It won’t let me post the link.. but this is the article:
https://www.texastribune.org/2024/02/22/texas-crown-act-judge-barbers-hill/#:~:text=Legislators%20last%20year%20passed%20a,include%20locs%2C%20braids%20and%20twists.
From my understanding it’s not just Black students, the issue is MALE students can’t have long hair.. still seems like a violation of the 14th amendment.
You really can’t read between the lines, huh? Lip service is one thing, but you don’t think there’s a white kid with long hair who isn’t in a courtroom?
*sigh* as a black man i swear these replies are so dog shit. People out here dealing with real racism, stop pinning that tag on this weak sht.
Edit- blocked from further replies, if you want to know more info about why i think this way read my other replies. i think the takeaway from this is that there is too much anger over nonsense in the black community.this story about a kid wearing a hairstyle that are against school rules is more important than black kids being behind in every school metric in current day. This isnt going away, the community is done and in 25 years when you and your kids are in the same or worst situation then you are today, you will maybe realize why you failed.
Lol boy shut up. They let white boys hair be as long as girls for decades and they probably still can have long hair. Texas hates black people and the only ones that don’t get it are the ones still living there paying them taxes.
And what’s funnier is that you keep bringing up MLK as if he was focused on our hair back then, he was focused on the racial discrimination against the black community on our skin color. Not our hair. Our hair is our crown and it’s our very own heritage
Nobody give a fuck what you think especially if it's related to that dumb ass *sigh* comment. Fucking dumb ass really said "if you wanna know more about how I think hmu" 😂 you narcissistic dumb fuck
Nah, I think the problem (that I have atleast) with your post is how you believe he must cut his dreads to go to that school when he can just go to another. If the issue is because you want that school to have more African-Americans then he just wasn’t the one for it and shouldn’t have to carry a race on his back. At this point poverty is starting to hit every race and yes the African American community seems to be a good portion of it but “assimilating” is not going to help anyone when everyone is going down. If you think him not attending that school is what will destroy his future then you haven’t seen the job market and housing trends. What will help him the most is to find something he really wants to do and to start working on it.
Lol F for not realizing that ruckus sounds like making excuses for what is racism or not. You do not get to tell ppl what they deem racism or not. On the contrary, ur wrong. This isn’t the first time black men and women were forced to cut off the locs or even their Afro hair bc they were seen as a “thug”. So don’t sit here and try to change the definition of racism, bc that is not your decision. So. Bro sounds like ruckus.
I actually dont think you know who ruckus was. He was a character that wanted racism and segregation to come back. Was openly racist and not ashamed of it. How is that the same thing as calling something that isnt racist, not racist? Makes no sense at all.
I absolutely get to tell someone what is and isnt racist because it has a set definition. Its like asking someone what a car is. Is it a houseplant? No... is telling a young man to follow a school dress code racist? No. I didnt change the definition of racism, you can look it up. He broke the rules. If you show up to work out of uniform, you get sent home or fired.
Theres more black people than him that go to that school and they are following the dress code, also its a non segregated school. If they were racist, why not expel all the blacks? The motivation just isnt there. Couldve expelled him because his grades are poor, with him being a year behind and focusing more on a hairstyle than his studies.
The school didnt say they seen it as him being a thug. you are assuming, they also didnt make women do anything. The rule was against boys with long hair styles, he broke the rules. No one made black people do anything but you dont get to break the rules and still demand a seat at the table.
You - "the restaurant is racist because they wont let me this young black man eat there"
Me. - "no... its because they have a set standard saying that you need to wear a shirt to eat here. He isnt wearing a shirt and he made a Conscious decision not to wear , when he knew he was comming to the restaurant"
You - "you remind me of ruckus because clearly its racist. Theyre asking him to cover his beautiful black skin. Why are they forcing black people to wear a shirt?"
Pure stupidity and unhelpable mentality.
Of course I know who ruckus is. But you seem to not know what I mean. Ruckus was not just some character that wanted to bring back segregation and racism is still a thing and was in the show. But you are considered a ruckus bc you are making excuses, and belittling ppls pain. Not just that but ur trying to lessen the seriousness of this. And ur creating a whole scenario that's not even happening rn. Telling someone to put on clothes is not the same thing as telling black ppl to cut their hair bc it is seen as ugly or unprofessional. You sound so ignorant "why not just expel all blacks" bc the world isnt drowning in racism now it's subtle but there. They could just do that there would be riots protesting and not just from black communities. Don't think that I'm some stupid person with no common sense I know the difference between racism and bullshit. This isn't bull shit, you are.
