A young Nigerian lady living in the United Kingdom claimed she had a job offer withdrawn by a company just because her hair was braided.
Bournemouth University graduate, Lara Odofin, wrote about the discrimination she had faced in a post on Facebook on Monday and was astonished when it quickly went viral and was shared 3,000 times.
She also posted a picture of the email she had received from the company, which read: "Unfortunately we cannot accept braids – it is simply part of the uniform and grooming requirements we get from our clients.
"If you are unable to take them out, I unfortunately won't be able to offer you any work."
In her own post, she wrote: "So after being accepted for a position within this company, they have TAKEN BACK the offer of a position on the grounds that if I do not take my braids out.
"Naturally I simply cannot work for the company.
"This type of discrimination should not still be happening in this day and age and any establishment still condoning such practices deserve to be shamed and criticised."
She added: "Being a black woman means that to have a long term hairstyle that stays neat is always going to be a problem.
"Having braids that last for two to four months and can be packed neatly and styled to however a workplace requires is the solution to this problem.
"No workplace has any right to forbid you from this. This is discrimination and I am disgusted that I had to be subject to such behaviour in this 21st century. It is not okay."
Ms Odoffin, who has chosen not to name the company, then said: "I will be speaking to a lawyer about this tomorrow and will be contacting the company."
Both of her posts, which quickly went viral, attracted a huge amount of support from others.
One woman wrote: "Disgraceful!!! Huge complaints needed!"
Another said: "Disgraceful. PLEASE name and shame these morons."
Another woman wrote: "You look beautiful with braids. Any company who wouldn't take you on because of this is idiotic and racist! Good luck with your legal action girl, not that you'll need it."
Culled Daily Mail of UK
Lawyer about what ? Fine they discriminated but that's their rule you need to respect that too. Na you build the organization for them? If someone offers you a job and then decides not to again, then how is that wrong? The organization has every right to how they want their workers to be. It's just like working in a bank here in Nigeria, there are certain outfits you can't wear and certain hairstyles you can't do so please, take a chill pill.
ReplyDeleteGod bless u anon!
DeleteYou definitely live in nigeria where the lack of basic himan right n freedom frm discrimination has been embedded in your blood. Goodluck being subject to discrimination!!!!
DeleteMaybe you don't know. No one has the right to sack you suddenly without even doing anything wrong. If she takes then to court, she will win. Her hair is should have been well stated in the staff handout and all before giving her employment letter. If she can prove that it wasn't stated, well they are in trouble.
DeleteStop comparing Nigeria where nothing works and people don't know their rights.
shut up. If you do not know, please ask. Discrimination is highly illegal in a country like UK. If she sues, shes sure gonna win. you go Lara, wish you luck on this, i wish you named the Company though
DeleteSilly,yes. Racists,i don't think so. She wasn't singled out,it is company rules. If she was singled out to take off her braids then she has a case.
DeleteLol anon you really dont know much now, do you? Things do not work that way here in the Uk. You cannot offer anyone a job and then decide not to again. No wonder your employers in Nigeria can continue to enslave you. A country that has no functioning labour laws!
DeleteAbeg she needs to chill, even here in Nigeria ladies have hairstyles they can't make and the length it shld be.... if she wants the job, she can go with a different hairstyle that is preferred by the organisation, she shld only call it discrimination if other white counterparts are on braids and not sanctioned. I see no discrimination here, just what the organisation wants.
DeleteAm sure you are seriously sick
DeleteU did well, nonsense oyibos. I hate them with passion
DeleteShe has time
DeleteLook at them MUMU Nigerians, una backwardness no get part 2. People who do not know their right so they see her action as a wrong step. If your country system do not work or you do not know your left from right allow those who know their fundamental right to express it. Some of you do not even have voters card to express your right during election, just to end up here acting like market women.
DeleteThe way some of you reason is appalling,God have MERCY. The system work over there so she is damm right suing the company.
Jay more, what do you know?
DeleteA lot of people here live abroad and it is not by making noise. I work in the HR department and I make bold to say that this lady has no case.She doesnt even have a contract with them.You guys scream racism at the slightest opportunity like confused human beings.
I live in the UK and where I work they are even stricter with the whites because they like to misbehave and take the piss. No dreadlocks and a lot more.
Let her go and hire the lawyer and let's see who loses in the end, racism my kinky foot.
Company's rules are company rules.The only time you scream racism is if they permit certain people and disallow others.Go and read what racism means and come back with something reasonable.
@Anonymous 16.50 smart lady, clap for yourself madam HR your job failed you. Am sure you have treated people badly as HR staff that's reason you do not find anything wrong with the company.
