Boy forced to take off makeup at school

I watched a video clip on CNN.com about a boy who was forced to take off his makeup at school.  Matt Allsup is a 13 year old boy from Hamilton, Ohio.  On a normal daily basis, Allsup wore his "goth" makeup to school.  "I'm not like most southern people" Matt says, and that was shown when he went to school and was told him to remove his makeup.  Allsup's makeup is a way that he expresses himself but the school saw it as violating the dress code of "extreme/distracting makeup".  Mindy Ball, Allsup's mother, says, "He is being sexually discriminated against".  She feels this way the school never tells girls that they have makeup that is extreme or distracting.  There are also no rules that say boy's can't wear makeup so Ball and Allsup are very confused and angry.  Ball brought up a good point by describing how they wear badges to school with different words on them, one of them being acceptance.  On the back, there is a question corresponding to acceptance saying "Do you value the uniqueness of others?".  This question seems to go against how the school is making Matt take off his makeup, which could be considered unique.

Work Cited

Davis, Larry.  "School Makeup Battle".  Online Video Clip.  CNN.  September 25, 2008.   September 25, 2008  . 

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