She was sent home for breaching the school's uniform policy which stated 'Afro style hair must be of reasonable size and length', something Kate said made no sense - and has since been backed up by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). Instead of being able to prepare for her GCSEs, every time she would walk into school with her hair out she was worried she would get sent home. She was told by teachers that her hair was 'obstructing' the view of others and was distracting. In year 10, back in 2016, she started getting sent home due to her hair. Ruby, attended school in Hackney and for many years there were no issues between the school and herself. Kate and Lenny Williams have first-hand experience with hair discrimination as it affected their daughter Ruby when she was 14. Parents of a girl who was sent home repeatedly for her Afro hair said hair discrimination is unfairly targeting Black children.
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