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Texas school legally punished Black student over hairstyle‚ judge says
A Black high school student’s monthslong punishment by his Texas school district for refusing to change his hairstyle does not violate a new state law that prohibits race-based hair discrimination‚ a judge ruled on Thursday.
Darryl George‚ 18‚ has not been in his regular Houston-area high school classes since Aug. 31 because the district‚ Barbers Hill‚ says the length of his hair violates its dress code.
The district filed a lawsuit arguing George’s long hair‚ which he wears in...