Texas school legally punished Black student over hairstyle, judge says | U.S.
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on February 22, 2024
A Black high school student’s monthslong punishment by his Texas school district for refusing to change his hairstyle does not violate a new state law that prohibits race-based hair discrimination, a judge ruled on Thursday.
Darryl George, 18, is a junior and has not been in his regular classes at his Houston-area high school since Aug. 31 because his school district,