What’s really anti-Black? The bonnet ban debate keeps getting bigger as Nikole Hannah-Jones and more weigh in | Kay Wicker

The Tuskegee dress code debate is growing beyond bonnets and du-rags. Nikole Hannah-Jones and others are now asking bigger questions about class, anti-Blackness, Black hair and HBCUs.

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Educators, alumni, students and social media users are weighing in after Tuskegee University unveiled a dress code banning bonnets, du-rags, pajamas and more in campus spaces.

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Tuskegee University students face new rules for what they wear, how they use their phones, and class attendance.

Now, people want to know where professional preparation ends and respectability politics begin.

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Catch Howard University President Emeritus Dr. Wayne A. I. Frederick on WHUR 96.3, Howard University Radio, throughout this afternoon to hear more about the University’s student enrollment concerns.

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