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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t know what the OP was referring to either until this popped up on my news feed. Really Texas?

A Black student’s family sues Texas officials over his suspension for his hairstyle
https://apnews.com/article/e79ede512923b672a275abf054e2407b[/quote]

I would think this code disproportionately affects non-black students. Generally speaking, black hair is very curly and grows up and out, while people with straight hair have it grow down. You're more likely to have hair grow past eyebrows and ears with straight hair vs very curly hair. [/quote]

This is not how human beings decide their hairstyles ffs. Your hair is not disproportionately long to the US population because it's straight. God the stupid.[/quote]
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This is a policy to punish Black students.

Here’s the kid’s hair: 
[img]https://dims.apnews.com/dims4/default/b0a011d/2147483647/strip/true/crop/5043x3362+0+0/resize/1440x960!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F1f%2F1c%2F7d1935fa8247c61a34f0be22db23%2F11757d7770524ea48062da07f43be3a3[/img]

So disruptive.  :roll: [/quote]
Growing up, my hair was long and wild, even when it had just been brushed. My brother had a regular Afro. My white mother told me in high school that I could go to Europe with her only if I promised to keep my hair “tied up”. Was she “punishing” me?[/quote]

Possibly.That you describe your own hair as “wild” is enough to suggest that you might want to ask yourself how — or if — that contributes to your image of yourself.

A more relevant question here, though, would be if any of your teachers or administrators banned you from attending public school because of your hair.  Or banned your brother if someone decided that IF his “regular Afro” were straightened, it WOULD be against the district-wide rules, and therefore he would be forced into “alternative” education.

It’s interesting how many people seem fine with school district-wide arbitrary rules about OTHER people’s hair. Same old same old. SMH — and my hair.  
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