Black student at Hawaii Mormon school says he’s fighting order to cut hair

Brigham Young University’s Hawaii campus in 2020. Photograph: Backyard Productions/Alamy

A Black student at a Mormon university in Hawaii said he has been told by staff to cut his shoulder-length hair because it does not adhere to school policies, he said.

Kanaan VyShonne Barton, a student at Brigham Young University-Hawaii, told the Salt Lake Tribune he has been engaged in a battle with the school since September over the length of his hair, which he has refused to cut.