After a short trial, a Texas judge ruled that Barbers Hill school officials are not violating a new state law prohibiting hair discrimination.

After a short trial, a Texas judge ruled that Barbers Hill school officials are not violating a new state law prohibiting hair discrimination.

A Texas judge on Thursday said the Barbers Hill Independent School District can punish a Black student who wears his hair in long locs without violating Texas’ new CROWN Act, which is meant to prevent hairstyle discrimination in schools and workplaces.

The decision came after a monthslong dispute between the district and Darryl George, a junior at Barbers Hill High School who has been sent to in-school suspension since August for wearing his hair in long locs. Legislators last year passed a law called the Texas CROWN Act that prohibits discrimination on the basis of hair texture or protective styles associated with race. Protective styles include locs, braids and twists.

But the Barbers Hill school district successfully argued it can still enforce its policy that prohibits males from wearing hair that extends beyond eyebrows, earlobes or collars even if it’s gathered on top of the student’s head.

  • roguetrick@kbin.social
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    9 months ago

    “The U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled that affirmative action is a violation of the 14th Amendment, and we believe the same reasoning will eventually be applied to the CROWN Act,” Poole said.

    It’s unclear how the debate about the CROWN Act is analogous to that SCOTUS ruling.

    The Texas Tribune reached out to Poole to clarify his comments, but he did not immediately respond.

    That’s because his comments are nonsensical for a lawyer in this case unless he meant that the supreme Court is giving him a full press pass to discriminate against black folk. That’s literally the only way to interpret what he said.

    • Zaktor@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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      9 months ago

      The only way it makes sense is if it’s reading between the lines that the Supreme Court is signaling racism is now ok. These people have simple minds, affirmative action and the CROWN Act are just both wokeness, so if one wokeness is torn down, then the rest should be soon to follow.