Posted on Sep 24, 2023
A Black Texas student sues after he was suspended over his hairstyle
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A Black high school student in Texas was suspended for more than two weeks for wearing a natural hairstyle that school officials say violated the district's dress code.
Now, he and his mother are suing Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and the state's attorney general for allegedly failing to enforce a state law that prohibits hair discrimination.
Darryl George, a junior at Barbers Hill High School in Mont Belvieu, (a town roughly 40 minutes outside of Houston) has faced numerous in-school suspensions since Aug. 31 due to his locs. School officials say George's locs fell below his eyebrows and ear lobes, according to local media reports, which violates the district's dress code for male students.
A Black high school student in Texas was suspended for more than two weeks for wearing a natural hairstyle that school officials say violated the district's dress code.
Now, he and his mother are suing Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and the state's attorney general for allegedly failing to enforce a state law that prohibits hair discrimination.
Darryl George, a junior at Barbers Hill High School in Mont Belvieu, (a town roughly 40 minutes outside of Houston) has faced numerous in-school suspensions since Aug. 31 due to his locs. School officials say George's locs fell below his eyebrows and ear lobes, according to local media reports, which violates the district's dress code for male students.
A Black Texas student sues after he was suspended over his hairstyle
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Lawsuit
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel of all things...
..."Politicians and activists who support the George family have criticized the school.
State Representative Rhetta Andrews Bowers, a Democrat and the primary author of the CROWN Act, said in a statement on Friday that the school district was trying “to find loopholes to skirt the law and perpetuate hair discrimination” and called for it to stop disciplinary action against Darryl.
At least 24 states have adopted similar laws that make it illegal to discriminate against students or workers because of their hairstyle.
In May 2020, two cousins who attended high school in the same district as Darryl, DeAndre Arnold and Kaden Bradford, were suspended for the length of their dreadlocks. Their families sued and the case is still proceeding."
..."Politicians and activists who support the George family have criticized the school.
State Representative Rhetta Andrews Bowers, a Democrat and the primary author of the CROWN Act, said in a statement on Friday that the school district was trying “to find loopholes to skirt the law and perpetuate hair discrimination” and called for it to stop disciplinary action against Darryl.
At least 24 states have adopted similar laws that make it illegal to discriminate against students or workers because of their hairstyle.
In May 2020, two cousins who attended high school in the same district as Darryl, DeAndre Arnold and Kaden Bradford, were suspended for the length of their dreadlocks. Their families sued and the case is still proceeding."
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