Blue Hair in the Bible Belt...
by : Kaida Emery
posted : 08/21/2006
Most everyone knows of me where I live. In the small townish area that I currently exist, a girl walking around with blue hair gains as much attention as an explosion would.
I’m asked all the time why I did it, so I thought I'd share.
I’m 23, I am married and I have a family. I go to church, school and work. I do all of this, with blue hair. I’m often stared at, and sometimes laughed at, but each month I return to have my hair re-dyed. There is a message to it.
When I realized how much I could make the uptight religious and prejudice people around here squirm, I found the reason for the act. So now I ask those who stare, what does it matter if I have blue hair, black skin, Hispanic origin or any other difference. It has become who I am, fully intertwined in my life.
Recently, my daughter asked me to dye her hair. Though she is only 3, I intend on letting her in a few years. What will the schools say? I dont care.
Dying your hair is just like any other act of individuality. Whether you express yourself with dye, makeup, jewelry or clothes, these things become a part of who you are.
And yet the school system is denying our children these rights. At an age where fear of repercussion is small, we are allowing the system to impress upon our young people that you must conform to normality to be taken seriously. They are silencing their free speech.
Now, there are many alive today (older generations) who still believe that children have no rights. Well, think about this...
Those "children" are having to grow up quick today. Many have little if any childhood. They not only understand more than we think they might, but they are the future of the country.
Why is the system so afraid of change that they must stifle the emotional and intellectual growth of future generations?
To this end...
I respect you young people who have the courage to be different. I encourage you to stay that way into adulthood.
I also encourage you all to pursue change!
Dye your hair, wear your shirts (the ones the school hates, especially the confederate flag one...) and take care of each other.
Change can be accomplished without hate, but often times it won’t be. Just be sure that you are not the one hating...there is no room for that within the leaders of the new American Revolution.
*~ Kaida~*
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