Texas high school sends Black student back to in-school suspension over his locs hairstyle

[Bodi]

What behavior?


His behavior isn't the story. His dress code is.

Yes. His behaviour is a huge part of the story. Post #28

and other transgressions: violating the tardy policy, disrupting the in-school suspension classroom and not complying with school directives.
Barbers Hill Superintendent Greg Poole said Friday in an email to the AP that officials cannot disclose the infractions that led to George’s current placement, but it was not because of his hair.

George’s mother, Darresha George, said he once used a profanity to express frustration with the in-school suspension. The family said George also has had two tardy violations. But they see the refusal to cut his hair as the root of the issue.

Texas high school sends Black student back to in-school suspension over his locs hairstyle

No they're not. arbitrary: based on random choice or personal whim, rather than any reason or system. The fact that no rules or consequences are universal, outside science and math, etc, means that they are, or started out, as arbitrary.

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[Pyrite]

Texas high school sends Black student back to in-school suspension over his locs hairstyle

A Texas high school sent a Black student Darryl George back to in-school suspension for refusing to change his hairstyle, renewing a monthslong standoff over a dress code policy the teen’s family calls discriminatory.

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A Texas high school sent a Black student back to in-school suspension Tuesday for refusing to change his hairstyle, renewing a monthslong standoff over a dress code policy the teen’s family calls discriminatory.

The student, Darryl George, was suspended for 13 days because his hair is out of compliance when let down, according to a disciplinary notice issued by Barbers Hill High School in Mont Belvieu, Texas. It was his first day back at the school after spending a month at an off-site disciplinary program.

George, 18, already has spent more than 80% of his junior year outside of his regular classroom.
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"...The dress code policy at Barbers Hill Independent School District attracted headlines in 2020 when a Black student was forbidden to return to school or attend his graduation ceremony unless he cut his locs. Greg Poole, who has been district superintendent since 2006, has said the policy is legal and teaches students to conform as a sacrifice benefitting everyone...."

Texas, the new China!

 

[ColdHardTruth]

if it breaches dress code it does

if he gets exception for hair, what other exceptions will be made, MAGA shirts ? fair is fair, right ?

adhere to the dress codes

It just sounds wrong to me. Why does the school care what his hair looks like?

 

[justabubba]

Only 5.5% of day traders are black men. He’s exponentially more likely to spend his days in prison. His disregard for rules points to the later.

show your cite, because i would want to see how the racial composition of day traders was evaluated

but your reply informs us that it is quite possible for this young man to gravitate to an occupation, such as day trading, where his appearance would not be something to which he must conform to another's standards

hope you evaluate yourself for implicit bias, as demonstrated by assuming a black fellow could not operate within the day trading industry

 

[Pyrite]

It just sounds wrong to me. Why does the school care what his hair looks like?

Something else smells fishy:

Texas high school sends Black student back to in-school suspension over his locs hairstyle

Darryl George was suspended for 13 days because his hair is out of compliance when let down, according to a disciplinary notice issued by his Texas high school.

www.nbcnews.com

...His family argues the punishment violates the CROWN Act, which became law in Texas in September and is intended to prohibit race-based hair discrimination. The school says the CROWN Act does not address hair length....

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Are we supposed to believe Texas state legislators wrote, discussed, and passed legislation that addresses hair discrimination but doesn't talk about hair length?

 

[NolanVoyd]

From the story:

“School officials said George was sent to the disciplinary program for violating the dress code and the tardy policy, disrupting the in-school suspension classroom and not complying with school directives.”

That’s a nice way of saying that he often doesn’t show for school and when he does he disrupts classrooms and he’s insubordinate.

Yet they are giving him shit about his hair.

Idiots.

 

[NolanVoyd]

Yes. His behaviour is a huge part of the story. Post #28

and other transgressions: violating the tardy policy, disrupting the in-school suspension classroom and not complying with school directives.
Barbers Hill Superintendent Greg Poole said Friday in an email to the AP that officials cannot disclose the infractions that led to George’s current placement, but it was not because of his hair.

George’s mother, Darresha George, said he once used a profanity to express frustration with the in-school suspension. The family said George also has had two tardy violations. But they see the refusal to cut his hair as the root of the issue.

Texas high school sends Black student back to in-school suspension over his locs hairstyle

No they're not. arbitrary: based on random choice or personal whim, rather than any reason or system. The fact that no rules or consequences are universal, outside science and math, etc, means that they are, or started out, as arbitrary.

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Oh my fricken God!

A teenager used profanity once! Stop the presses! I have never heard of such thing! At most schools they would handle such a transgression with a lunch detention.

Lol.

And two tardys!?

Oh my God! Two tardys?!

I bet half the kids on the honor roll have more than two tardys.


Sounds like the DOJ needs to open a civil rights investigation into the leadership in this district.