DeleteI am sure you forgot braid are African identity same way weaves are white identity. There's a system in place for such cases and the law will take it's place. She don't need to have a contract with a company that infringed on her right, she's got evidence. You live in the UK, i live in Afghanistan,but i know when my fundamental rights are infringed by anyone.
Whether she succeed or not, it's her right to take the company to the court. You're not a lawyer and do not know everything about her case, that's for the lawyers to determine.
As someone living in the western world, she have every right to take the company to the court as the issue is a case of discrimination.
A lot of Nigerians abroad over look such crimes,some are afraid to even complain to relevant authorities to avoid being discouraged/deported. We should encourage those who speak up not slander them.
First of all let me speak as a person who has lived and worked with western establishments, both the company and this lady have valid points. Unfortunately the lady didn't accept the company's policy, But it doesn't mean that they were wrong. This is dicy because she's black...and as such, would be viewed as 'racism'. I've had to compromise certain things to accommodate my terms of employment in a UK firm as well. So I understand that some companies can have stringent rules but mean no harm. Their mistake, however, was that they didn't go about it the right way. They should have discussed this with her in a subtle way, perhaps negotiated, but not terminating her offer of employment based on something she wasn't given an opportunity to decide upon.. she may have even decided to adjust to suit their policy. They didn't give her that chance, this is the only fault I find here that makes them guilty. Not their policy in particular.
DeleteThat's the dumbest thing I have hear braids are an African identity.. please have several seats.. brraid that are made from Kanekelon fibres imported from Asia? I guess brazilian hair is our identity as well.. racism is solely when you're judged based on your race she did not lose the job because she is black she lost it because she is stupid.. the company has clear guidelines on appearance which apply to everyone..
DeleteI hate when people throw the rave card every minute something is not in their favour.
Companies can set rules on appearance e.g. uniform etc.. as long as it does not flout basis rights...
Sisi Eko thanks, you just wrote part of the points i was trying to make. The company made mistake on their part with the way they handled the situation. They should have stylishly discuss with her about her hair style as part of their interview. Base on her answer, they let her go as if she failed the interview but not issue offer letter then terminate with flimsy excuse BOLDLY written.
DeleteBy so doing,they have place their company for lawsuit.
@Anonymous 01.51, you are as daft as your comment as usual no need rambling with you. You are fast to claim you live in the UK,long hissssss. I am part of that system so shushh it. You might hate when people throw "RAVE" "race" card but as far as am concern, you are still a foreigner in that country one day you will face yours. I had my own issue with police officers in the UK years ago,
i took them to IPCC (Independent police complaints commission) as i know my right was infringed upon,i was treated badly.
Their "TOP Madam"called me weeks later to apologise to me as i wanted no compensation just an apology.
Companies have rules but such rule can come before interview or during interview as part of their guideline. The lady in question have valid case,it's upto a good lawyer to win her case.
Jaymoore,sorry to burst your bubble, I am a lawyer.
DeleteYou people will be talking like lawyers fell from the sky, shattap and some mystifying the Legal profession.What we do is read and apply the law.
Some of you stupidly you run to your lawyers for silly and trivial things when sometimes using your brain is all that is required.
You think if this lady comes to me I will turn her back?
Hell no, man must wack, I have got bills to pay.
She wants to go to court, I charge my fee , we go to court and then if she loses, too bad.What do I care?? NONSENSE
Gbam @ Sisi Eko, the Company may have been right or wrong but like you and I know, this is no racism.
DeleteHer name clearly shows she is African so if they were racists, why would they even bother with her at all when she was not the only one that applied for the job?
@ Jaymoore, you seem to be mixing up issues, your rights was infringed upon is clearly different from this lady's case.The bone of contention here is if the Company's action can be deemed racist!!.
Let's try and be objective when we address issues .
Whirlwind
Anonymous 12.40, LOL i wasn't surprise to call you DAFT earlier. You have just shown you're truly DAFT. Hear yourself? You collect money from your client because you need to pay your bill thereby misleading your client because you are incompetent and NO good, then waste client's time for a peanut.
DeleteI can't involve myself with a Nigeria lawyer overseas just like you FISH Brain because "MOST" do not know their job. If you are truly a lawyer then, i find your comment RECKLESS for such profession. Bust my bubble? na ballon you for bust,you re no longer HR rather HR Alika LAWYER.
@Whirlwind, I explained my ordeal with police officers as an example on how i was treated, i don't know the part you failed to understand.
I have gone through all your earlier comments on same issue and i totally disagree with your comments.
