Trump effect seems to have given "license" to all manner of ugly discrimination.

And, no, I don't deny the racism was there before, just that the "filters" are off.

when I was in high school. I was going to a religious based high school at the time. It wasn't a public school by the way.

I recognize this for what it is now that I am much older. At the time, I thought I was being rebellious and breaking the school's rules. But so much attention and focus on black people's hair. The same doesn't go for white kids that wear Mohawks or dye their hair green or purple or whatever color. But somehow dreadlocks, twists, and other hairstyles that blacks wear are unacceptable.

There is so much focus on what blacks do. It is exhausting.

Student Ethnic Distribution
African-American 63.9%
Hispanic 16.7%
White-American 11.0%
Asian/Pacific Islander 6.4%
Other 2.0%

People who do not know metro ATL as I do might assume 'whitey' is making the rules for the black folks. Not the case in DeKalb.