Texas Superintendent Defends Suspending Black Student Over Locs Hairstyle in Full-Page Ad: ‘Being American Requires Conformity’
Posted on AllSides January 18th, 2024
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A Texas school district superintendent defended the continued suspension of a Black student for his hairstyle in a full-page newspaper ad, paid for by an education foundation.
Darryl George has been suspended repeatedly by the Barbers Hill Independent School District for his loc hairstyle. The teen's family filed a federal civil rights lawsuit saying the punishment violates the CROWN Act, an acronym for “Create a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair,” which became law in Texas in September.
The law is intended to prohibit race-based hair discrimination. But the...