Hmmm, lemme sit on the fence regarding this.
ReplyDeleteMy company doesn't allow any kind of scented products and I have to comply. Even my laundry soap is unscented. So sometimes it's just company rules and regulations.
Yeah. True. My company disallows chandelier earrings,wild hairdo and fragrances of any kind. We should learn to do things in moderation. I guess its the coys policy. It shouldn't b a big deal if she needs the job.
DeleteListen to yourself pls! How can someone not allow braids??? Na wa o.
DeleteYeah it MAY just be company policy - having nothing to do with racism. Afterall whites braid their hair as well.
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All organizations have their dress code, you respect that. So you have no case here. Those supporting you to go ahead with the legal action didn't think well. On the long run you will be the one to lose. Like you wanna contact your lawyer for what? To sue the company for discrimination or racism? Is it your father that owns the company? An organization has every right to terminate your appointment. Even banking industry here in Nigeria and hospitals won't accept the hair you have on. You have to look cooperate.
ReplyDeleteHer hair does not go with the companies dress code, simple. Be it a black or white person the outcome would been the same. So please stop with all this racism talk.
DeleteLike I said to the anon before you (who may prolly still be you) no company has the right to fire you without a reasonable cause. Hair or dressing is definitely not a reason to do so. It must involve things like late coming for a very long period of time and you must have been given warnings for it to pull through! That is why I love the UK compared to Nigeria, America. There are strong laws protecting workers. Something Nigeria should look into! So please this lady has a strong case!!
DeleteThis girl is a clown,like they owe you.
DeleteThey offered you a job and they have withdrawn it so what exactly is the fuss about?
What are you contacting your jobless lawyers for?
Perhaps, it is a conservative organization and they don't want staff distracting others with long coloured braids??
If they have a dress code which all staff must adhere to,na you wan change am or will you be an exception?
An employer has the right to tell you how to dress to a workplace so if you are not comfortable with it,move on and go and channel this energy in looking for another job.
STOP MAKING A MOUNTAIN OUT OF A MOLEHILL.Nigerians always playing the victim card wherever they go.
Whirlwind
Lol @Whirlwind, am suspecting you are one of the secondary school students or University peeps on this blog...You absolutely don't know anything. No exposure, nothing! Just damn ignorant!
DeleteDear anonymous, you must have psychic powers.I am actually in Primary school,pry 4 to be precise, bloody degenerate.
DeleteWhirlwind
Hey whirlwind....I was about to say you have the brain of a 4 year old o... chai! You be mind reader????
DeleteYou type, reason and even communicate as if your brain stopped developing in pry 4.. Now I understand.
Since you have decided to be ignorant and refuse to learn, let me clarify further. No one has the right to Sack you on a baseless rule.. If what you have being sacked for is not written in black and white, you have the RIGHT to SUE.. You hear! So if you have been sacked for no just cause , you can sue(I refuse to believe you own a business so I won't advise you not to sack without proper measures in place)..
I hope with this little explanation of mine, I have been able to upgrade your brain from pry 4 level to pry 6....he he he he. .Next time when you are not sure or properly informed on a particular topic, no be by force to comment.
Fish brain!
Whirlwind is on point.
DeleteHahaha;you still on this matter,you even had to write a book. Why not take up the case probono since it is causing you to lose sleep.
DeleteBlock head, she wasn't sacked, the offer was withdrawn.The lady doesn't even have a contract with them yet.
Anyway, even fools think themselves to be as wise as King Solomon, Kikiki,delusion of grandeur.
Whirlwind
How could she have been sacked when she hadn't resumed her employment? There are different laws guiding existing employees from ones yet to resume. Even at that, the probationary period which usually runs for 6months allows for abrupt termination of contract from either the employer or employee. So nothing was binding yet. @Anonymous
DeleteYou people don't get it, do you?
DeleteSmh
She will sue and she will win! I wonder what you will do by that time..
DeleteOnce you give someone an employment letter, stating your intention to employ them and she has accepted.. You have automatically told her to ignore other offers.. how can you then withdraw just like that? Are you kidding? Do you know the opportunities she has already missed from other employers from the hope of employment you already gave her? Do you know that she can say she lost a better job opportunity because she felt she already had an offer and she did not bother to put in for any other employment offer? Are you kidding me? You don't know your rights at all do you? Please speak to a lawyer and stop giving baseless arguments.
All your lawyer needs is your employment letter biko.
Employers just don't give employment letters anyhow.. The employment letter on its own is binding.
This is not Nigeria pry 4 whirlwind and sisi eko.
