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No mullets, no mohawks, no ‘awkwardly contrasting colours’: what are school policies on hair and why do they matter so much?

By Kayla Mildren, PhD Candidate in the politics of school uniform policies, Griffith University

After yet another student is banned for having the “wrong” type of hair at school, new research shows this is part of a wider pattern to enforce norms around gender, class and race.

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