Woman Was Fired From An Upscale Hotel Over Her Dreadlocks
Sakabo’s bosses told her, she claims, was being “let go” because she wasn’t a “good fit” with the “culture” of the St. Regis.
But Sakabo believes her firing had everything to do with her hairstyle: dreadlocks.
“You’re not supposed to have braids at the front desk,” Sakabo recalls the front desk manager telling her.
“Well, don’t worry, they aren’t braids,” Sakabo said she told the manager, “They’re locs.”
“Well, can you unlock them?” Sakabo says her manager responded.
Around a week after the conversation about her hair, Sakabo, who kept her dreadlocks, said she was called into a meeting with the front desk director and a union delegate — who is also a hotel employee.
She was told she was “ did not fit into the culture here.” and was being let go.
“After hearing that I asked, what does that mean exactly?” Sakabo said, still confused. The union delegate told Sakabo: “You don’t fit our culture here, you may be better suited for maybe a W hotel”.
She added that at no time during orientation or the interviews was there any mention of her hairstyle or hairstyles in general.
“I don’t think I was rightfully let go. I definitely think it has to do with the fact that I’m black and I have dreads,” Sakabo told BuzzFeed News.
It seems to me that many white people don’t (want to) understand that black hair care comes in the form of many options. All black people with kinky hair do not prefer weaves, wigs, or to perm or straighten their hair. So if they don’t wear their hair straight, what are the options? Not only is it not that convenient for us to just have straight hair everyday, but many of us don’t want to, and our hair in its natural state requires different upkeep then yours which means it requires certain styles.This is why black people and other poc need to continue focusing on owning our own businesses and supporting each other doing so, there are certain things that white supremacy culture will not accomodate. #Hate it!
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