Lol @ anonymous 9:08. I see you've been thrashed by those who understand the rudiments of the matter at hand. And as such, u resorted to undermining those who disagree with u by calling them primary 4 pupils. Lol. How pathetic of ur weak sense of reasoning and argument. Resorting to name callings does not put ur argument on track. Try harder, ok?
DeleteLol......wonderment!
ReplyDeleteOyinbo and their wahala
ReplyDeleteThis is real rubbish. It happens everywhere though. Some organisations gives you a particular colour and type of shoes.
ReplyDeleteWent to sell shoes last year in my brothers office and they refuse to buy peep toe say their organisation don't allow it.
Some will tell you not to keep beards or hair on your head.
This is a girl that knows what she wants so she can't bend to their rules. Nice.
That doesn't happen in the Uk so out goes your assumption that it happens everywhere! I'm still trying to get why most of you think it's acceptable.
DeleteLol. Make she no bend na.
DeleteShe should take her CV elsewhere..
There are certain rules to be adhered to in certain Organizations.
Just that we Blacks love to play Victim all the time; and therefore might label the company's policy as Racist.
@quicksilver, she'd get another job and a good lawyer to fight her case.
DeleteIn naija here I go loose my braid and even ask them if I need to cut the hair cos I no even get money for lawyer of guarantee for another job.
Blacks like playing victims really
Everybody is commenting with their Nigerian minds and (lack of) law!
DeleteThose saying "even in nigeria"...Sorry, but when was nigeria ever a place to compare the UK and it's laws to.
What they have done is wrong! Yes she has a case! Yes it's discrimination!
If you don't agree, fine. But then ask WHY it is so in the UK. not expect her to eat quiet because you guys except such in nigeria. Are you forgetting that nigeria is a place where many can be owed salaries for months/years. Ask anybody in the UK if they wake up on the morning of payday and their pay isn't in the account, ask them what mayhem will happen. What charges and fines the companies will have to pay on your behalf.
Everything is racism.Take it off and go to work.
ReplyDeleteThis is not racism ma.
ReplyDeleteAdhere to d rules of d company or bounce!
Blacks be playing victim since 1437
Hian!
Well,I am not suprised...
ReplyDeleteBritish people are racist...that's how one that smells like a pit toilet with a black teeth was telling me to my face that she hates sitting close to a negro like me in a train...
I just looked at the Mumu imbecile and cussed her out with my Igbo dialect...
Mtcheeewwww....I don't blame them...if my country is good,who will ever go to that their nonsense country to work...
Bia madam pick ur calls.
DeleteYinmu!
DeleteStory for d gods
Dear linda is not about being racist ,it is their company and their rules ,qatar airways before will never allow their staff to wear braids ,recently they are allowed ,and if you have tatoo in any part of your body be it inside your down below qatar airways will never offer you cabin crew job.Every company and organisation have their policy .
DeleteHmmmm, Queen queen
DeleteLinda,but in your country they also give dress code.My office has a strict dress code and you even get penalised for going against it. Even on Fridays that we dress down, there is a dress code.
DeleteI remember once when I went to court as a corper with my hair flying everywhere. The judge ordered me out to go and pack my hair then tuck it in my wig.
Whirlwind
With a black teeth? Seriously? It's with black teeth .Dont put the 'a'.
DeleteI don't even no what to say about this
ReplyDeleteHmmmmm
DeleteSee excuse??? At times, I wonder if this so called whites have brain
ReplyDeleteThey dont have brain yet ,their country is better than Black nations
DeleteGood reply Bootylicious. Madam gerrarra here mehn shit. You can't fly your hair down at some coy in Nigeria. You were warned to take it off but your stubborn nature didn't let you. Now you got terminated you are making noise if I were the owner of your organisation I will see your arrogant lazy self in court. You don't adhere to my company's instruction, you get terminated. It has simple as that. Call it racism, discrimination or what have you. Go to another company were braids are accepted mouron. And to all ye ITK's sue them, sue them. You are all mad
DeleteRacism rather than diminish is getting worse each day!
ReplyDeleteNeat black braids with no colours attached neither was the style outrageous, just very simple yet they blabbed rubbish! And she has already been assessed and deemed fit for the job.
Living over there ain't easy for the blacks at all.
Different strokes for different folks.
ReplyDeleteShe WANTS a job, she doesn't really NEED one.
Like, I'd shave my hair clean if that's what it takes for me to get a well paying job.
Lmao...
DeleteI think it's one of the many job offers she has, so this is a perfect excuse to reject one.
