Black Texas student given additional suspension for loc hairstyle | CNN
www.cnn.com
A Black Texas high school student who was suspended because his loc hairstyle violated the district’s dress code was suspended again upon his return to school Monday, an attorney for the family told CNN.

A Black Texas high school student who was suspended because his loc hairstyle violated the district’s dress code was suspended again upon his return to school Monday, an attorney for the family told CNN.

Darryl George has been suspended for more than two weeks because his loc hairstyle violates the Barbers Hill Independent School District dress and grooming code, according to his family.

The code states that “male students’ hair will not extend, at any time, below the eyebrows or below the ear lobes,” CNN previously reported.

  • Hot SaucermanEnglish
    91·
    1 年前

    I’m talking about this crap where people are starting to get involved in personal matters of appearance

    I’m sorry to inform you, it used to be worse. Women rape victims used to not come forward because one of the main things that would be shoved in their faces was “how they dressed” and “were they asking for it.”

    That bullshit has been a throughline in US culture for fucking decades. I’m in my forties and when I was in high school, girls had ridiculous dress codes that were clearly sexist and clearly icky as fuck. Why would male authority figures be so obsessed with young women not being “too revealing” unless they’re the creepy fucks who are staring?

    Not to mention all the rules about men’s pants sagging in the 90’s. A rule that seemed aimed at young black and latino men in particular.

    Believe it or not, it’s better than it was in the 90’s. It’s still bad, it’s still bullshit, but it’s not new.

    • dmonzel@lemmy.world
      39·
      1 年前

      I’m sorry to inform you, it used to be worse. Women rape victims used to not come forward because one of the main things that would be shoved in their faces was “how they dressed” and “were they asking for it.”

      It still happens.

      • FlickOfTheBean@lemmy.world
        16·
        1 年前

        And that’s why it’s the job of people like you and me to raise a hellish stink about it whenever it happens so that one day, maybe it will finally stop.

    • agent_flounder@lemmy.oneEnglish
      10·
      1 年前

      The dress codes even in the district my kid is in (and we’re definitely bright blue territory) is still sexist af. It’s absolutely insane.

    • GBU_28@lemm.eeEnglish
      101·
      1 年前

      Racial targeting aside, I think there’s a big difference between visible underwear and a hairstyle. It’s not the same conversation

        • Daisyifyoudo@lemmy.world
          62·
          1 年前

          No. Seeing undergarments could very obviously be construde as indecent. I don’t see how a hairstyle could qualify as the same.

          • tryptaminev 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺@feddit.de
            3·
            1 年前

            Someone could style his hair to resemble a Nazi cross for instance.

            But seeing undergarments is arbitrary, because someone making an effort to see them, will be able to see them for many “decent” clothing options. E.g. if a women wears a skirt someone lingering by the staircase could see their underewear, where the voyeuristic behaviour is the problem rather than the clothes.

            • Daisyifyoudo@lemmy.world
              1·
              1 年前

              Again, No. There is a monumental difference between somebody attempting to view undergarments vs. EVERYONE being able to see them without choice.

              Plus, shaving or braiding a nazi cross isn’t a “hairstyle”. That’s just creating or imprinting a hate sign into your head. You could literally do that with ANY article of clothing. Or any partof your body.