change.org to outlaw hair prejudice in the United Kingdom.

“We’re getting a real team together and calling it the Mane Generation,” Bonnie said. “We’re going to fight this until these rules get changed. And it’s globally, not just domestically in the U.K.”

More than a quarter of a million people follow Farouk’s mom-managed Instagram account, which highlights the boy’s life as a fun-loving child model

However, they still get hateful feedback despite all the positive remarks they receive.

Bonnie said she got a lot of hate mail after appearing on the U.K.’s ‘This Morning’ to talk about the family’s search for a school that will welcome Farouk and his hair.

“This week is mental health week, so I’m surprised to be receiving lots of negative comments about Farouk’s hair,” Bonnie wrote in May last year.

“Farouk’s hair is a God given part of him and he will not be cutting it to appease anyone, just as he does not keep it long at my request either.”

According to Bonnie, several schools have policies against students wearing dreadlocks or braids because they are considered racist.

The mother vows to keep fighting for Farouk and other kids who face prejudice because they wish to show their ethnic identity through their hair.

In the year 2022, it is unacceptable for people who are entrusted to teach our children to reject a child because of the child’s hair. Farouk’s hair is a part of who he is. These regulations need to be outlawed.

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