DeleteThey accepted a black woman, but they said no braids...why can't you compromise, will fixing weaves make you less of a black woman than you already are??
Pls, this isn't racism!
As in...
DeleteOr better yet, pack ur hair everyday in its natural glory if ur doing team natural hair abi
DeleteIts not discrimination so she shud shut up. There are certain professions dat have their dress codes n u must respect that. U cant have braided hair during call 2 bar or law dinner
ReplyDeleteThat is call to Bar or Law dinner because you are not yet a barrister. Once you are called to bar, are there such rules. please use your brain to compare. and for your info, i am a Lawyer called to bar 2008.
DeleteExactly! Blacks always want to play the racism card when its uncalled for!
DeleteShe wouldn't shut up. It is definitely discrimination. She was sacked not because of incompetency but because of her hair.
DeleteShe deserve it.
ReplyDeleteSince she won't be working in a beer parlour.
She no need d job.
ReplyDeleteAbi oo? She no need am.
DeleteIf she need the job she go scrape hair join sef
DeleteY do black complain over everything? Hissssssds
ReplyDeleteNo mind them ,small time them will say whites are racist ,even in Nigeria hating on different tribes ,yet they call white man racist .
DeleteThe thing tire me oh.
DeleteJust negodu!
ReplyDeleteBut I'm sure a white, can conrow or french braid her hair to work, without anyone saying anything.
She would have put up the company name, for people to know them for the bloody racists they are.
I hope she gets a good deal from suing them.
Tf!
Braids,not even her hair.
That being said, I can't work in a place, where I can't sport my natural hair to.
Telling one to relax or hide their hair, to work in your organisation, is likened to telling them to lose themselves working for you.
And that is very dehumanising.
My locs, or braids or free flowing afro, don't have the qualifications or do the job, and as long as my hair is neat and well groomed,it shouldn't be a problem.
Mtchewww
#WhiteDiamondOut
Be it a white or black person, the dress code policy is the same. She has an African name which means she is either black or mixed race, if the company where racist, she won't have been offered the job in the first place.
DeleteMy fellow Natural sister, you know you can't work in a bank with most of these natural locs and fros.
DeleteLmao.
DeletePipi Lee, you don see am na.
Ironically, if I relax that same hair and come to work with it, nobody will say anything.
It's funny in an annoying way, really.
#WhiteDiamondOut
You can only work in zenith bank where anything and any colour goes as far as you're not naked.
DeleteCompanies have dress codes. Some have grooming policies and furthermore this company it seems has dress and grooming policies it has to adhere to for their "clients" like they mentioned. So they should lose business so this one can be wearing braids? What if I want to be wearing blond 30inch blond wig? Is that discrimination? They didn't say no to her own hair they said no to braids. Probably a catering company that wants your hair packed back in a bun with hairnet or will she say hairnet is discriminatory to the freedom of her locs?
DeleteWhat is acceptable to them? Afro?skin cut? Natural hair?
ReplyDeleteWhat is wrong with braids please?
Or they meant skin color?
Just imagine rubbish,so because of her braids they won't employ her,racism at its peak...I braid all the time and am in love with my braid,nobody can ask me to take them out
ReplyDeleteHey shut up. What do you know ?? It's not racism. If they were racist they wouldn't employ her in the first place. Every company has a policy and also the manager can have his or her own policy too. If the manager says they don't want braids then she should comply and if she is not satisfied,then she should go and establish her own company. We live in UK too and she should just shut up
DeleteTank u o anon 12:56
DeleteDs was my tots exactly.
She if dem be racist dem go even allow her apply at first? Smh
Abeg she should go and sit down jor! It's the company's policy, period. They have their reasons, it's probably part of their branding. Its just like trying to take a bank to court just because u don't ever want to wear suit to work. She's not serious. She should open her own bussiness instead if she doesn't want to work with company policy.
ReplyDeleteMust you braid your hair? Work never dey hungry you. I like revolutionist but it is sweeter when you have money.
ReplyDeleteYou would have agreed, work there for some years, gather your evidence and when you have made enough money to sustain your need for social change, you walk out and pay them back.
It is the way the world is, my dear.
XOXO MYSTERY
The company must have their reasons why they don't want braids.some people don't take care of their braids.they carry it for a long time, without proper grooming, and it stinks.nothing stinks worse than a dirty braid.it smells like goat hair. You either need the job or you don't.
DeleteDiscrimination everywhere, even amongst us sef. Won't be too convenient if she has to keep being on weavons and wigs to satisfy them always. I don't think it should cost her the job. Not fair enough though.She is black and that's about what most blacks have to do to their hair to keep it up basically.
