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A Chicago teacher is under investigation and may face a lawsuit after she took a photo of one of her seven-year-old pupils’ hairstyle.
Of course taking the photo wasn’t the issue.
It was the teacher posting the student’s picture to her Facebook page and her making fun of the little girl’s candy laced african-american hairstyle, that made it a problem.
Is this yet another case of Facebook gone wrong or ghetto hairstyles on blast? You be the judge…
Details below:
7 year old Ukailya Lofton (pictured above), a student at Overton Elementary School in Chicago, turned up for her school photo on picture day with Jolly Rancher candies attached to her braids after she had seen the style in a magazine. 
Lofton’s computer teacher asked her to pose for a photo with her braids hanging round her face and told her: ‘My husband is not going to believe this!’
That night, the teacher posted the cell-phone photos on her Facebook page and added the statement: ‘Right! This is for picture day.’
VIDEO: Teacher Investigation for Mocking Student on Facebook
Another parent whose child is the teacher’s friend on Facebook let Ukailya’s mother Lucinda Williams know that the girl’s photo was on the teacher’s page and people were mocking the hairstyle.
She also saved both the photos and the comments onto a CD as proof.
The child’s mother, Lucinda Williams, a hairdresser, said her daughter begged her to give her the braids hairstyle as she loves to dress up. She attached the candies with elastic bands and said she her daughter was really excited to go into school and show them off.
Most of her daughter’s teachers complimented her hair at school, so Ukailya didn’t think much of a teacher’s request to take pictures of the hairdo, Ms Williams said.
But comments that appeared on the teacher’s Facebook page told another story:
‘I laughed so hard my contact popped out’
‘yeah this is foolishness’
‘If you are going to make your child look ridiculous the least you could do is make them matching.’
Ms Williams notified the school and the teacher removed the photo and apologized but Ukailya’s mother is demanding an apology directly to her daughter.
What bothers me is that she still hasn’t apologized to my baby. No child should have to go to school to be bullied by their teacher. She wasn’t even suspended, and an apology is NOT enough.
Little Ukailya says she ‘felt sad.’ when her mom told her the teacher had put her pictures on Facebook.
Chicago Public Schools admit the teacher showed poor judgement in posting photos but said she was otherwise a good teacher. They are now investigating to see if any policies were violated and if it will warrant any disciplinary action.
Ms Williams said she has a lawyer on deck and is preparing to sue the school system. A news conference has been planned for later today.
The teacher is clearly in the wrong for posting the little girl’s photo but what about the mother? Doesn’t she bear some responsibility for putting all that in her daughters head?
So what do you think of this situation? Is this yet another case of Facebook gone wrong or ghetto hairstyles on blast?
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It doesn’t matter WHAT the little girl’s mother put in her hair as long as it was not against school policy. The teacher should have had enough sense NOT to take a picture AND post it to Facebook. How stupid of her! The school needs to take some action against her and she need to apologize to the girl and her family. That is sad when you have teachers making fun of their students! SMDH
Facebook turns people into idiots..
I think the teacher might get away with it b/c all she said was, "this is the picture of the day". Now if she joined in with the other comments, she might be in trouble. Not saying that the teacher is right, just that she may get away with it. Shoot, someone posted a photo once of a Hot Ghetto Mess with the caption "THIS!!!" and ppl started making funny comments and the original poster, as well as the chic IN the picture started getting defensive talking about it looked fly! That’s the weird thing about FB, you never know what ppl are thinking when they post something.
#1) This teacher should have had the sense to NOT take pics of this child and put them on facebook.
#2) This parent should have had the sense to NOT allow her child to beg her or anybody else to put CANDY in her head. My 9 year old daughter begs for inappropriate things all the time and I tell her NO and keep it moving. She asks for acrylic nails and my answer still stands- NO!
#3) This parent should not have told her CHILD about the teacher putting this mess on facebook. Some conversations are inappropriate and shouldn’t be discussed with CHILDREN!!!! That was grown folks business! Stupid heffa! She just wanted some money and attention. Even if that teacher apologize, she still gone sue that school!
‘xcuse me she said, "Right!! This is for picture day." I love how the newscaster interpreted it as "this is for picture day??" Sounds totally different. Which is why the teacher shouldn’t have done it. THINK BEFORE YOU POST/TWEET/FB STATUS UPDATE lol
A mess!!!