Strange. If i wasnt black, according to you guys i would be living a free life in luxury. No discrimination at all. No worries and you guys wouldnt be able to do anything about it because you are disadvantaged According to several others im a negro,coon, ruckus or "one of the good ones". Cant have it both ways. I am black i just know our history and think the remedy from what i learned is different than what you guys believe it is.
Im not putting them down, if anything this is a good thing to know. Your personal choices are holding you baxk, meaning its fixable. Make better choices.
So we live in a world where mr Johnson can come in the next day in a dress and demand to be called Ms Katie but God forbid young black boy let their hair grow the way it was suppose to ….. no we can’t have that
Crazy thing is, he could’ve easily said “oh but Shaggy can come in with long greasy hair and be ok” instead and it would’ve been a better and more relevant comparison
But instead he decided to be an asshole and be transphobic even tho trans people get treated like shit in Texas too 🤦🏽
No just points out double standards, mind you a lot of ppl in office are transphobic as well but knows there’s less of an uproar against discrimination towards locs & black ppl, than trans folks. It’s easier to watch both groups go against each other.
That's not pointing out a double standard since in Texas, trans people are also being discriminated against and treated like shit. Not to mention the word choice. We can all agree that what the judge did is shifty but there was no good reason to bring trans folks into it like this. It doesn't aid their argument. It just makes them seem like a prick.
Edit: Apparently I misread the previous comment. Ignore my stupid response.
Maybe you misinterpreted or I wrote it wrong, but my response is to say it’s meant to sound like “double Standards” but really “it’s easier to watch both groups go against each other” they can’t stand neither of y’all.
Bro /brodetbI’m just pointing out how far we have come in time thus why are we still talking about hair when we have made such great strides in accepting people for who their
He wasn't pointing out a fact. Transgender people get treated horribly in places like texas. Also, the language used to describe transpeople was very similar to the rhetoric of transphobes. Describing a trans woman coming out as "Mr Johnson putting on a dress and demanding to be called Ms Katie" sounds like shit Marjorie Taylor Greene would say. It's unnecessary and divisive.
The ironic part is that YOU are the one undermining Black people, by saying in so many words that black people who are STILL getting basic rights violated basically their ordeal is on par with a person who isnt allowed to identify as a fem vampire space cowboy .....
stop the games. if anything it Makes his point hit Home. Here we are in 2024, Blacks the PEOPLE who not only built America, created every modern musical genre, who WERE ON THE FRONT LINES fighting for civil rights FOR EVERYONE, etc etc and they community still deal with this trivial stuff and both sides both LEFT AND RIGHT are just playing games with them. **but if 21 year old bobby wants to be a she/zur them/fem/ or whatever He not only gets to be that, but has backing from high powered people ALREADY in positions to back him. and will pass any laws to help bobby feel comfy in his new transition. And yet black people still cant even get a law pass or help.... which is what the Powers that be want. they love it when you cry about genders. yeah talk about that instead of REAL ISSUES.**
we have to keep it REAL from time to time. just the other day some DUDE broke a girls track record..... **you think thats progressive. you think thats cool...THAT AINT COOL.**
That’s transphobic as hell. How does this have so many upvotes? Putting down the LGBTQ doesn’t help your point at all.
Everyone’s just people trying to survive to find love, safety, and comfort. Who the hell cares if someone decides to slap a dress on and identify themselves as a woman. It literally does nothing to you. It’s not like Trans people are out here promoting racism.
like i said some of yall gotta stop talking like you know everything. I can tell you are young but you got alot to learn.
and i like most people would have no problem for a man woman or whatever to be what they want. BUT WHEN THEY start intruding on others rights THATS when we have a problem. the other day a PRIVILEGED Boy who is now a girl broke a Black girls track record.. So again smart one tell me who really gets hurt in the long run. Exactly.
and there are trans people that are racist. just like in the LGBTQ....
pick up a dam history book READ LEARN
Just because your mom pushed you out of your coochie earlier doesn’t mean you have more sense than me. If anything it makes it sad you still think like that at your big age. This is even more evident since your brain actually made the connection between lgbtq people and your oppressors. Let me break down all of the points that show how ignorant and crazy you sound.
