[ThrillSeeker]

Bottom line is discrimination "ONLY" applies to things you do "NOT" have a choice in such as skin color, voice, age and so on. Now if it was not in there policy and they sayed what they did then it may be discrimination but this is not the case.

[Jonathan]

From a legal job discrimination status, you are pretty much correct. One exception is religious choice which is protected under the law, but obviously that isn't really relevant here.

[Chris]

...if you were to drug test 10 people with dreads, Over half of them would not pass.

If you were to drug test 10 random people, there is a good chance that half of them would fail with weed in their system. More people smoke than you want to believe... not just people with dreads. It wouldn't surprise me if you tested 10 random people and 10 people with dreads, the results would be the exact same.

EDIT: And this is coming from someone who doesn't smoke.

[coasterbruh]

^ it wouldnt suprise me if the dreds had LESS people who popped on the drug test than the "normies"...

From a legal job discrimination status, you are pretty much correct. One exception is religious choice which is protected under the law, but obviously that isn't really relevant here.

unless the hair is a result of religious practice...

[Davidtmp]

Interesting comments from Jarvis, and pretty much right. Although from the pics, I thought you had your hair braided. There is a "neat style" and a "not neat" style. Jarvis, your style looks more like the neat, and probably Arizona's WR Fitzgerald has some neat dreads(why a football player wears those is beyond me). I've seen some white chics with dreads and they looked awful. To me, it is how you wear your hair and all. Does CF need to update their policies, probably so. But how do you differentiate when someone doesn't look so "neat and semi professional", when your image is on the line all the time.
I just think this chick is looking for money. Just because she went to college doesn't guarentee her a job at Carowinds. They had so many applicants this year due to the economy. Not everyone was hired.

[ParkPro]

Here's the deal, guys. The story's on WCNC's baseline was that Carowinds racially discriminates because "dreadlocks are a predominately african american hairstyle." And we all know what the truth is. More than a majority of employees there are african american, so the issue is clearly closed.

On the view of dreadlocks--I hate to say that I think this is a case where a few bad apples spoil the bunch. I've seen some very nice, neat, and...here I go...SEXY dreadlocks on many people; HOWEVER, I have also seen some absolutely disgusting displays of unkept rats' nests otherwise given the name "dreds" and THAT is the very reason I say CF has the right to stick to their guns.

Yea...so they could say "Neatly cropped dredlocks...blah blah" but then that determines what is neat and what is not, and what is the style really trying to portray, etc. And the complaints would continue to build, so it's just easier to say...NA, lets just say no extreme or faddish hairstyles and throw dreds in there in addition to mohawks and partially shaven heads and goatees.

Sweet.

[RRRAPIDS]

Dude get over yourself. I never you said crap. You know exactly what you ment when you insinuated (but wanna say you didn't want to insinuate) so I made it easier for you to say what you wanted to say...and show me the study of people with dreds and drug usage. I suggest you shut it before you seem even dumber than you are coming across. Fact dredlocs are a natural hairstyle. It doesn't get more natural than that.

Don't come back and say crap til you can come back with facts to back up claim about those dirty people with dreds...I'm dying to read your findings.

I know that's right.!!!!!!!!!