OK, while what the teacher did was wrong! That is BEYOND ridiculous!
It looked a mess plain and simple. If the mom is a hairdresser, I mean come on have a lil tact. You sent your baby out there to get laughed at.
I think actions from BOTH leave alot to be desired.
1.The teacher was indeed out of order to post pictures of a minor/student without knowledge or consent (as teachers do stand in "loco parentis" during school hours). Basically "poking fun" at this little girl who CLEARLY didn’t know any better. That is is a decision that deserves professional re-dress and disciplinary action as (her) thought process is not as advanced as it should be.
2. I also place blame on the parent. Listening to her talk lets me know that SHE doesn’t know any better. COMMON SENSE and PARENTING skills should have kicked in and guided her to the fact that, while this may be a "style choice" it is inappropriate for the occasion. The mother opened the door for ridicule and it walked right in.
and yes….I AM of the opinion that it is bootleg and ghetto. Tying candies to the end of braids….c’mon now…NOT for SCHOOL PICTURES. If thatz a look to which to aspire, the mother should have taken her to the WalMart studio and kept the pic for the family album.
I saw the same pic (of the young man with the obvious mustache) on HOTGHETTOMESS.com. Itz there for a reason.
The teacher was so wrong. The mother was so wrong with that hairstyle. The only one that is not at fault is the child because she is a child. The adults should have acted like adults.
The mother should thought it out and told the child no. The teacher does need to make amends with the child.
Everybody creations are different… I can go there on you grown women wearing all those colors and crazy styles…. She is a child and if she wanted to express herself like that, nothing is wrong with it… People will laugh all day long, but it doesnt mean you should stop being you… Im sure people have laughed @ you and you didnt even know it, so that was a STUPID comment to make… Be Happy and live your life for you and not what others think…PERIOD….
The kid looks like a boy in the first picture and waaay older than 7y.o. Also this picture has been on the internet for awhile now. The mom sounds stupid as you know what and she is dead wrong for saying she is a hairstylist! This all has to be an April Fool’s Day joke.
I am a teacher, and I’d NEVER post a pic of a student on Facebook PERIOD! That was totally inappropriate! Now Mom needs to be ashamed of herself for letting her child go to school like that. I’m sure it was a HUGE instructional distraction. That IS against school policy. That total situation could have been avoided if both adults had some sense.
I believe the teacher is dead wrong, but I also believe that the teacher should be punished
The adults are wrong period. I am just glad the kids didn’t start pulling the candy out of her head…food and hair don’t mix.
When the teacher is just as silly as the students you know you’ve got a problem.
The thing that bothers me first was the fact that this teacher took the childs picture and posted it on her PERSONAL FB page WITHOUT the parents permission. This was a 7yr old child. What child doesn’t want to have their picture taken? They are not going to say no to having their picture taken! Especially from someone they trust! The permission page that you sign giving the SCHOOL permission to take and use your childs picture in SCHOOL publications DOES NOT extend to a teacher posting the child/students picture on their personal pages etc. The fact that not only did this teacher take the childs picture without the parents permission, post the picture without the parents permission, and then proceeds to cyberbully this child ticks me off.
GHETTO PERIOD
The adults in this situation were dead wrong. There would be no need for the teacher to apologize to the student, if the Mother didnt tell her child what happened, which was completely unnecessary. And what’s even more unnecessary is the mother having the nerve to file a lawsuit, as if the taxpayers of that city want to shell out money for her obvious foolishness.
And with all the talk of student to student bullying, you would think it would be against policy for children to have such things tied to them, especially when they can be snatched off, pulling her hair out as well.
Stupid parents and stupid teachers. What else is new?
Would it be ghetto if it was Willow Smith with the hairstyle? No, she would be a trendsetter. The hairstyle is not the issue at hand. It’s the teacher taking the picture without consent, posting the picture without consent and then cyberbulling this child. This is an ADULT. Someone that is suppose to not only have not just this child but all children’s best interest at heart. An authority figure that the children are supposed to be able to look up to, someone that is supposed to help them grow, flourish and not be afraid to thrive in their individuality.
Don’t blame Facebook for the idiots in this world! Facebook is amazing and has done way more good than bad and idiots always find a way to show their ignorance Facebook isnt to blame! Did the teach have a right to do what she did NO NO and NO but do parents have the right to do that to a child?