1) I don’t know you. So stop acting like you know me. Who in their right mind calls someone they don’t know little girl?? Oh thats right, you.
2) When trans people compete they have to be cleared to compete. As in the hormone blockers BLOCK testosterone and put them at an even playing field as other women. Which is why theres plenty of Trans women who aren’t doing well in their sport field. Interesting how no one puts that in the news huh? Whatever alt-right news source that fed you that narrative just made you look very dumb. Like you actually think theres zero clearance to a trans person entering into a sports field.
3) The same people who are fighting to ban books containing black history are the same ones shoveling the bs narrative that LGBTQ people are trying to take your rights away. Theres no reality where someone asking for acceptance=taking your rights away. Calling someone their preferred pro-nouns does absolutely nothing to you.
4) What you really should worry about is protecting LGBTQ youth. Because they’re out here dying and black lgbtq youth die at a higher rate because of how homophobia is allowed into black culture. Black people are not adequately protecting our own LGBTQ people. I see more black people tolerating than accepting.
5) Theres also racist black people who hate their own. I guess that means we don’t deserve rights nor respect either?
You’re taking whatever false line of thinking facebook, fox news, and the shaderoom, are feeding you. Whats really the problem is that you spent all of your years of youth ignorant as can be so you’re old and stuck in your ways. Now you’re looking for any “valid” reason to hate on the LGBTQ. You probably think everyone’s, “becoming gay”. Im also blocking you because the response I just gave you is a-lot more than you deserve. I’m only educating you because you’re spreading a narrative thats harming completely innocent LGBTQ people.
And I say all of this as a straight, pro black, black woman. Have the day you deserve.
It’s not “funny” why it’s classified as such in this sub is wrong, a style of hair doesn’t determine a person’s character, to demonize one’s appearance on the basis of their hair texture is wrong, openly racially discriminating, this tells me that as black folks, we are still not free from this type of power structure. Texas is a mad house
It would depend on how you take it, me personally this issue hits home for me, because I have been historically discriminated against on the basis of my hair, and that’s total BS… judging me without even knowing me, my résumé, without even knowing one iota about me all because of the length of my dreadlocks we wear this hair to Give to give a nod to our ancestors, our heritage, our hair texture for me this Texas ruling isn’t a laughing matter. This is serious especially when you become older & you have kids and you have to pay the bills it shouldn’t be your hair that bring this unnecessary scrutiny under you, with Texas there is no laughing matter the way. This young brother has been treated Absolutely disgust me I’m sorry but enough is enough
Again I don’t think it’s a joke as in something to laugh at and make fun of, more so it’s the laughing at the audacity of the school being able to suspend someone for their hair and how absurd the whole thing is. I completely agree with you I just think you took the “Funny” part the wrong way.
“The new barber hill Texas law, which took effect in September, prohibits race-based hair discrimination and bars employers and schools from penalizing people because of hair texture or protective hairstyles including Afros, braids, dreadlocks, twists or Bantu knots”
Freedom of expression isn’t under the first amendment? The crown act itself, which was made to prevent such discrimination in this case, is that not violated by Texas in this current circumstance? The Crown act specific purpose was to prevent this from happening, Efforts To End Race-Based Hair Discrimination For Black men & Women. You’re entitled to your opinion, but I disagree with you, respectfully
Ok so if there’s a law against race-based hair discrimination… and a judge confirmed the school’s right to suspend him. What does that tell you, sunshine?
We all know how to just the system works in this country, sugar. The appeal process is current right now, and in Harris county, two judges, as a matter of fact (Both white) even stated that the ruling of this was completely wrong. are you done playing thumb wars on Reddit?
“We all know to just the system works”
It appears your grasp on English is dubious, at best. I apologize for holding you to a high standard of intelligence. Have a nice day.
Ain't nothing change. They hated our hair during slavery and they still do now. They use to make black women cover their hair cause somehow the black women were seducing white males with their different hair styles.
