HOUSTON — A Houston-area judge on Thursday determined that Barbers Hill ISD has not violated Texas CROWN Act after the district repeatedly suspended a Black student for the length of
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Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) is calling on Congress to pass federal legislation protecting Black hairstyles after a Texas judge ruled teachers did not violate legal protections when they punished a student for wearing dreadlocks. “This is a pathetic, wilful and anti-Black misinterpretation of the CROWN Act,” Pressley posted Thursday on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter.…
(Reuters) - A Texas judge ruled on Thursday that a Houston-area school district did not violate a newly enacted state law when it punished a Black student for refusing to change his hairstyle, local media reported. The case involved Darryl George, .
Last year, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed the CROWN Act, which prohibits discrimination based on hair texture or hairstyles commonly associated with race or ethnic identity.