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A Black Texas high school student who was suspended because his loc hairstyle violated the district’s dress code was suspended again upon his return to school Monday, an attorney for the family told CNN.

Darryl George has been suspended for more than two weeks because his loc hairstyle violates the Barbers Hill Independent School District dress and grooming code, according to his family.

The code states that “male students’ hair will not extend, at any time, below the eyebrows or below the ear lobes,” CNN previously reported.

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[–] AllonzeeLV@lemmy.world 44 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

The code states that “male students’ hair will not extend, at any time, below the eyebrows or below the ear lobes,”

Conservatives really believe they can Hitler Youth their way out of diversity.

If only they put half that effort into funding schools adequately so kids would have the class sizes and resources to learn. Nah, that's for 1st world countries, not shitholes like us.

[–] Shinhoshi@lemmygrad.ml 22 points 2 years ago (2 children)

1st world countries

Your daily reminder that this is a Cold War era term, so 1st world = US and allies; 2nd world = USSR, China, and allies; 3rd = everyone else

I think you meant 2nd world countries ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[–] AllonzeeLV@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Which world is a plutocracy?

We're that one in practice.

Also, language evolves rapidly, terms change meanings over time often.

Try getting 100 random people or even college graduates and try to get agreement on the modern meaning and usage of socialism.

Words and terms evolve, even dictionaries make regular changes to react to already in use changes over time.

I think the more modern usage is 1st world= developed socioeconomic infrastructure 2nd world = developing nation 3rd world = impoverished/underdeveloped nation.

[–] Shinhoshi@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 2 years ago

Which world is a plutocracy?

Definitely the capitalist and colonizing “first world” countries, no question. Their wealthy even control Global South countries to a large extent.

I think the more modern usage is

If you meant Global North and Global South, just say it. But it’s completely ludicrous to suggest the US is a Global South country, so I suspect you didn’t mean that.

[–] DanComrd@hexbear.net 32 points 2 years ago

Darryl George must be living in North Korea. He must have the Kim hairstyle otherwise he can't go to school. DPRK bad.

smuglord

For real, I don't know how anyone can claim USians are living in the most free country in the world.

[–] ASeriesOfPoorChoices@lemmy.world 23 points 2 years ago (1 children)

To be fair, if any place was to enforce a hair style code, it would be Barbers Hill.

[–] Shinhoshi@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

(Edit: Nice pun there, I missed it the first time)

There’s a lot of rural Texas that would pull racist stunts — I imagine the situation hasn’t got much better in Whitesboro for instance.

To be clear, that doesn’t make it in any way justifiable.

[–] averagedrunk@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I think that was a joke about "Barber's Hill" sounding like a place where all the folks in Texas who cut hair live.

Along those lines, Whitesboro should have been the name of the KKK town near where I grew up.

[–] Shinhoshi@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Whitesboro should have been the name of the KKK town

Yeah, that’s what I was going for there. I did miss the pun, so it wasn’t communicated quite so well as I hoped. It’s a great example because it’s an actually rural former sundown town, and it has a name very fitting for that, even if unintentionally.

Hashtag OnlyShavers

[–] Ram_The_Manparts@hexbear.net 20 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Aru@lemmygrad.ml 20 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The code states that “male students’ hair will not extend, at any time, below the eyebrows or below the ear lobes,” CNN previously reported.

????

[–] AlbigensianGhoul@lemmygrad.ml 12 points 2 years ago

I guess "at any time" includes when showering and washing their hair at home.

[–] ramble81@lemm.ee 17 points 2 years ago (1 children)

How is this not flying in the face of the CROWN act which literally just went into effect before the second time he was suspended? Are they hoping to challenge that law or are they just hoping they get away with it? Or are they stupid and haven't been advised yet?

[–] Shinhoshi@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] ramble81@lemm.ee 11 points 2 years ago

Wow, that's beyond a bad faith argument as you can't get those hairstyles unless your hair is a certain length. I hope they lose hard.

[–] Mzuark@lemmygrad.ml 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's hard to believe they still suspend kids for nondisruptive hairstyles. This rule is a relic of old school homophobia.

[–] SirStumps@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

I actually think it was implemented more for the hippy generation. This is based off of what my father in law said about his school life.

[–] Sickos@hexbear.net 13 points 2 years ago

How the fuck do they not have anything better to do? Good for him, keep stickin' it to the man.

[–] axont@hexbear.net 13 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

A chuddish coworker of mine tried to spin this scenario on me like "Imagine you were suspended for having green hair. What would you expect to happen?"

I told him I'd expect my fellow students to stage a walkout in my honor and if that fails, to burn the school down, because it's clearly not a serious institution if it's banning students from an education on the basis of superficial things like a student's hair.

[–] ProbablyKaffe@lemmygrad.ml 12 points 2 years ago

Actually Existing Cultural Genocide

[–] cayde6ml@lemmygrad.ml 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I would say I'm ashamed to live in Texas, but I already was. I try not to call myself an American or Texan citizen, given the genocide that Amerikkka and Tex-ass inflicts on my Latino and Chicano brothers and sisters and enbies.

[–] timicin@lemmygrad.ml 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

i just left texas and it blows my mind when people willingly move there

[–] cayde6ml@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Blows my mind as well. If I may ask, where did you move to? I'm hoping to move to Shanghai one day.

Unless you're moving from like Somalia or Ukraine or something and aren't legally or financially able to move anywhere else, I can't reasonably understand why someone would move to Texas.

[–] Staccato@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

A lot of people move there because they believe Texas is a conservative state, and they want to live in a more conservative state.

It is a self-fulfilling prophecy. Texas-born Texans average more liberal than the transplants, and it's because of this self-sorting phenomenon.

[–] Effort0499@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Typical behavior for US fascist scum. Too bad that school shooters always target random innocent students rather than the fascists in charge of the schools.

[–] Shinhoshi@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 2 years ago

See, the problem is that even if they go after the principals, it's not necessarily even their fault – the superindendents on the other hand...

[–] aaaaaaadjsf@hexbear.net 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

The code states that “male students’ hair will not extend, at any time, below the eyebrows or below the ear lobes

I still remember going to schools with this rule, made any hairstyle impossible as I had a small forehead, and the teachers would make you undo your hairstyle or combover or whatever to check the length. Buzz cuts done with a trimmer guard shorter than a 3/4 inch / 9mm / a "three" length guard were also not allowed.

[–] Shinhoshi@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

WTF, they didn't allow buzz cuts either?!

[–] aaaaaaadjsf@hexbear.net 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Buzzes were allowed, but the hair had to be longer than 9mm. That's what I mean with the guard lengths. It was done to prevent a skinhead or chiskop look. Basically you were allowed to have a buzzcut, but not allowed to be completely bald.

[–] Shinhoshi@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Sure, I get what you’re saying, but I wouldn’t consider ¼ inch or even ⅛ inch “bald” by any means. I would consider that a normal buzz cut.

[–] aaaaaaadjsf@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago

Yeah all the rules were stupid, I didn't understand them either