Last time I checked (1) it was against school policy for students to bring candy to school – in the pocket, bookbag and in the HAIR
(2) If a person poses for a picture they are given the photographer the right to use the picture.
(3) We have a right to put anything we so choose on our personal Facebook page.
The mother should be doing the apologizing. For violating school policy, for risking the child’s safety of having candy pulled out of her hair. For letting the child have her way with out explaining the repercussions. For informing the child of the teacher’s actions further lowering the child’s self-esteem.
Parents need to be parents. If your child want to do something ridiculous they need to know what the outcomes will be to help them make the right decision. At the end of the day the parents know what is right and what is not and should use that power when necessary. Some parents don’t deserve the children they have.
For all those harping on the teacher, she did not violate any school rules or facebook rules. If I saw something as ridiculous as this I would take a picture and post it to MY PERSONAL FACEBOOK PAGE TOO! She went out in public like that they must wanted the public to see it. Seems to me the parent gave up her right as a parent when she sent her child to school with candy tied in her hair. . . just saying.
Willow Smith looks ghetto with her Kool-Aid braids and you all know this! Nothing cute about putting candy in your hair. Cheap candy at that!
I was using Willow Smith as an example aswell…. I totally agree with your statement…(Anitra S.) The topic was about the teachers wrong doing not the child…… Im proud of the little girl; she did what she wanted, and it didnt cause any harm…
So let me get this straight the mother put that mess in her child’s hair hoping that no one would notice, thinking that no one was going to ridicule her hair? It is her fault, she set her child up for pure failure. It is no secret that black people (some) do some crazy mess to their hair and she feeds right into the negative stereotype with that tacky hair style. She has a problem with the teacher posting it but now her child is being exposed across the world wide web. Child Please.
The teacher was wrong for posting & making negative comments on Facebook and the mother is also wrong for sending her child to school with a “ghetto” hairstyle. I am black & I would have laughed too! Just being honest
First and foremost most school systems have policies that must be signed by the parent before any image, photo video , or likeness of kids can be used on tv or internet. I am a teacher and even if we have a school event I don’t post the pics of the actual kids to the web because I don’t have the parents permission to do so! They are going to get her on violation of policy, ethics, and probably a whole bunch of other things because inner city attorneys are waiting to take on pro bono cases for poor people like this! I hope she’s a part of a union and has libility insurance because they are going to stick it to her!!!!!!!!!!! Every teacher in America needs to be sured up on ethics and policy in their school systems. You’ll be surprised of the thing you can and cannot do!!!!!!!!!!
IT DOESN’T MATTER IF HER MOTHER PUT "SOCKS" ON HER HEAD. THE TEACHER HAD NO BUSINESS TAKING THAT PICTURE AND PUTTING IT ON FACE BOOK MAKING FUN OF HER. WHAT SHE DID WAS CHILDISH AND IGNORANT. NOT ONLY SHE EMBARRASSED HERSELF(AS A TEACHER), SHE JUST LOWERED THAT CHILD’S SELF ESTEEM BY MAKING FUN OF HER. SHE NEEDS TO BE FIRED, A "REAL" TEACHER WOULD NOT DO THAT TO THEIR STUDENTS. SHAME ON THE TEACHER!!!!
WHOMEVER SAID WE WOULD THINK WILLOW WAS A TRENDSETTER MUST HAVE NEVER READ THE COMMENTS CONCERNING WILLOW SMITH AND HER TACKY TOO GROWN HOT MESS STYLING ESP THE HAIR….AND THE MOTHER COMPLAINED ABOUT HER DAUGHTER’S GHETTO HAIR STYLE PIC BEING PUT & LAUGHED ABOUT ON FACEBOOK BUT THEN SHE GOES TO THE NEWS FOR EVERYBODY IN THE WORLD TO MAKE FUN OF HER DAUGHTER & HER HOT MESS HAIRSTYLE. YEAH THAT’S REALLY A MORAL BUSTER FOR YOUR KID!!!! MY MAMA ALWAYS SAID U CAN’T BUY COMMON SENSE…….JENNY JONES!!!!
Freedom of expression she was not hurting no one.
Many comments about this incident I found disheartening, particularly from the "sad sack" commenting on the little girl’s personal features (looks older, like a boy, etc), this is "further bullying" the child "stupid." I further heard such stupidity from tv news commentators, where I first heard of this incident. Shame on them as well.
