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Darryl George: Texas judge rules school district can restrict the length of male students' natural hair

Feb 22, 2024 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    30% Somewhat Conservative

  • Reliability

    80% ReliableGood

  • Policy Leaning

    32% Somewhat Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    -62% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : I cannot be around other peers and enjoy my junior year, because of my hair?'"Matthews said that George will continue to serve in-school suspension and that his attorneys plan to file for an injunction in an upcoming federal civil rights lawsuit.
51% : "Darryl made this statement, and told me this straight up with tears in his eyes, 'All because of my hair?
45% : "Last September, the school district filed a declaratory judgment lawsuit asking the court to decide if the "Barbers Hill Independent School District's dress and grooming code policy, limiting student hair length does not violate the CROWN Act.
40% : Barbers Hill Independent School District Superintendent Greg Poole said the ruling "validated our position that the district's dress code does not violate the CROWN Act and that the CROWN Act does not give students unlimited self-expression.""The U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled that affirmative action is a violation of the 14th Amendment and we believe the same reasoning will eventually be applied to the CROWN Act," he said.
32% : Texas state Rep. Ron Reynolds, a co-author of the CROWN Act who testified at the trial on George's behalf, said he was disappointed by the outcome.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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