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TexasTowelie

(116,440 posts)
Tue Sep 19, 2023, 11:09 PM Sep 2023

Texas high school defends decision to suspend Black 17-year-old over hair style - NBC News



A Texas high school is defending its decision to suspend a Black 17-year-old student for two weeks after wearing his hair in dreadlocks. This is despite a law that took effect prohibiting racial descrimination based on hairstyles. Rehema Ellis reports.
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Texas high school defends decision to suspend Black 17-year-old over hair style - NBC News (Original Post) TexasTowelie Sep 2023 OP
That's racial discrimination, imo. Cha Sep 2023 #1
It's also sex discrimination . . . markpkessinger Sep 2023 #5
it's ridiculous Skittles Sep 2023 #2
I'm telling ya - they are doing their best to take us back to the 50's. walkingman Sep 2023 #3
Here's what I don't get about this . . . markpkessinger Sep 2023 #4

markpkessinger

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5. It's also sex discrimination . . .
Thu Sep 21, 2023, 02:25 PM
Sep 2023

. . . because the school district has a policy about hair length that applies only to boys!

markpkessinger

(8,550 posts)
4. Here's what I don't get about this . . .
Thu Sep 21, 2023, 02:24 PM
Sep 2023

. . . The school district has a policy about hair that applies to boys only. How is that not sex discrimination?

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