The same week his state outlawed racial discrimination based on hairstyles, a Black high school student in Texas was suspended because school officials said his locs violated the district’s dress code.

Darryl George, a junior at Barbers Hill High School in Mont Belvieu, received an in-school suspension after he was told his hair fell below his eyebrows and ear lobes. George, 17, wears his hair in thick twisted dreadlocks, tied on top of his head, said his mother, Darresha George.

George served the suspension last week. His mother said he plans to return to the Houston-area school Monday, wearing his dreadlocks in a ponytail, even if he is required to attend an alternative school as a result.

  • @warmaster
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    121 year ago

    Except for NASA, please move it to a better state.

    • 【J】【u】【s】【t】【Z】
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      11 year ago

      I’m sure somewhere there’s a report that says Texas is becoming too hot for operations. Nothing jumped out at me searching “site:nasa.gov type:.pdf climate launch operations in texas future.”