
A Texas school district superintendent defended the continued suspension of a Black student for his hairstyle in a full-page newspaper ad, paid for by an education foundation.
Darryl George has been suspended repeatedly by the Barbers Hill Independent School District for his loc hairstyle. The teen's family filed a federal civil rights lawsuit saying the punishment violates the CROWN Act, an acronym for “Create a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair,” which became law in Texas in September.
The law is intended to prohibit race-based hair discrimination. But the school said the law does not address hair length and that is the reason for George’s suspension.
The ad that appeared Sunday in the Houston Chronicle was written by district superintendent Greg Poole.