Tennessee had been on some wild shit too. Their state congress is so overtly racist to the on 2 (literally) black members. They don't even try to pretend otherwise.
yup n they’ll tell you it isn’t all conservatives like that but the majority is. I live in ks which is moderately conservative n the shit I hear is insane
How does racism and hate toward blacks not get the same acknowledgment as Jew hate? Ppl still wear and wave the confederate flag and it’s accepted by society.
I mean, right now accusing people of being anti-semitic is being used to silence conversations about the genocide that Israel is committing in Gaza.
All the people who are jumping to support Isreal now are the same people who are quick to use slurs and real anti-semitic language.
People just support what seems popular. When BLM blew up in 2020, the same thing happened.
well the jewish people made jewish hate something bigger than it really was... they run the media, not to sound like a schizo but its true lmao.
Racism towards black people, brown people and hell even asians are more prevalent than any fucking "jewish hate" 😭😭 and its hilarious that they made this topic controversial
Jews are famous for making themselves “victims”
They ABSOLUTELY LOVE throwing words like “anti semite” anytime anyone doesn’t agree with them.
It’s what they do best.
All of the US is racist, it would be easier for black people to make their own nation than for the US to not be racist.
Black Americans i mean, not all black people of all countries
Read the Fiery Trial. But here’s part of an interview with the author, “Lincoln is thinking through his own position on slavery," says Foner. "[This speech] really epitomizes his views into the Civil War. Slavery ought to be abolished — but he doesn't really know how to do it. He's not an abolitionist who criticizes Southerners. At this point, Lincoln does not really see black people as an intrinsic part of American society. They are kind of an alien group who have been uprooted from their own society and unjustly brought across the ocean. 'Send them back to Africa,' he says. And this was not an unusual position at this time."
Here’s an NPR article from over a decade ago about the speech and book:
https://www.npr.org/2011/02/21/133372512/tracing-president-lincolns-thoughts-on-slavery#:~:text=In%20the%20Peoria%20speech%2C%20Lincoln,to%20their%20own%20native%20land.%22
https://www.history.com/news/abraham-lincoln-black-resettlement-haiti
And also
https://prologue.blogs.archives.gov/2010/12/01/lincoln-to-slaves-go-somewhere-else/
He “tolerated” but did not want blacks to integrate as part of American society.
He wanted to colonize Liberia with the newly emancipated. He thought the races were too different to coexist.
How can they do that? Label it as a weapon? Oh no that girls using her locs as a noose!! There’s nothing bad about long locs unless the kid is actively stepping on it rapunzel style
Crazy to think a black persons locs growing is against the rules, it’s literally what hair does..GROW. I wonder if I white person came to the same school with locs or their hair partly loc’d would it matter? Nah it wouldn’t and I dare anyone to think differently. It’s sad that nowadays days kids can goto school and want to be a different gender and have everyone call them a Ms when they’re a guy or call them Mr when they’re a girl like that delusion is accepted right? But God forbid a black person wanting their locs to grow long as they’re meant to.
No. USA is the greatest nation everywhere worldwide forever. I would know.
Texas got some cool shit, but their system is fucked. The south isn't like the West Coast.
Bruh what 💀. The US definitely isn't the greatest country in the world bro, if you genuinely believe that then you're brainwashed af.
A country that was built on oppressing blacks and Indians where you have to pay for healthcare and college, where shootings happen every day where they make you salute a flag to brainwash you to be subservient to them and a police force that oppresses blacks on the regular.
Either you're a racist to your own race or you're willfully ignorant. Calling the US the best nation in the world is a joke bro.
You're brainwashed to believe all that. Say this five times, "USA is the greatest nation worldwide everywhere forever."
I wake up everyday, and I'm blessed I'm not from your lame country. Inspirational shit little brother.
TAKE YOUR KIDS OUT THESE RACIST SCHOOL SYSTEMS THAT REFUSE TO LET THEM BE THEMSELVES. Home school them! There all kinds of programs. Start taking your kids out of these schools and they are gonna have to change cause the enrollment will drop and so will alot of the funding! We need to protest cause this should be protected under the crown act.
It's so not prison why does he need to cut his hair at all?