 

[Pyrite]

Something else smells fishy:

Texas high school sends Black student back to in-school suspension over his locs hairstyle

Darryl George was suspended for 13 days because his hair is out of compliance when let down, according to a disciplinary notice issued by his Texas high school.

www.nbcnews.com

...His family argues the punishment violates the CROWN Act, which became law in Texas in September and is intended to prohibit race-based hair discrimination. The school says the CROWN Act does not address hair length....

```````````````````

Are we supposed to believe Texas state legislators wrote, discussed, and passed legislation that addresses hair discrimination but doesn't talk about hair length?

Turns out Texas state legislators did indeed write, discuss, and pass legislation that is supposed to address hair discrimination but fails to talk about hair length.

And it sure looks as if that pertinent part of "hair discrimination" was deliberately left wide open, so that Texas can say it has signed on to the CROWN Act but in reality it hasn't.

Just another cynical GOPer sleight of hand, folks.

The CROWN Act hasn't ended hair discrimination in Texas

Urgent action and accountability are crucial in addressing the ongoing policing of Black hair in Texas and beyond.

www.brookings.edu

November 28, 2023

..."Some state-level versions of the CROWN Act still enable discriminatory targeting of Black hairstyles.

In Texas, the CROWN Act left loopholes allowing bans on hair longer than 2 inches, which explicitly singles out and prohibits natural Black hairstyles like afros and dreadlocks on male students. By failing to bar restrictive policies on length and color, Texas' version of the CROWN Act fails short of fully-preventing race-based hair discrimination....

 

[ColdHardTruth]

Only 5.5% of day traders are black men. He’s exponentially more likely to spend his days in prison. His disregard for rules points to the later.

No.

Fighting a discriminatory policy does not mean he will spend time in prison.

The school is trying an end run around the Crown Act. It WILL lead to a lawsuit and both the principal and the superintendent will lose their jobs.

 

[ColdHardTruth]

blah blah blah......

There are plenty of democrat racial bigots out there to go around including our current president..

That may well be, but it doesn't change the demographics of the Texas GOP.

 

[Bodi]

Oh my fricken God!

A teenager used profanity once! Stop the presses! I have never heard of such thing! At most schools they would handle such a transgression with a lunch detention.

No.

Fighting a discriminatory policy does not mean he will spend time in prison.

The school is trying an end run around the Crown Act. It WILL lead to a lawsuit and both the principal and the superintendent will lose their jobs.

Kids are written up with "profanity" or "disobedience" or "disruption" when what actually occurred was that the kid started calling the teacher a "****ing *unt" and a "piece of shit racist" and **** you and **** that and I am not leaving the room, disrupting whole lessons as the teacher was powerless, going to get a dean who the kid told to **** off ... but the kid eventually leaves. ruining the lesson and day... but the official write up was something as benign as "profanity"

 

[Pyrite]

No.

Fighting a discriminatory policy does not mean he will spend time in prison.

The school is trying an end run around the Crown Act. It WILL lead to a lawsuit and both the principal and the superintendent will lose their jobs.

I would hope so, but it looks as if Abbott and other Texas GOPers have pulled a bait-and-switch a la the CROWN Act.

 

[holbritter]

Turns out Texas state legislators did indeed write, discuss, and pass legislation that is supposed to address hair discrimination but fails to talk about hair length.

And it sure looks as if that pertinent part of "hair discrimination" was deliberately left wide open, so that Texas can say it has signed on to the CROWN Act but in reality it hasn't.

Just another cynical GOPer sleight of hand, folks.

The CROWN Act hasn't ended hair discrimination in Texas

Urgent action and accountability are crucial in addressing the ongoing policing of Black hair in Texas and beyond.

www.brookings.edu

November 28, 2023

..."Some state-level versions of the CROWN Act still enable discriminatory targeting of Black hairstyles.

In Texas, the CROWN Act left loopholes allowing bans on hair longer than 2 inches, which explicitly singles out and prohibits natural Black hairstyles like afros and dreadlocks on male students. By failing to bar restrictive policies on length and color, Texas' version of the CROWN Act fails short of fully-preventing race-based hair discrimination....

dreadlock are natural? I guess, since it happens when you don't brush your hair, but other races can have dreadlocks too, it's not just a 'black' hairstyle. An afro is natural, but it doesn't have to be long.

 

[hecatmoggie]

It just sounds wrong to me. Why does the school care what his hair looks like?

you'd have to ask the school why they passed that - there is a school board, meetings, parental input etc and all that was known weeks/months or years even before the incident

bottom line, kid wanted to buck the system and trying to use race card and really, its just an example of not following a dress code set by the school

period, end of story

 

[ColdHardTruth]

you'd have to ask the school why they passed that - there is a school board, meetings, parental input etc and all that was known weeks/months or years even before the incident

bottom line, kid wanted to buck the system and trying to use race card and really, its just an example of not following a dress code set by the school

period, end of story

I do not agree. A law had to be created to prevent this kind of crap from happening and it is not being followed. Conservatives in Texas have always given the impression that they are above the law. This is an example of that.

If the principal does not have anything better to do than harass members of the student body about their hair, he needs to be terminated. The student in question has already lost most of his junior year due continual harassment from the school.

