Texas Superintendent Defends Suspending Black Student Over Locs Hairstyle in Full-Page Ad: ‘Being American Requires Conformity'
Texas Superintendent Defends Suspending Black Student Over Locs Hairstyle in Full-Page Ad: ‘Being American Requires Conformity'
A full-page newspaper defends the punishment high school student Darryl George has faced over his hairstyle.
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A full-page newspaper defends the punishment high school student Darryl George has faced over his hairstyle.
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“Ultimately, this is an issue of local control and deciding who should be setting the policies, goals and expectations of our school district,” Poole wrote.
This in a state that banned COVID related mandates by local governments, passed a law allowing the state to interfere in Houston elections (a Democratic stronghold), and took over Texas' largest school district (Houston ISD) - firing librarians and turning school libraries into "disciplinary centers". They also rushed to use eminent domain to seize land for Trump's border wall.
I guess that's the kind of state and local officials you get when You May Have The Worst Gerrymander In The Country
Edit: spelling and added more sources.
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