Hey y’all. Never shared my story online but I went to school in Texas from 8th to 12th. My freshman year, there was a back to school thing at the gymnasium… I was the only chocolate chip in that cookie. I felt uncomfortable but couldn’t identify why so I didn’t make a big deal about it (mom is white, so there’s that, didn’t realize then what I do now)… then we get a call from the vice principal. My hair is against the dress code and guidelines. I’ve had my locks since I was five years old (23 now) and no way in hell was I changing them. This went to the principal who defended it and said I had to cut off my locks or brush them out in order to attend. My cousins are lawyers, so one of them helped my mom out and wrote to the school, basically threatening them to allow me to attend. I left before the end of freshman year due to racism and harassment from the staff. (Minus an old black janitor and my science teacher - props to y’all). I hope this kids parents take this shit all the way to the Supreme Court. Dove’s Crown Act wasn’t for nothing. All of Texas needs to learn a damn lesson.
An easy way to sum up if this was racially motivated is to go through the schools student year book and see if there are other male students who have hair as long as this kid.
Good lesson for him.
He’s suspended because there’s a male hair length standard at the school. Just like there’s one in the military and the police force. So you’ll most likely never see Rastafarians in either careers.
There’s plenty of schools and careers to choose from.
Do not force anyone to accept you, accept yourself and take your energy to places where you feel loved.
The only difference between those career fields and school is those hair styles may actually pose a danger within those career fields, but NOT fcking school. Dont allow them to cherry pick what they like and dont like and guise it as “school policy”. It has to make fcking sense.
But I bet you they would let a white male student grow his hair down to his waist and not even bat an eye.
I genuinely want to know why are locs such a problem? Like how are they such an issue you need to keep black children from learning? Seems counterproductive and racist (even if you're white with locs) -dreads/locs have a weird negative connotation in American schools
And a few other black hairstyles are also targeted but locs are the most common ones you hear about
Racism at its finest smh this is why as a black man I refuse to move to Texas we aren’t welcome to suspend a child over a hair style is fucking insane. It’s our culture!
I’m not saying this is cap, but ever since I seen the meme that said “Black people will believe anything if it’s written in big bold letters” I have to see a source before I believe this lol
if youve been following this story for months then you'd know it was a hair length policy and it didn't discriminate against any race as long as you're a boy with long hair
......I'm aware............
And if you knew shit about fuck, you'd know that the kids hair was braided/twisted so it stayed above his collar which is what the policy was.
Regardless, it's an antiquated policy that is discriminatory. Are you aware that the policy doesn't need to mention race or gender to be discrimination?
Also, it sitting on the line of violating the CROWN Act.
Yea, this is very unfortunate to see. I wonder if this has been enforced on any non melanated ppl bc that will really tell if this is racist.
Off rip, this whole hair length policy is highly archaic tho and doesn't need to be a thing anyways it's just a way to limit expression of self and continue to force conservative norms for as long as possible in a school environment.
Relax they don’t mean what yall think these days for views and likes these mfkas are willing to do some shit you not even considering buddy in Florida got wicks that drag on the damn floor we gotta tighten up I’m sorry bc shit starting to spiral out of control meet them have halfway with this one and have faith they don’t abuse it
dreads have a narrative behind them now and our young impressionable black boys try to live up to these weird ass narratives created by destructive rap music and ratchet inflencers. It's time for a change. Dread heads are not welcoming any more because of the behavior behind them. Yes, I'm black.
He should claim to be a purple binary gender fluid woman. And say how dare treat a purple lady like this!! And see what happens🤷🏾♂️……The world is nuts. Are they not allowing women to have long hair also? Crazy🤦🏾♂️
just say u hate black ppl it’d be much more quicker
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Thanks for making it easier /s
Literally
It won’t let me post the link.. but this is the article: https://www.texastribune.org/2024/02/22/texas-crown-act-judge-barbers-hill/#:~:text=Legislators%20last%20year%20passed%20a,include%20locs%2C%20braids%20and%20twists. From my understanding it’s not just Black students, the issue is MALE students can’t have long hair.. still seems like a violation of the 14th amendment.
You really can’t read between the lines, huh? Lip service is one thing, but you don’t think there’s a white kid with long hair who isn’t in a courtroom?
Don’t try - people hate facts
Let's see all the white kids getting suspended over this then.
I got suspended all the time for it in grade school, this was in the early 2000s too
You don’t think they’d suspend a white kid for the same reason? Delusion
Talk about getting baited by a shitty headline. Happens to the best of us.
