All-Star Hairgate 2015 - Mom Upset Daughter Is Off The Team Because She Wont Straighten Hair For Competitions

[rdavis4]

I wish I knew how to attach a picture; WE facebook page just addressed this.

 

[SarahS]

 

[mamabear]

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[DaniV]

 

[FamousxMindset]

There are three sides to every story including this one. Hair is a VERY controversial in the black community and is something that many feel very strong about (assuming the girl is black).

 

[DaniV]

There are three sides to every story including this one. Hair is a VERY controversial in the black community and is something that many feel very strong about (assuming the girl is black).

She's not but she is bi-racial. I think one of the news articles stated that her father is Mexican? I could be wrong, I'm just going off memory.

 

[coach12]

Well there you go....now we have both sides of the story.
I am so sorry Woodlands had to go through this and have to deal with all this negative publicity.
This mom is obviously unstable. Unfortunately nowadays the media loves this kind of stuff so i'm sure as soon as she went to the press they jumped on it.

 

[FamousxMindset]

Uniformity wasn't an issue when Whitney Love modified her team's hairstyle to make it work for her when was with Kentucky Elite and she was highlighted throughout that entire routine . This athlete wasn't a threat for uniformity she was actually praised for her uniqueness. (insert picture of topgun girl from their international team last year i still cant navigate the entire picture posting thing)

 

[Tator tots]

Mom is crazy, delusional and it seems to be quite a PITA. Just waiting on the lawsuit I'm sure she'll bring. WE probably lawyered up by now just waiting for it.

 

[Official OWECheer]

You are da real MVP on that message board... some of those moms annoys the poo out of me. (I'm censoring myself.)

"I'm glad that my daughter is an athlete and not a cheerleader!" Get out of here with that mess. Ignoramus.

 

[cheernerd5678]

Uniformity wasn't an issue when Whitney Love modified her team's hairstyle to make it work for her when was with Kentucky Elite and she was highlighted throughout that entire routine . This athlete wasn't a threat for uniformity she was actually praised for her uniqueness.

Those were different gyms. What's allowed at one gym isn't necessarily allowed at others.


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[cheertired]

People picked the story up too. Thank you Woodlands Elite for handling this situation with class.

 

[FamousxMindset]

Those were different gyms. What's allowed at one gym isn't necessarily allowed at others.


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I get that completely, but I was talking about the argument for uniformity and whats considered distracting?

 

[Official OWECheer]

Here's another stupid comment I saw from a lady named Stephanie Tufano Bond:

"I find it even more disturbing and a LOT creepy that a man would want to be in charge of a teenage and younger girls cheerleading squad, and have such an interest in their hair and make up. Ew."

A mom is furious that her 11-year-old daughter was kicked off the cheerleading team because of hair. | Fashion & Beauty | Someecards

But WE'RE the closed-minded ones... sure.

 

[randomactsofcheer]

She's not but she is bi-racial. I think one of the news articles stated that her father is Mexican? I could be wrong, I'm just going off memory.

I think it said her father is half Mexican. Or her mother is half Mexican. The daughter is 1/4 Mexican. Not that I think her ethnicity has anything to do with this.

Randomactsofcheer breakdown of events:

Mother becomes irate when the gym suggests a compromise instead of immediately saying "Yes" to her special snowflake having the most specialist, super power hair at competitions.

Mother becomes belligerent when asked to leave. The police are called. Mother leaves before police arrive but the damage is done. Daughter is removed from the team.

Mother seeks revenge by reporting her "story" to the media that her daughter was kicked off the team for having curly hair. Mother says she will look for another gym for daughter.

Story gets picked up by national news. Headlines of more reputable news sources are now "Girls is kicked off cheer team for refusing to straighten her hair." Mother tries to find daughter new cheer gym but no one will return her phone calls.

Mother realizes that putting the spotlight on her daughter at this angle may have not been the best idea. Now she is reporting that it wasn't just her daughter, that two other girls had the same problem. And now the race/ethnicity angle is brought in. Mother also begins to tell reporters that her daughter may never go back to cheer and that she is now looking into finding classes for her at local gymnastics gyms so she can still tumble.

Next will be the mother crying on camera because no gyms will accept her daughter for who she is.

The end.