ReplyDeleteI sincerely hope that company dont have any business to transact with blacks too. Cos you can't discriminate and collect our money too.
Meanwhile, carrying braids for two to four months? Mehn, na dada be dat naa.
Ok.....
ReplyDeleteSo what's d problem here? Cos I dont see any.
ReplyDeleteA company has got d right to set whatsoever rule pleases it.
She shldnt go loosen d braid,make she they there they rant. Obviously she hasn't been unemployed for 2long hence her behaviour.
Blacks can like to claim victims hence tagging it racism.
The company have got rules and if one isn't ready to abide by it,they might as well let go...no biggie and nothing racist bout it.
Be it 21st century,these things still happen and it's normal.
A gun isn't pointed @u and u mustn't work there
So...can some1 remind me what d problem is again?
Discrimination! That is the problem.
DeleteUK people are racist right from time.
ReplyDeleteHow would you carry a braid for close to 4 months. what about dandruff and the smell. Na wa
Hahahahaha...
DeleteI have carried mine for 3 months sef...if you live abroad,you will understand...
As for it the smell,you wash and dry them every 2 weeks depending...
Most blacks in the Uk go on braids..making of hair there is horrible..the prices are outrageous..you can spend between 70-150 pounds just to fix simple centre pattern..whenever I travel,I prefer to braid o..i no get 100 pounds to fix hair..the weather there too dey help..you can go on braids for 3 months and it won't smell so bad..just wash n dry often and you're good to go..
DeleteMaybe if she had weave on she could have been considered, I don't really think its because she's black or something. I may be wrong.
ReplyDeleteBloody racists.
ReplyDeleteMtseeew.
Na wa o! And this stupid people get well paid jobs here in Nigeria with their nonsense attitude. Nne sue fa biko! If they will acknowledge.
ReplyDeleteHmmmm.
ReplyDeleteNa wah ooo..
End time braid, side eyes @ one trillion..
Not nice of the company but we as Nigerians ain't better either when it comes to discrimination. We all claim one Nigeria yet can't tolerate each other but when a non Nigerian treats us bad, we start screaming wolf.
ReplyDeleteDon't mind Dem.
DeleteBabe unemployment hasn't dealt with you shaa cos if it has, you won't even have time to complain. Braid isn't the only hair do available, make something different, get the money and experience you need and move on if you can't stay anymore. After all no be you open company for them.
ReplyDeleteVery racist of the company.If the offer was taken back probably because she had some facial piercings or even tattoos,it really would have been understandable,but to take back a job offer all cuz of neatly styled braids,not even dreads, then that is totally unacceptable.These brits just keep reaching new heights with their racist acts.Stupid idiots!!
ReplyDeleteThe thing is if they refuse to give you job cos of ur hairstyles,, u leave them too.... y contacting lawyer? Or is there any other stuff she's not saying....
ReplyDeleteIt's amazing as some people here don't see anything wrong in what the company has done.
ReplyDeleteFirstly, the company is supposed to state their rules clearly to her and make sure she signs an agreement before giving her an employment letter. If it's the company rule, let it be stated in black and white. If there is no rule stating what I can do and what I cannot do, I don't think I should be sacked for it.
I understand a lot go on in Nigeria and people don't know their rights. So instead of being ignorant and telling her to stop claiming victim, it's best sit and learn. I like that she is speaking to lawyers, they will be able to advise her appropriately
Each company av Dia own rules and regulation so lady if u need d job is better lose ur braid and go on wit it.
ReplyDeleteJust keep quiet so you can learn your rights. Stop being clueless
DeleteHmmmmmm Abeg no kill urself coz of me
DeleteMtcheeew....blacks quick to play d racist card. It's company policy u could as well cut ur hair mohawk, dye your hair bright red,wear distressed pants n expect to be employed.
ReplyDeletea.k.a EDWIN CHINEDU AZUBUKO said...
ReplyDelete.
To work never hungry her shah..... Stay there dey form comman do shah.... #NowPlaying>> oje: baddoo....
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If this kind owu wey dey blow me reach your side you go even shave gorimapa accept the job offer. Inukwa, see excuse. Which is more important to you; your hair or career. Next pls!
ReplyDeleteNigerians and our first class stupidity. Oyinbo man talk so there is nothing wrong with it abi? Idiots, all of you that are saying the country has the right to withdraw their offer. That is why there is no hope for Nigeria.This happened in the UK where there are laws against discrimination. If you do not understand the laws in the UK, I would suggest you STFU and stop trying to pose like you too know and that she is being stupid. What are the grounds for deciding they do not want braid? They are different from oyinbo hair, but were they untidy, did she look unruly? So next time it will be sorry but unless you can bleach to become closer to our colour we cannot accept you and you guys will still be saying it is their right abi?
