A teen and his parents are in a battle with a Texas school district over the students dreadlocks, which he has worn since he was 10 year old.
A Texas school district is in hot water for what many are calling racial discrimination. The school, citing their dress code policy, is reportedly not only threatening to suspend 18-year-old Deandre Arnold, but also prohibiting him from walking at his graduation in three months — unless he cuts his dreadlocks.
Activists and other members of the community came out to support for Deandre and his family as they addressed the Barbers Hill school board, while many others took to social media calling for action. According to KHOU11, Black Lives Matter activist Ashton Woods said,"The dress code is designed by white people for white people and is damaging to black bodies.”
The district maintains that this isn't about dreadlocks or race. Superintendent Greg Poole told KHOU, “There is no dress code policy that prohibits any cornrow or any other method of wearing of the hair. Our policy limits the length. It's been that way for 30 years." The school district did not respond to Yahoo Lifestyle’s request for comment, but a spokesperson for the district tried to clarify that the dress code violation is about hair length — not dreadlocks — telling The Hill: “Barbers Hill ISD has a long standing dress code, but we absolutely allow dreadlocks. What we do not allow is any action that circumvents or violates the provision regarding hair length. The student in question was NEVER forbidden from attending school.
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