The saga of a black high school student from Texas WHO filed a civil lawsuit against his school district, the district managerHis school principal, Texas Governor Greg Abbott, and Attorney General Ken Paxton resented the young black man.
On Tuesday, a federal judge dismissed most of Darryl George’s allegations that school officials discriminated against him because of his race and gender. NBC News.
In September 2023, George, who had just completed his penultimate year of high school, suspended several times because he refused to cut his dreadlocks shorter. Every time he returned to school after a suspension, Barbers Hill High School in Belvieu, Texas, issued him a disciplinary letter almost immediately.
Ironically, George was initially suspended that same week The Texas CROWN Lawa law prohibiting racial discrimination based on hair color came into force.
George and his family then filed a civil rights lawsuit in federal court against the Barbers Hill School District and other state agencies, claiming that the suspension of the then 17-year-old was a violation of state law.
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The ruling was another victory for the Barbers Hill school district near Houston, which had said its policy limiting hair length for male students helped discipline them while teaching them grooming and respect for authority.
The Barbers Hill Independent School District Dress Code It specifically states: “The hair of male students must not extend below the eyebrows or earlobes at any time. The hair of male students must not extend below the top of a T-shirt collar or be tied or worn in a hairstyle that allows the hair to extend below the top of a T-shirt collar, below the eyebrows, or below the earlobes when worn loose.”
In fact, the curls themselves are not considered a violation, but rather the length of his hair. In response, George tied his hair into a ponytail, but that was still considered a violation of district policy.
While U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Brown dismissed most of George’s claims, he allowed the gender discrimination allegation to stand because the district was unclear why girls are allowed to have long hair but boys are not, NBC News reported.