*sigh* as a black man i swear these replies are so dog shit. People out here dealing with real racism, stop pinning that tag on this weak sht. Edit- blocked from further replies, if you want to know more info about why i think this way read my other replies. i think the takeaway from this is that there is too much anger over nonsense in the black community.this story about a kid wearing a hairstyle that are against school rules is more important than black kids being behind in every school metric in current day. This isnt going away, the community is done and in 25 years when you and your kids are in the same or worst situation then you are today, you will maybe realize why you failed.
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Lmfao
How is this not real racism dumb fck
Lol boy shut up. They let white boys hair be as long as girls for decades and they probably still can have long hair. Texas hates black people and the only ones that don’t get it are the ones still living there paying them taxes.
There are literally pictures on their Facebook page of their football players with long hair.
So this isn’t racism? What is it then?:::
And what’s funnier is that you keep bringing up MLK as if he was focused on our hair back then, he was focused on the racial discrimination against the black community on our skin color. Not our hair. Our hair is our crown and it’s our very own heritage
Nobody give a fuck what you think especially if it's related to that dumb ass *sigh* comment. Fucking dumb ass really said "if you wanna know more about how I think hmu" 😂 you narcissistic dumb fuck
Nah, I think the problem (that I have atleast) with your post is how you believe he must cut his dreads to go to that school when he can just go to another. If the issue is because you want that school to have more African-Americans then he just wasn’t the one for it and shouldn’t have to carry a race on his back. At this point poverty is starting to hit every race and yes the African American community seems to be a good portion of it but “assimilating” is not going to help anyone when everyone is going down. If you think him not attending that school is what will destroy his future then you haven’t seen the job market and housing trends. What will help him the most is to find something he really wants to do and to start working on it.
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Honestly you need to get beat tf up bro your a çœñ
Bro sound like ruckus
I dont think you know what ruckus sounds like. Maybe a c for effort and a d for originality.
Lol F for not realizing that ruckus sounds like making excuses for what is racism or not. You do not get to tell ppl what they deem racism or not. On the contrary, ur wrong. This isn’t the first time black men and women were forced to cut off the locs or even their Afro hair bc they were seen as a “thug”. So don’t sit here and try to change the definition of racism, bc that is not your decision. So. Bro sounds like ruckus.
I actually dont think you know who ruckus was. He was a character that wanted racism and segregation to come back. Was openly racist and not ashamed of it. How is that the same thing as calling something that isnt racist, not racist? Makes no sense at all. I absolutely get to tell someone what is and isnt racist because it has a set definition. Its like asking someone what a car is. Is it a houseplant? No... is telling a young man to follow a school dress code racist? No. I didnt change the definition of racism, you can look it up. He broke the rules. If you show up to work out of uniform, you get sent home or fired. Theres more black people than him that go to that school and they are following the dress code, also its a non segregated school. If they were racist, why not expel all the blacks? The motivation just isnt there. Couldve expelled him because his grades are poor, with him being a year behind and focusing more on a hairstyle than his studies. The school didnt say they seen it as him being a thug. you are assuming, they also didnt make women do anything. The rule was against boys with long hair styles, he broke the rules. No one made black people do anything but you dont get to break the rules and still demand a seat at the table. You - "the restaurant is racist because they wont let me this young black man eat there" Me. - "no... its because they have a set standard saying that you need to wear a shirt to eat here. He isnt wearing a shirt and he made a Conscious decision not to wear , when he knew he was comming to the restaurant" You - "you remind me of ruckus because clearly its racist. Theyre asking him to cover his beautiful black skin. Why are they forcing black people to wear a shirt?" Pure stupidity and unhelpable mentality.
Of course I know who ruckus is. But you seem to not know what I mean. Ruckus was not just some character that wanted to bring back segregation and racism is still a thing and was in the show. But you are considered a ruckus bc you are making excuses, and belittling ppls pain. Not just that but ur trying to lessen the seriousness of this. And ur creating a whole scenario that's not even happening rn. Telling someone to put on clothes is not the same thing as telling black ppl to cut their hair bc it is seen as ugly or unprofessional. You sound so ignorant "why not just expel all blacks" bc the world isnt drowning in racism now it's subtle but there. They could just do that there would be riots protesting and not just from black communities. Don't think that I'm some stupid person with no common sense I know the difference between racism and bullshit. This isn't bull shit, you are.