It is my assumption that all having commented (including news broadcasters) were adults, those not I am understanding, but, to those supposing to be, as a great-grandmother, I speak directly to you.
Question the level of your moral spirit. we are discussing a 7yr. old, a child, innoncence. While I am a three generational parent, I learned, before parenthood, to "always" consider others by moral consideration. To view situations by attuning self through the minds-eye of others.
I have read in these comments such things as: being ghetto, blame the mother, even worst, some saying "I would have laughed too." these are all "wickedness" of the spirit.
It was also stated the child "could have" had her hair pulled (out). But the children did not. Why, because a child is innocent and admires difference (candy wore) as beauty.
As for the mother, I too would have allowed my child this difference of expression because it is "art." However, those lacking "culture" also lack this knowledge.
Now for this riddicule of the "ghetto." To those deeming the ghetto as some strange, foreign and primitive existence. It is a world where people do not feel they have to "fit" to the expectations of others. They live by a code of live and let live. Unlike those feeling they must were disguise for the acceptance of others.
This teacher should hauled into court, made to pay resitution to the child for defamation and bullying, and pay to take classes in mora ethics.
And finally, the mother, for those lacking insight. The mother clearly thought the video she and her child would sit and "watch together" would be one they could share and be proud.
Some of the comments on here are ridiculous. She’s a little girl who wanted candy in her hair. No big deal its her hair. So what if other people think its not cute or too much if you do than don’t put the ish in your hair or YOUR childs hair. She should be allowed to do whatever she wants to her hair as long as she isn’t causing harm to anyone else. PERIOD. The teacher is supposed to set an example and if she VALUED her job she would have thought twice before posting a picture of someone’s child on any kind of website. She definitely should have gotten permission from the little girls mother to post the pic too. There were children in the school and classroom that were facebook friends with the teacher so it was her mothers job to tell her about the incident because I’m sure there were kids in school talking about her. This teacher needs to be disciplined by the school board so it doesn’t happen to another student by a teacher.
Adults laughing at kids now that is ghetto…
She was dead wrong for posting that.
The teacher should be fired. I am just amazed at so many folks who believe the teacher did nothing wrong. Some knucklehead actually says the teacher is protected by free speech. The teacher had no business posting a picture of a MINOR on facebook period that she did not birth. This is not about the parent or the student, it’s about the gross misconduct of the teacher. I bet my last and next paycheck that if a teacher put a picture of YOUR child on facebook for some laughs, you will have something to say about it. You don’t know if some pervert is looking at those pics. The mother should demand that the teacher be fired.
that heffer should be fired, who cares how the child’s hair looks, she’s there to get education
She should put that ghetto sh*t on blast…tired of seeing my people walking around looking a hot mess and then get offended when someone makes a comment. That was just ghetto fab at it’s best and the mother should be smacked. And anyone that think it’s not is probably ghetto also.
I am surprised at a lot of these comments. I am a teacher and the teacher was dead wrong for putting the photo on FB, but I do not feel she should lose her job. She should be reprimanded about her unethical ways, but not fired.
The parent should not have done her daughter’s hair in that manner if she didn’t want her chld mocked. I’m sure more than just the teacher saw this as humor.
Also, I know the school has a policy about any hairstyle that disrupts class. We have a policy that states if the hairstyle of dress disrupts our teaching, then we can send the student to the office.
I see this as a case of misjudgment – one from the teacher and parent.
Oh, the school officials obviously didn’t think the teacher did anything wrong at first thought, because the story said she took the picture down and that she was a good teacher.
The point of the drama is… How are we going to knowingly live in a world where adults can mock children. They are suppose to be shielding them from abuse not dishing it out, SMDH at those of you who feel its the mother’s fault!!
Both the teacher and the mother were wrong. I say suspend the teacher for a few days w/o pay since she humiliated that child on the internet. Now to the mother? She needs to have some common sense and exercise better judgement. I use to beg my mom for plenty of hair styles but she didn’t allow me to wear all of them. Why? B/c she knew some of those hair ideas were ridiculous. Plain and simple. Let’s be honest. Jolly ranchers as hair accessories? That just screams ghetto.
Is the hairstyle ghetto? Yes. Should the teacher have posted it on her Facebook page? No. Should she be sued for it? Oh come on… really? That makes the parents look even more ghetto for letting them bend them out of shape that much. If anything, the parent should be sued for putting food in their kid’s hair and naming her "Ukailya". Duh.