‘The discrimination is so real’: Hawaiian student isn’t allowed to walk at her graduation ceremony in traditional garb

A TikTok showing a high school preventing a young girl from wearing a traditional Hawaiian lei at her graduation ceremony has caused uproar on the popular platform. In the 142-second video, uploaded by the girl’s brother, kainoa.b, a Hawaiian family – led by the girl’s passionate father – can be seen remonstrating with Eastlake High School officials about the institution’s supposed policy preventing students from wearing any cultural items deemed unsuitable for graduation wear.

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