Hope Cozart has called out the Troy Independent School District after they suspended her son,
Maddox. Not long ago, Maddox and his sister approached their Mom in hopes of learning more about their Black heritage. In return, Maddox and Hope Cozart agreed that he'd braid his hair.
“We try to teach our kids about all of their culture. Black, white, Native-American, everything," Cozart told KCEN-TV.
They like to explore their culture. We looked at African Tribes and how they braid their hair up. Bantu knots and all the meanings of all that."
Hoping to show off his hair at school, Maddox was served an in-school suspension for allegedly violating school policy against boys wearing ponytails, knots or buns. As a result, Cozart claims her son was situated in an isolated cubicle for more than a week.