Teen Says School Forced Her to Color Her Hair Black

A high school student from Osaka, Japan claims her public high school repeatedly forced her to dye her naturally-brown hair black or drop out of school.   Last week, she filed a lawsuit against the school district, seeking damages of about 2.2 million yen—roughly $20,000. She says she suffered “mental anguish” as well as scalp pain, irritation and rashes from the dye, Reuters reports. She has not attended school since September 2016. According to Reuters, the lawsuit claims she was forced to “either dye the hair black or quit school.” She was also banned from attending certain activities because of (more…)