Texas Black Student Faces Double Suspension for Hairstyle, Violating State's Racial Discrimination Ban

A Black high school student in Texas, Darryl George, has been suspended twice for his hairstyle, despite the state recently outlawing racial discrimination based on hairstyles. The school officials at Barbers Hill High School claimed that George's twisted dreadlocks violated the dress code because they fell below his eyebrows and ear lobes. The incident has sparked debates over hair discrimination in schools and the workplace, and it is testing the effectiveness of Texas' newly enacted CROWN Act, which aims to prohibit race-based hair discrimination. George's family sees his dreadlocks as culturally and religiously significant, but the school defends its dress code as a means to teach discipline and respect for authority.