Texas high school sends Black student back to in-school suspension over his locs hairstyle
Texas high school sends Black student back to in-school suspension over his locs hairstyle
A Texas high school sent a Black student back to in-school suspension for refusing to change his hairstyle, renewing a monthslong standoff over a dress code policy the teen’s family calls discriminatory.
The student, Darryl George, was suspended for 13 days because his hair is out of compliance when let down, according to a disciplinary notice issued by Barbers Hill High School in Mont Belvieu, Texas. It was his first day back at the school after spending a month at an off-site disciplinary program.
George, 18, already has spent more than 80% of his junior year outside of his regular classroom.
He was first pulled from the classroom at the Houston-area school in August after school officials said his braided locs fell below his eyebrows and ear lobes and violated the district’s dress code. His family argues the punishment violates the CROWN Act, which became law in Texas in September and is intended to prohibit race-based hair discrimination. The school says the CROWN Act does not address hair length.
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Hair below eyebrows and ear lobes? What year is this, 1962?
It is even worse than that. He wears his hair in a way that the it does not go below his eyebrows and ear lobes. But the school is mad that it could . It makes my blood boil.
It's absolutely terrible, they're setting him back while he stands up for his rights.
That hair is awesome too. Fuck them.
I hope he wins a lot of money from the delays he's received and punitive damages beyond that.
Yeah. They're preventing him from getting his education for some racist bullshit.
Everyone who has a hand in this pie needs to be fired and future wages garnished to repay him for what he's lost.
We can even do the math to find out how much it costs to educate 1 student for 1 day and then multiply that by how many days he's been suspended.