Texas student suspended over his loc hairstyle

[Cindy Claveau]

Texas student suspended over his loc hairstyle days after state’s Crown Act takes effect

A Black Texas high school student has been suspended for more than a week because his loc hairstyle violated the district’s dress code, his mother said. It could become a test of a new state law that bans discrimination based on hairstyles.


Darryl George, a junior at Barbers Hill High School in Mont Belvieu, received multiple disciplinary action notes and was placed on in-school suspension for wearing his locs hairstyle in a ponytail, his mother, Darresha George, told CNN.


She said Darryl was suspended the same week the state’s CROWN Act, a law prohibiting discrimination based on one’s hair texture or protective hairstyle such as locs and braids, went into effect.

 

[Ryanna Enfield]

Sometimes it is hard to believe we are living in 2023. WTAF?

 

[Free]

Sometimes it is hard to believe we are living in 2023. WTAF?

But are we really "living?"

 

[Noodles]

But are we really "living?"

Unfortunately.

 

[GoblinCampFollower]

Reminds me of an effort I made a bit ago to explain ethnic hairstyles to my conservative parents.... it was like talking to a brick wall.

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

If the state is going to require certain hair treatments to offset natural hair biology, the state needs to provide for those accommodations.

 

[WolfEyes]

Sometimes it is hard to believe we are living in 2023. WTAF?

We're nowhere near as advanced in anything as we try to make ourselves believe we are.

I keep having to remind myself of that.