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.”
America was founded in a rebellion against tyranny. Conformity was for royalists, who undermined the revolution and some of whom later served as spies or fought with the British Empire.
These people wave flags and pretend they embody American ideals when they’ve never even understood those ideals, much less even made an effort to live up to them.
The Revolution was fought because rich men hated paying taxes. The same reason we’re on the verge of a second civil war, now.
Ironically, all these conservative “patriots” would have been Tories back in day.
Bloody royalists
Barbers Hill High School
Well there’s your problem right there. With a name like that, they’re bound to be very particular about the hair of all of their students for whatever reason.
Lol. The best part is, the name comes from the area being a huge salt dome, which tracks because these school administrators are obviously super salty.
“Hey this hill is really salty, you know what we should call it?”
“Uhh salt hill?”
“What‽ No, barber’s hill - it reminds me of getting a haircut”
This is utterly ridiculous and such a thinly veiled racism. It’s disgusting that a school principal and members of the school board collectively want to punish this kid so badly for being black they’d go to court to do it.
If there’s a go fund me or other fundraiser for court costs for this kid and his family, I’d gladly throw money at it.
Sounds like the school needs to conform to the changes of society!
I hope he wins and sues the school but mainly the principal into the ether. Good for him and his family for supporting him
“being an American requires conformity.” - I think that’s more of a Japanese thing? They’re like ants. As a foreigner Americans have always seemed some of the most individualistic people in the world.
Remember all those immigrants coming through New York being inspired by the statue of conformity.
If I was the judge for this, I’d get the same haircut as the kid out of pure spite.
violates a district dress code that limits hair length for boys
I get the racism angle here, but isn’t this an open and shut case of sexism?
Because it’s a part of dress code, it’s basically tradition to separate by gender on the topic. Just like how women are required by law to cover their nipples in the USA.
They comments are pretty worked up but I’m not quite sure how this is even considered racist.
Unless there is some reason that I don’t know that black people need to have long hair it sounds like everyone is being treated equally. It’s not like they are asking him to shave with pseudofolliculitis barbae.
Are the girls held to the same standards?
it’s incredible there are still guys who act like a grade school dress code is some sort of sacred biblical text. just really makes your skin crawl. imagine believing in something like that. imagine taking time out of your day to punish someone over their hair and thinking you’re a noble servant of the barber’s hill tradition. what the fuck dude
oh and also the virulent racism
Being an American requires respect of others, originally different religions, and now encompass race. Who still cares about hair style as long as it isn’t whipping in someone else’s face.
Looks like you drank the propaganda lol. Being an American is about bombing brown children for oil.
Don’t forget rampant consumption!
districts with a traditional dress code are safer
Trying to wrap my head around the concept of “dangerous hair.”
Countries with gun control laws are safer.
Schools have no business whatsoever in their students’ hair.it’s a code word for racism
“traditional dress code” seems like code for white people in this case.
Clearly it’s the hair that’s the problem with their culture, and not the generational lack of wealth.
Show me how many black people inherit a house vs whites. Show me how crime rates drop in areas where more homes are owned outright, with no rent or mortgage.
Nah, it’s probably the hair.
If the student somehow doesn’t win, I’ll have even less faith in the justice system than I already do.
Oh, and this isn’t quite the point, but I’ve seen pictures of his hair from other angles. It’s cool as hell.