I can understand having a basic dress code, which forbids sports jackets, hats, shoes, and gang-affiliated crap. Harassing people about their hair is not acceptable. It needs to stop.

 

[ColdHardTruth]

I would hope so, but it looks as if Abbott and other Texas GOPers have pulled a bait-and-switch a la the CROWN Act.

Yeah, it does seem that way, which is why this case needs to be filed in federal court, outside of the State of Texas, so that the good-ole-boy network cannot interfere in it.

The damage settlement needs to be MASSIVE. The principal needs to be unemployed, the superintendent needs to be unemployed.

A message has to be sent to the GQP in Texas. Racism now costs money and jobs.

 

[hecatmoggie]

I do not agree. A law had to be created to prevent this kind of crap from happening and it is not being followed. Conservatives in Texas have always given the impression that they are above the law. This is an example of that.

If the principal does not have anything better to do than harass members of the student body about their hair, he needs to be terminated. The student in question has already lost most of his junior year due continual harassment from the school.

I can understand having a basic dress code, which forbids sports jackets, hats, shoes, and gang-affiliated crap. Harassing people about their hair is not acceptable. It needs to stop.

so white kids can have their hair down like that? no, I don't believe they do, regardless of what someone accuses

its not a race thing at all, its a dress code thing and they knew it before the school year started

they just want to make a big deal about it and make it a race thing when it isn't

 

[ColdHardTruth]

so white kids can have their hair down like that? no, I don't believe they do, regardless of what someone accuses

its not a race thing at all, its a dress code thing and they knew it before the school year started

they just want to make a big deal about it and make it a race thing when it isn't

Why is it that only the African-American kid is being harassed about it?

The Crown Act was created to keep this kind of crap in check. That is being abused. Now a federal lawsuit needs to be filed and all of those involved need to lose their jobs.

 

[TU Curmudgeon]

"George said he feels like is being singled out because there are other boys in the school with longer hairstyles than his."

If that is correct, this is a problem. If it isn't, the issue is the opposite of what is claimed. He is not asking to be treated like everyone else. He is asking for special treatment.

I was once in a school that had a dress code. At one point I was called into the school's head and "spoken to" about the length of my hair (which I always wore in a bun during "practical experience" classes).

My response was that I was quite willing to bet a haircut so that my hair was only the third longest of any of the students in my class.

Since I was one of three males in a class of around 100, that ended the discussion.

 

[hecatmoggie]

Why is it that only the African-American kid is being harassed about it?

The Crown Act was created to keep this kind of crap in check. That is being abused. Now a federal lawsuit needs to be filed and all of those involved need to lose their jobs.

i don't know that he is

the entire school should adhere to the dress code - if it can be proven they're not then yes its a problem and they all need to get IN the dress code

including this one

 

[ColdHardTruth]

i don't know that he is

the entire school should adhere to the dress code - if it can be proven they're not then yes its a problem and they all need to get IN the dress code

including this one

I think the principal should be fired. The harassment needs to stop.

 

[hecatmoggie]

I think the principal should be fired. The harassment needs to stop.

I think all students should adhere to the dress code

fair and equal to everybody - isn't that what everyone wants ? and if the dress code needs addressed, that's what the board meetings with parents etc are for


I think you want this kid to have special treatment - is that right ?

 

[poppopfox]

i don't know that he is

the entire school should adhere to the dress code - if it can be proven they're not then yes its a problem and they all need to get IN the dress code

including this one

"Thou shalt conform." Nice to know you are on the 'side' of a dictatorial culture. Read 1984.

 

[ColdHardTruth]

I think all students should adhere to the dress code

There is no need for a "hair" dress code. That is some 60s bullshit that needs to go away.

fair and equal to everybody - isn't that what everyone wants ? and if the dress code needs addressed, that's what the board meetings with parents etc are for

Do you really think the school board, which is made up of GQP talibangelicals, is going to do right by this student?

I think you want this kid to have special treatment - is that right ?

I want the State of Texas to follow the Crown Act and cease their racist behavior.

 

[Lutherf]

Texas high school sends Black student back to in-school suspension over his locs hairstyle

A Texas high school sent a Black student Darryl George back to in-school suspension for refusing to change his hairstyle, renewing a monthslong standoff over a dress code policy the teen’s family calls discriminatory.

apnews.com

A Texas high school sent a Black student back to in-school suspension Tuesday for refusing to change his hairstyle, renewing a monthslong standoff over a dress code policy the teen’s family calls discriminatory.

The student, Darryl George, was suspended for 13 days because his hair is out of compliance when let down, according to a disciplinary notice issued by Barbers Hill High School in Mont Belvieu, Texas. It was his first day back at the school after spending a month at an off-site disciplinary program.

George, 18, already has spent more than 80% of his junior year outside of his regular classroom.
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This is absurd. Every child is special and precious and under no circumstances should we expect them to comply with rules and regulations. Rules are merely a form of oppression not far removed from slavery and the only logical reason this school district is preying on this poor child is because they hate black people.

Did I get all that right?