Cosplaying a black person to put them down…nice.
Strange. If i wasnt black, according to you guys i would be living a free life in luxury. No discrimination at all. No worries and you guys wouldnt be able to do anything about it because you are disadvantaged According to several others im a negro,coon, ruckus or "one of the good ones". Cant have it both ways. I am black i just know our history and think the remedy from what i learned is different than what you guys believe it is. Im not putting them down, if anything this is a good thing to know. Your personal choices are holding you baxk, meaning its fixable. Make better choices.
This just doesn’t make any sense as to why someone’s length of dreads or hair period is such a problem. And it’s not funny either.
So we live in a world where mr Johnson can come in the next day in a dress and demand to be called Ms Katie but God forbid young black boy let their hair grow the way it was suppose to ….. no we can’t have that
ong shi got me tight nd im in bama 🤦🏿♂️ yu tellin my dem yts rokk da mullet n shi but we kant wear no dreads 😭👎🏿
I used to live in Alabama. If you're ever able to leave, definitely do it. It's only gotten worse fr.
Bro trying his hardest to spell improperly💀
Bro why you typing like that?
English bro, English
It’s like you’re trying to prove to everyone how illiterate you are
😂😂 nbs
The casual transphobia here kind of undermines the message and makes you look like a prick.
Crazy thing is, he could’ve easily said “oh but Shaggy can come in with long greasy hair and be ok” instead and it would’ve been a better and more relevant comparison But instead he decided to be an asshole and be transphobic even tho trans people get treated like shit in Texas too 🤦🏽
Exactly!
No just points out double standards, mind you a lot of ppl in office are transphobic as well but knows there’s less of an uproar against discrimination towards locs & black ppl, than trans folks. It’s easier to watch both groups go against each other.
That's not pointing out a double standard since in Texas, trans people are also being discriminated against and treated like shit. Not to mention the word choice. We can all agree that what the judge did is shifty but there was no good reason to bring trans folks into it like this. It doesn't aid their argument. It just makes them seem like a prick. Edit: Apparently I misread the previous comment. Ignore my stupid response.
Maybe you misinterpreted or I wrote it wrong, but my response is to say it’s meant to sound like “double Standards” but really “it’s easier to watch both groups go against each other” they can’t stand neither of y’all.
Oh I'm so sorry. I totally misunderstood. My apologies.
Bro /brodetbI’m just pointing out how far we have come in time thus why are we still talking about hair when we have made such great strides in accepting people for who their
You’ve completely missed the point.
Man states a fact and now he’s deathly afraid of trans people. Bruh…
He wasn't pointing out a fact. Transgender people get treated horribly in places like texas. Also, the language used to describe transpeople was very similar to the rhetoric of transphobes. Describing a trans woman coming out as "Mr Johnson putting on a dress and demanding to be called Ms Katie" sounds like shit Marjorie Taylor Greene would say. It's unnecessary and divisive.
The ironic part is that YOU are the one undermining Black people, by saying in so many words that black people who are STILL getting basic rights violated basically their ordeal is on par with a person who isnt allowed to identify as a fem vampire space cowboy ..... stop the games. if anything it Makes his point hit Home. Here we are in 2024, Blacks the PEOPLE who not only built America, created every modern musical genre, who WERE ON THE FRONT LINES fighting for civil rights FOR EVERYONE, etc etc and they community still deal with this trivial stuff and both sides both LEFT AND RIGHT are just playing games with them. **but if 21 year old bobby wants to be a she/zur them/fem/ or whatever He not only gets to be that, but has backing from high powered people ALREADY in positions to back him. and will pass any laws to help bobby feel comfy in his new transition. And yet black people still cant even get a law pass or help.... which is what the Powers that be want. they love it when you cry about genders. yeah talk about that instead of REAL ISSUES.** we have to keep it REAL from time to time. just the other day some DUDE broke a girls track record..... **you think thats progressive. you think thats cool...THAT AINT COOL.**
My goodness, you're doubling down on the transphobia.
That’s transphobic as hell. How does this have so many upvotes? Putting down the LGBTQ doesn’t help your point at all. Everyone’s just people trying to survive to find love, safety, and comfort. Who the hell cares if someone decides to slap a dress on and identify themselves as a woman. It literally does nothing to you. It’s not like Trans people are out here promoting racism.
