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The same week his state outlawed racial discrimination based on hairstyles, a Black high school student in Texas was suspended because school officials said his locs violated the district’s dress code.

Darryl George, a junior at Barbers Hill High School in Mont Belvieu, received an in-school suspension after he was told his hair fell below his eyebrows and ear lobes. George, 17, wears his hair in thick twisted dreadlocks, tied on top of his head, said his mother, Darresha George.

George served the suspension last week. His mother said he plans to return to the Houston-area school Monday, wearing his dreadlocks in a ponytail, even if he is required to attend an alternative school as a result.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Wait, what makes "shape of a helicopter" disruptive?

If the answer is something like "outrageous style that would get too much attention", then that sounds like the argument for a ton of these kinds of rules. The main difference would just be subjectively where the line is drawn.

[–] JackbyDev 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Hair shaped like a helicopter probably makes if difficult for people behind them to see.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So did beehives but those were perfectly fine for women when they were in style.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I would like to see schoolgirls (or boys) with beehives please

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Plus it would likely blow all the papers off the desks of students around them.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

I can certainly imagine a hairstyle which would block the view of other students. I know that's not what I was originally implying with the word "disruptive," but it's something.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The constant playing of fortunate son in class gets really annoying I'm sure tho

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

That only happens when he's learning about 'Nam.