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A judge ordered Wednesday that a trial be held next month to determine whether a Black high school student in Texas can continue being punished by his district for refusing to change a hairstyle he and his family say is protected by a new state law.

Darryl George, 18, has not been in his regular classroom in Barbers Hill High School in Mont Belvieu since Aug. 31. Instead, he has either been serving in-school suspension or spending time in an off-site disciplinary program.

His Houston-area school district, Barbers Hill, has said George’s long hair, which he wears in neatly tied and twisted locs on top of his head, violates a district dress code that limits hair length for boys. The district has said other students with locs comply with the length policy.

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In the ad, Poole defended his district’s policy and wrote that districts with a traditional dress code are safer and had higher academic performance and that “being an American requires conformity.”

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[-] cybersandwich@lemmy.world 22 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

violates a district dress code that limits hair length for boys.

This is a thing?

I'm actually glad they have so many pictures of him in the article. Lmfao, how is that too long????

My hair looks longer than that and it's a standard dude haircut.

I just googled mens haircuts:

https://www.gatsbyglobal.com/en/technique/best-haircuts-men-top-mens-hairstyles-today/images/img2.jpg

https://www.gatsbyglobal.com/en/technique/best-haircuts-men-top-mens-hairstyles-today/images/img10.jpg

https://www.gatsbyglobal.com/en/technique/best-haircuts-men-top-mens-hairstyles-today/images/img11.jpg

https://www.gatsbyglobal.com/en/technique/best-haircuts-men-top-mens-hairstyles-today/images/img15.jpg

Seriously, almost half of these are longer than this guys hair. None of them would be suspended.

Here is the link of the top 70 styles for men:

https://www.gatsbyglobal.com/en/technique/best-haircuts-men-top-mens-hairstyles-today/

There are obviously haircuts for men that are shorter but I wouldn't even put this kids hair, as styled, in the middle of the hair length bell curve.

[-] pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online 7 points 11 months ago

Yup, Texas schools are authoritarian hell holes.

It's not about the hair length. It's mostly because he's black, but it's also about asserting power. .

[-] prole@sh.itjust.works 4 points 11 months ago
[-] GlendatheGayWitch@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

The length doesn't matter, the CROWN Act says that districts can't discriminate against hairstyles that are "commonly or historically associated with race". His hairstyle has been worn by African Americans for over 400 years. The law doesn't say that they can discriminate against "commonly or historically associated with race" of a certain length.

Edit: can to can't

[-] IamSparticles@lemmy.zip 3 points 11 months ago

the CROWN Act says that districts can discriminate against hairstyles that are “commonly or historically associated with race”.

  • can't
[-] thedirtyknapkin@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

oh man, is it just me or were pretty much all of the examples in that list absolutely awful looking. not saying the styles they mentioned aren't fine or good, just their choices for pictures. i hated almost every single one of them, and I'm normally one who likes bolder styles on men... also, the single nod to the existence of black hair halfway through 😅.

[-] cybersandwich@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Yea, the single black guy in there...has longer hair than this guy.

[-] bane_killgrind@lemmy.ml 1 points 11 months ago

The first one was modern mullet, after like 25 different styles you are going to get some blunder years type of cuts

[-] Trollception@lemmy.world -2 points 11 months ago

A bunch of Take me to McDonald's cuts in that list.

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