ReplyDeleteSo if you feel they are well within their right, then that means if you walk into a shop and they turn you out because you have braids and they do not accomodate people like that, I suppose you will not shout racism abi? You will say they are well within your right as it is their shop abi? Idiots, fools all of you!!!! Always trying to form that you are an expert at what you do not know. When it is not racism, you will be racism e.g. when your brother is caught on a train without a ticket and then after arresting him, they find he has no visa and they deport him, you will say it is racism. But when you see racism where colour or ethinicity has nothing to do with ones ability to perform the job you are saying it is not racism. If they had just withdrawn the job and given a generic reason like - unfortunately we have decided not to go ahead with this position, they would have been well within their right. However to tell her it is because of her braids is against the law.
Instead of you to have an open mind and try to educate yourself on this global world we live in and learn to defend your dignity, you are accepting whatever is thrown your way. So if banks in Nigeria come up with rules that women must only have brazillian weaves/wigs, do you think that is acceptable? or that women must perm their hair? Meanwhile men will be allowed to do whatever they want, does that sound right? Or if they say that only slim women will be employed, is that right? To even bring up an example of what is done in Nigeria is the worst possible thing I can imagine. What is Nigeria? A country where we have tribal and religious discrimination? Is it because our mainly uneducated and semi illiterate educated mass do not know the word discrimination you think it is not happening in Nigeria? A country that does not have laws, the law courts, judiciary and police do not follow the laws, that is a country you are bringing as an example? In fact may thunder fire those stupid fingers you used to type this rubbish. Olosho!!!!!
Why are you pained?...have you eaten today?...
DeleteCome make I buy you lunch!...you sound frustrated...
I still maintain my stand that this is no racism cuz if it was they won't even consider her for the job abnitio.
DeletePray tell, why are you crying more than the bereaved.See how your adrenalin and BP is hitting the roof over an issue that doesn't concern you.
Please don't go into a fit oh, you cannot force your opinion down anyone's throat, kappish.
Whirlwind
See epistle untop one matter. Abeg go siddon make we see road. Who get time?
DeleteWhen they are telling you people the truth you wont listen.. Educate yourselves pls.
DeleteShe can sue them!
How can you not allow braids?
If they cant allow braids.. Will they allow locs?
Do they know our hair isn't like theirs?
You people sef!
Read and be wise..
Its not only on sdk you will be wise ok?
This is an example of how dim we are in Nigeria? Really and this lady below will be someone's mother and someone's wife one day? What intelligence does she have to offer? My dear, braids are worn predominantly by black people. It is like saying we are accepting only blue eyed candidates, my dear it means they are looking for "WHITE ONLY" candidates and don't you dare suggest blue contact lenses because if you do, you are dimmer than I think.
ReplyDeleteMiss Ess said...
Maybe if she had weave on she could have been considered, I don't really think its because she's black or something. I may be wrong.
This one never need job. Na why.
ReplyDeleteThe below, are the biggest fools on this blog. Thank God their ancestors were not taken across the ocean for the slave trade because if they were, there would still be slavery in the United states. They are all the sort that would have insisted, " No, master says I am his slave so I am his slave. He says I am not a human being and I cannot do anything, that we cannot survive without masters". XOXO MYSTERY is that worst of them all, stupidity and more stupidity. Some people just open their mouths to expose their stupidity and they don't even realize how stupid and unknowledgeable they are but they insist on spouting their village square views, assuming everybody is like them. Please the below listed should try and keep away from making comments. Read other peoples comments for some months and maybe you can broaden your mind. You dont even know what racism is. Chinese man comes to Nigeria and you will be excited that you saw an oyinbo man, what is wrong with us?
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DeleteBiko shut up!...
Hian what's is d meaning of dis? To think I read dis to d end hissssssds.... Chai please check yourself before insulting others.
DeleteYou forgot to include your name.
DeleteThis anonymous is really pained....
Deletehere in Nigeria, there are companies where your phone must NOT ring out otherwise you will be sanctioned. you either take it OR leave it
ReplyDeleteShe no need the job, let her stay unemployed and be waiting for company that will dance to her tune. Now that her face has been pasted all over it may affect her getting another job. Because those once will be scared of this girl suing them for any little thing. If she mistakenly trip for stairs for office, she fit them for endangering of staff. She wIll still get another job or but ppl will working with her will be walking on egg shelves when relating with her. If smone even send her I like you message, she fit say na sexual assault.
