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.

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
      531·
      10 months ago

      Yes, it is time for the school to decide that. And then decide that his education is more important than what they think about his hairstyle.

      • ares35@kbin.social
        141·
        10 months ago

        it’s texas, in a county entirely run by ®acists.

        you already know what they ‘picked’.

        • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldEnglish
          62·
          10 months ago

          The state has, at least in cases like this. Texas passed the Crown Act. This racist district is ignoring the law.

            • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldEnglish
              3·
              10 months ago

              From the article:

              State Rep. Ron Reynolds, a Democrat and chair of the Texas Legislative Black Caucus, said he planned to file an amendment to the law during the next session that “specifically addresses length to stop their pretextual argument to not comply with the Crown Act.”

              I’ll note that there’s no federal equivalent to the Crown Act. Does that mean that congress is more racist than Texas?

              Would explain a fucking lot, to be honest.

    • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
      351·
      10 months ago

      No, that’s already been decided at the state level (note the summary pointing out that Texas passed the Crown Act, which makes it illegal for admins to consider hairstyle more important than education).

      Now is the time for the racists who refuse to acknowledge that decision to lose their fucking jobs.

    • NatakuNox@lemmy.world
      73·
      10 months ago

      Time decide what’s important. Compliance or your culture/spiritual/personal identity

    • 1847953620@lemmy.world
      41·
      10 months ago

      Do you mean that worrying about someone’s hairstyle is completely outside of the scope of- and detrimental to the resources of- education? Or that someone’s specific hairstyle can be detrimental to the quality of education received itself?

    • nomous@lemmy.world
      2·
      10 months ago

      Everyone decided, it’s education. The dumbfucks on the schoolboard haven’t gotten the memo, but they will…