Texas trial begins over punishment of student for his hair length
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- čas přidán 21. 02. 2024
- A trial is set to be held today to determine if Darryl George, a Black high school student in Texas, can continue being punished by his district for refusing to change his dreadlock hairstyle, which he and his family say is protected by a new state law that prohibits race-based hair discrimination.
At issue is whether George’s monthslong punishment for violating his Houston-area school district’s dress code policy limiting the length of boys’ hair violates the CROWN Act.
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nothing says "qualified educator" like obsessing over a student's hairstyle instead of, you know, focusing on providing a quality education. I guess the real lesson here is that some educators might need a crash course in common sense and priorities. And tested for personality disorders.
@@UncleBuZ^^ this
@@SpaceFlamingo07you
Muh Hur!!!!!!!
Who gives af if his hair is long? As long as he takes care of himself and appears neat who cares? Let this kid go to school and learn like everyone else. And of fcking course it’s in Texas. Texas is backwards.
Waste of tax payers money!!!!
The boy’s hair is wrapped.neatly around his head. What has length got to do with it?
This is horrible. This young man is a student who goes to school, wants to learn, but is told no because of his hairstyle??? Really? When communities are doing their best to keep children educated and invested in their futures, tell me how you remove a current student over hair.
I’m I the only one old enough to remember back in the 70’s with the fight about hair length?
HOMESCHOOL
Pathetic.
Are we not in 2024? As long as he's in class paying attention, hair length and color shouldn't matter.
Thanks to Texas for keeping us safe from those long haired hippies.
Awesome sauce! 😂
"America" 🤣
Since the school board is siting only length, it may not fall under Crown act, however, I would be willing to bet that there are girls in the school with longer hair. I am inclined to think this is more of a gender role issue for the board. If they can define male/female identity by allowable hair length, then the right gets a toe hold on the gender enforcement they are so eager to impose. The authoritarians play the long game, they have to because they are in the minority and unpopular, so they target control points like school boards, sheriffs and judges. This needs to be slapped down hard and decisively!
“Our hair grows up, it grows to the gods” very powerful ❤
@@hematophage3526 Ah no, not really. We have hair. it grows. Not a divine revelation. Grow up.
@@hematophage3526 There is enough dumb in this situation without bringing in silly beliefs.
@@hematophage3526 yes, because last time I checked, my hair was reaching for the heavens, seeking divine intervention for split ends. I must have missed that sacred hair growth ritual in the beauty commandments. Silly me, thinking hair was just a protein filament and not a direct line to the gods of the follicular realm.
If they don’t get it, they don’t get it 😂
“The administrators at my son’s educational institution tasked with preparing him to be a professional one day are saying he must conform to a dress code and standard of personal hygiene that everyone else follows within the building, by keeping his hair to only 5-6 inches in length!!! I have to watch him suffer every single day because apparently his entire identity and perception of life is dependent on how long the follicles of keratin sprouting from his head are. But I have good news! We are fighting it, and my son will be foregoing classes and his education until we can amass a hefty lump sum, I mean justice, for himself and others like him in this nation.” ✊
There are so many types of "professionals" and not all of them are the stereotypical suit and tie and short hair. That is such an old fashioned attitude. A person can be told what is expected without having to look the part as a kid. Youth is a time for experimenting and expanding their mind and creativity. Much of that is through looks, hair, and dress.
He agreed to their rules .Not everything is about race.
@@virginiahobby3726 He is attending a tax funded public school. There was no agreement, there was no consent. You got only one thing right - I don't think this was about race.
@@hockeylilly No, youth is not the time for experimenting in a professional setting. You do that in the woods, around the neighborhood, maybe at the local mall. You are confusing play/free time with school, which is more like an extremely important job that sets you up for life depending on how seriously you take it. 🤦♀️
It's amazing how people want to take away rights and freedoms pertaining to dress and hair styles. It's creepy actually.@@Ribberflavenous
A Private School is different from a Public School. They agreed to the rules and are mad now....
You go to school to learn. It shouldn’t matter how your hair looks. That has nothing to do with school
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This is happening in Texas?? I’m shocked. Hahahahaha -can we just give Texas to Mexico?
Mexico are more advanced. They wouldn't want them.
Young man, focus on learning and not your hair. Or just go to another school. This school is obviously trying to do something unique in their educational philosophy that involves a tight grooming code. Let them be and move on.
I don't understand how I can't do or wear the same thing as my fellow partners
How why ????????????
Why is hair short 😢
While we're in the subject of schools , silsbee middle school needs immediate attention! The bathrooms are far behind , from what I'm told some stalls are not in working order and all needs updated.. Hopefully someone can check into this !!!!! Please
Texastan Taliban
I lived in Texas in the late 70's. It looks like nothing has changed. It can't get anymore discriminatory than this. Disgusting. I thought hair style was protected under freedom of speech? I guess not. My son's school (NY) tried to tell him to change his hair and I ripped them a new behind.
@hokeylilly if it is not too personal, could you expound on what your son's school was objecting to regarding his hair? I am glad you stood your ground either way.
No problem. He dyed his hair blue.@@Ribberflavenous
Also, the administrator said to me, "What if all the students dyed their hair"? My own mother said I should have said to him, "Then the school and world would be colorful"!!!
@@hockeylilly It really speaks to the mentality of most public school administrators: agents of conformity ala Pink Floyd. If you will forgive a little conspiracy theory, I think the system is actively trying to discourage individuality/critical thinking and promote obedience/submission to authority. It makes my blood boil every time some school board talks of limiting freedom of expression, equating hate speech with anything they are not 'comfortable' dealing with. How would hair color possibly present a threat to other students? If the kid wanted to start touting hate-symbols, then yeah, there needs to be interdiction. Again kudos for standing up for your kid, I wish there were more of you.
What next ? They going to say if you don't saport 🌈 you cant come to class ?
support
if he had a father, the dad would have shave his son hair clean off, dad don't have time for that BS.
The Bible says "round haircuts" are a sin.
Oh, absolutely! Right there in the Book of Hairstyles, chapter 3, verse 16: "Thou shalt not sport a round haircut, for it is the path to follicular damnation." It's sandwiched between the commandment about not wearing socks with sandals and the one condemning pineapple on pizza. Clearly, divine follicular guidance is a top priority.
@@UncleBuZ Sadly, your non-canonical book makes as much or more sense as the Old Testament.
Why white people can wear dreads with no problem? Just like we had to fight for rap music now you got the Mexicans and Eminem climbing rap music
Stop being racist against white people and Mexicans your racism is showing. Plus they rap better.