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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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[–] CmdrShepard@lemmy.one 83 points 1 year ago (2 children)

“When you are asked to conform ... and give up something for the betterment of the whole, there is a psychological benefit,” Poole said. “We need more teaching (of) sacrifice.”

How does this dude not realize that also applies to his school district and their stupid outdated rules about hair length?

[–] fireweed@lemmy.world 57 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Greg Poole, who has been district superintendent since 2006, said the policy is legal and teaches students to conform as a sacrifice benefitting everyone.

This is clearly about control, as well as conditioning students to concede to authority and "traditional" social standards.

[–] CmdrShepard@lemmy.one 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is this that "control" and "school indoctrination" that I keep hearing Republicans screech about?

[–] HelixDab2@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

No, that's wokeism, or the atheist religion. This is just good, solid, traditional values of black people being subservient to the decent white folks.

[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I'm not seeing how anyone benefits.

[–] Adalast@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Corporate overlords benefit by receiving a pliant and silent victim for them to abuse for the next 60+ years.

[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

Aside from the fact that this kid's hair looks pretty nice to me, I think policies like this are dumb. Having raised some kids, I feel like hairstyle is one of the safest forms of self expression. I was way happier when our kids wanted liberty spikes or blue hair than when one wanted a tattoo. The hair is inherently temporary.

[–] chuckleslord@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Capitalists. They need a moldable, compliant workforce that won't make waves when things are unfair.

[–] troglodytis@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Now you're under controlnow you do what they told ya

[–] neanderthal@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Some of those that work forces are the same that burn crosses.

I hope they make high schoolers learn about this song in a hundred years.

"Now students, in the late 20th century, musicians often blended styles. Rage Against the Machine has elements of metal and rap. This song is about the abuse of power and and bigotry by government enforcers, particularly police brutality towards non whites in the United States. This songs melody, lyrics, and singing style brilliantly expressed the rage many people felt about the state of the US legal system at the time, as evidenced by the civil rights movement, LA riots, and Black Lives Matter movement. Ironically, there are videos of people the song is critical of praising it or listening to it."

[–] ElderWendigo@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

This is clearly about control, as well as conditioning students to concede to authority and "traditional" social standards.

That's like saying the Civil War was about state rights.

[–] Okokimup@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

But fredome and ruged individualism . . . don't tread on me?

[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 36 points 1 year ago

Because he's a white supremacist.