Black Texas student given additional suspension for loc hairstyle | CNN
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A Black Texas high school student who was suspended because his loc hairstyle violated the district’s dress code was suspended again upon his return to school Monday, an attorney for the family told CNN.

A Black Texas high school student who was suspended because his loc hairstyle violated the district’s dress code was suspended again upon his return to school Monday, an attorney for the family told CNN.

Darryl George has been suspended for more than two weeks because his loc hairstyle violates the Barbers Hill Independent School District dress and grooming code, according to his family.

The code states that “male students’ hair will not extend, at any time, below the eyebrows or below the ear lobes,” CNN previously reported.

  • phillaholic
    62•1 year ago

    I said this in another thread, but this may be unconstitutional based on Bostock v. Clayton County. That was about employment though. You can’t discriminate based on sex. In the case it’s about discriminating against a gay person because “being attracted to women” is allowed for men but not women. So a hairstyle should not be allowed for women and not men. They are discriminating based on sex.

    • @assassin_aragorn
      25•1 year ago

      I think you’re right actually. Bostock established that if changing the person’s gender makes something unacceptable become acceptable, it’s sexual discrimination.

      As long as the Court respects precedent, which sadly is no longer a given, the school district is clearly in the wrong.

    • EchEnglish
      25•1 year ago

      Children & students historically don’t get the benefit of precedent or rights afforded to adults, unfortunately. Hope to see a different outcome here.

      • @PM_Your_Nudes_PleaseEnglish
        8•1 year ago

        That’s actually my theory. The CROWN act is designed to prevent racial discrimination and went into effect on the same week. My bet is that this kid is being used as a scapegoat to get the law challenged by the SCOTUS.

    • Xanthrax
      9•1 year ago

      Loco parentis, not only do children not have rights, but everyone in the school system is like their parent. They can “raise” them anyway they want, sadly.

      • @Imotali
        7•1 year ago

        This is actually false. Students do indeed have constitutional rights. And you must meet the same strict scrutiny standard to restrict them.

        • Xanthrax
          3•1 year ago

          Of course! But it’s up to them to interpret those constutional rights and implement them. It would be nice if they were held to a high level of scrutiny.

          They’re also minors, so although they have constitutional rights, they can’t really make decisions for themselves. They can’t vote, it’s not a choice to go to school, a lot of schools use mandatory “volunteer” work, they can’t decide what kinds of essays they want to write (often just reaffirming the opinions of the teacher), etc…

          A really good example is saluting the flag. Technically it’s a students right, not to salute/ pledge a allegiance to the flag (there was a 1940’s court case I believe) but they’re still often forced to do it to this day.