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Time to decide what’s important. Education or hairstyle.
Yes, it is time for the school to decide that. And then decide that his education is more important than what they think about his hairstyle.
I wished the school would pick education but I'm not hopeful
it's texas, in a county entirely run by (R)acists.
you already know what they 'picked'.
In this case at least, the State of Texas is on the right side of history, they passed the Crown Act to protect black students from this BS school policy shit.
It's the school that's actually... get this... too racist for the State of Texas.
I mean, if by "right side of history" you mean history from May of this year.
https://www.texastribune.org/2023/05/29/texas-crown-act-law/
Well they really took their time to get there and in many things, i think they haven't even started walking, but at least they are there in this now.
But yeah, Texas isnt cough cough the most progressive place cough cough, which makes "too racist even for Texas" very meaningful.
I do completely agree with your overall point, just had to point out that it was a very recent change.
The option that provides more freedom because red states are more free right????
I wish the state would pick education…
The state has, at least in cases like this. Texas passed the Crown Act. This racist district is ignoring the law.
From the article:
I'll note that there's no federal equivalent to the Crown Act. Does that mean that congress is more racist than Texas?
Would explain a fucking lot, to be honest.
No, that's already been decided at the state level (note the summary pointing out that Texas passed the Crown Act, which makes it illegal for admins to consider hairstyle more important than education).
Now is the time for the racists who refuse to acknowledge that decision to lose their fucking jobs.
Why? That's an arbitrary rule you just came up with.
Because he’s missed 80% of his classes, which won’t help with the challenges he will already face as black man, and because this would be a silly hill to die on.
Looking at other articles it looks like that missed classroom time was for continued suspensions over his hairstyle.
This effort has apparently been backed by the district superintendent.
Greg Poole, who has been district superintendent since 2006, said the policy is legal and teaches students to conform as a sacrifice benefitting everyone.“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.”Just for bonus points the school district's policy is not only racist but sexist. This policy only applies to males.
Barbers Hill Independent School District prohibits male students from having hair extending below the eyebrows, ear lobes or top of a t-shirt collar, according to the student handbook. Additionally, hair on all students must be clean, well-groomed, geometrical and not an unnatural color or variation. The school does not require uniforms.I have no idea what "geometrical" hair would be.
We want you all to be good little soldiers so when you graduate, you can go off and be good little soldiers.
I can’t believe I had to scroll this far to find this quote - anyone else horrified that a school superintendent can say this and think it’s ok? Military school, sure, it serves a purpose that may save your life, but this doesn’t appear to be a military school, and conformity is not an educational value
Put that together with this kid missing 80% of the year so far over hair and there’s something seriously wrong with that school.
I mean, it’s a weird hill for the kid to die on, and I don’t see how it’s in his interest to do this, but it’s a serious failing of the school to impact his education like this
How in the fuck does this guy's hair affect anybody else in literally any way? Absurd
The superintendent with his comment has made it clear it has nothing to do with hair, and everything to do with exerting control and punishment when that control is rejected.
I know. It was kind of a rhetorical question.
Holy heck?! Who is this psychopath?! "You must conform!" in this case basically = "You must assimilate!". This is why some version of CRT, at least an overview of the fundamentals, SHOULD be taught in highshool so students can recognise these sorts of policies for what they often are. But the system is hardly going to educate the subjects of its oppression is it, or they might actually recognize and resist policies and practices that are rooted in racism and discrimination. Can't have that!
Time decide what's important. Compliance or your culture/spiritual/personal identity
Just a touch of genocide makes it okay!
Do you mean that worrying about someone's hairstyle is completely outside of the scope of- and detrimental to the resources of- education? Or that someone's specific hairstyle can be detrimental to the quality of education received itself?
Neither
Everyone decided, it's education. The dumbfucks on the schoolboard haven't gotten the memo, but they will...