Texas High School Can Punish Black Student for His Hairstyle, Judge Says

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

64% : Reynolds testified that although length wasn't explicitly mentioned in the text, the CROWN Act should cover locs because "length was inferred with the very nature of the style.
53% : George's lawyers argued that the CROWN Act protects his locs regardless of length because they are associated with race.
50% : Although the judge sided with the school district in its interpretation of the CROWN Act, Texas Rep. Ron Reynolds, one of the law's co-authors, said that George's locs should be protected under it.
44% : Barbers Hill Independent School District had filed for clarification of the CROWN Act, which prohibits workplace discrimination based on hairstyles associated with race and was signed into state law in September.
43% : In a trial that lasted just a few hours, Judge Chap Cain III ruled that Barbers Hill Independent School District did not violate the CROWN Act when it subjected Darryl George, 18, to in-school suspensions and off-site instruction for nearly six months.
43% : It maintained that its policy did not violate the CROWN Act because the act doesn't say anything about hair length.

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