ReplyDeleteWhat's Racist about dis nau? It's d company's policy,abi na crime to get policy again??
ReplyDeleteLol.
Lara babez,work Neva hungry u I swear down!
Mtcheew
It is racism because braiding is mainly done by black women. So it is like they are discriminating against most black women that seek for employment there. It is wrong on every level. I support the girl well. She should sue so this nonsense will stop
Deletethelma enemuwe said....
ReplyDeleteShe's on the right track
Shame to the coy
*faithful bv enemuwe thelma*
For me I DO NOT see any RACISM or something close to it here. Braid is not an African identity. Let's stop creating issues where there are none. Many indigenous companies in Nigeria also have their regulations - no low-heeled/colourful shoes, no skirts below the knee, no coloured-braids/hair extensions, NO NIGERIAN DRESSING - agbada, lace, ashoke, abada, iro/buba, et al, yet we ALL comply without complaining. Why are MOST Nigerian workers MANDATED to wear suits to work everyday (except Fridays for some). Are suits African dressing? Abeg make una take a CHILL PILL.
ReplyDeleteActually, braids are African identity. If she had weaves, would it have been acceptable?
DeleteIt's amazing that we are so lost that we are not even aware.
Did she have braids when she did the interview? Obviouslyso, for reference to be made to the braids, that means the company has seen the braids. Why didn't they raise the issue then?
They are either just looking for an excuse to cow her to submission before she even starts work or they are just a bunch of racists. So only westernized hair/hairstyles are acceptable? I'm sure they would throws fit if she the carries her natural hair. Bigots!!!!!
Who knows if the braids were smelly? With dandruff on every strand. Mscheeeew. Instead of her to loose it quietly and resume her job. She never begin to dey find work!
ReplyDeleteNigerian people and their backwardness. If you don't live abroad, please just keep quiet cos you guys don't know jack. She knows the laws and know he rights, that's why she's taking them to court. I live in the US and I know how much discrimination we face especially in the south.. Braids are worn by blacks and that's the best hairstyle and cost effective style. Do you guys even know how much it takes to fix human hair or even synthetic?????
ReplyDeleteGiving rules such as not having braids on is called RACISM. U live in Nigeria so u can never understand why. Even whites know that braids are the best hairstyle blacks wear. They could have simply said she needs to care for her braids neatly rather than saying they can't employ her except she takes the braids off. That's pure RACISM in the western world. So far her braids are near and don't have flashy color she's good to go and I pray she wins and she will get paid handsomely.
U Nigerians need JESUS in your lives. You always OK with whatever your govt/ employer dish out to u. Come to the western world and see how people stand for their right. SAY NO TO DISCRIMINATION
Make a wig and stop to dey complain. Haba.
DeleteMaybe when everyone goes back to their roots and make lemonade out of their lemons all these racism crap would be laid to rest.
DeleteIf it's in the company bylaws in black and white, then she has no case. If the company is just coming up with the no-braid law now then she has a case. They know she's black/foreign based on her ethnic name. She must have said something for the company to withdraw their employment, if she has taken it out, this post won't be here today. I'm guessing the company has an image to portray.
ReplyDeleteEven in corporate America, there is so much an individual can do regarding dressing/attire.
There was a case recently with an airline about the attendant refusing to serve alcohol because she recently converted to Islam (but part of her job description is to serve alcohol, and she has always served alcohol before converting). Now she wants to sue the airline. Let's be careful with this lawsuit thing my people.
Exactly! I meaan her name is clearly not white and her skin, she blacker than me yo. So if they were truly racist they would've thrown her cv in the bin when they saw her name. Or at worst one of the interviews when they saw she was black not gotten a job or phone call for more interview. She got the job which means their "racist" selves were willing to have a foreign named visibly black person work for them and their only criteria in question is remove ur braids. If she had piercings is it racist? If they said cover ur tatoos is it racist? Please get out of here, even us in primary school weren't allowed to wear braids in our own fatherland. Na cornrow or gorimmapa only thing accepted. So shift and have several seats madam lara
DeleteBetter come back home before they deport you.
ReplyDeleteLol
DeleteBe nice joor.
Hilarious! Unrepentant Tribalists calling others Racist. Nigerians and their delusions. Log before speck...ya dig?!
ReplyDeleteasin ehhn.
DeleteLong Hiss.
Interesting comments! Well, every company has its code of ethics and conducts that employees have to adhere to so lets be objective and look at this issue from both sides...
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