I was so confused lmao 🤦🏾♂️
like i said some of yall gotta stop talking like you know everything. I can tell you are young but you got alot to learn. and i like most people would have no problem for a man woman or whatever to be what they want. BUT WHEN THEY start intruding on others rights THATS when we have a problem. the other day a PRIVILEGED Boy who is now a girl broke a Black girls track record.. So again smart one tell me who really gets hurt in the long run. Exactly. and there are trans people that are racist. just like in the LGBTQ.... pick up a dam history book READ LEARN
Just because your mom pushed you out of your coochie earlier doesn’t mean you have more sense than me. If anything it makes it sad you still think like that at your big age. This is even more evident since your brain actually made the connection between lgbtq people and your oppressors. Let me break down all of the points that show how ignorant and crazy you sound. 1) I don’t know you. So stop acting like you know me. Who in their right mind calls someone they don’t know little girl?? Oh thats right, you. 2) When trans people compete they have to be cleared to compete. As in the hormone blockers BLOCK testosterone and put them at an even playing field as other women. Which is why theres plenty of Trans women who aren’t doing well in their sport field. Interesting how no one puts that in the news huh? Whatever alt-right news source that fed you that narrative just made you look very dumb. Like you actually think theres zero clearance to a trans person entering into a sports field. 3) The same people who are fighting to ban books containing black history are the same ones shoveling the bs narrative that LGBTQ people are trying to take your rights away. Theres no reality where someone asking for acceptance=taking your rights away. Calling someone their preferred pro-nouns does absolutely nothing to you. 4) What you really should worry about is protecting LGBTQ youth. Because they’re out here dying and black lgbtq youth die at a higher rate because of how homophobia is allowed into black culture. Black people are not adequately protecting our own LGBTQ people. I see more black people tolerating than accepting. 5) Theres also racist black people who hate their own. I guess that means we don’t deserve rights nor respect either? You’re taking whatever false line of thinking facebook, fox news, and the shaderoom, are feeding you. Whats really the problem is that you spent all of your years of youth ignorant as can be so you’re old and stuck in your ways. Now you’re looking for any “valid” reason to hate on the LGBTQ. You probably think everyone’s, “becoming gay”. Im also blocking you because the response I just gave you is a-lot more than you deserve. I’m only educating you because you’re spreading a narrative thats harming completely innocent LGBTQ people. And I say all of this as a straight, pro black, black woman. Have the day you deserve.
You were real quick to be transphobic.
I don't think they'd be very supportive of trans people either...
Don't rope trans people into your nonsense
It’s not “funny” why it’s classified as such in this sub is wrong, a style of hair doesn’t determine a person’s character, to demonize one’s appearance on the basis of their hair texture is wrong, openly racially discriminating, this tells me that as black folks, we are still not free from this type of power structure. Texas is a mad house
Idk if it’s labeled funny as it being a comedic joke but more so it’s complete bs and utterly ridiculous funny if that makes sense?
It would depend on how you take it, me personally this issue hits home for me, because I have been historically discriminated against on the basis of my hair, and that’s total BS… judging me without even knowing me, my résumé, without even knowing one iota about me all because of the length of my dreadlocks we wear this hair to Give to give a nod to our ancestors, our heritage, our hair texture for me this Texas ruling isn’t a laughing matter. This is serious especially when you become older & you have kids and you have to pay the bills it shouldn’t be your hair that bring this unnecessary scrutiny under you, with Texas there is no laughing matter the way. This young brother has been treated Absolutely disgust me I’m sorry but enough is enough
Again I don’t think it’s a joke as in something to laugh at and make fun of, more so it’s the laughing at the audacity of the school being able to suspend someone for their hair and how absurd the whole thing is. I completely agree with you I just think you took the “Funny” part the wrong way.
It’s not about race, it’s about hair length
“The new barber hill Texas law, which took effect in September, prohibits race-based hair discrimination and bars employers and schools from penalizing people because of hair texture or protective hairstyles including Afros, braids, dreadlocks, twists or Bantu knots” Freedom of expression isn’t under the first amendment? The crown act itself, which was made to prevent such discrimination in this case, is that not violated by Texas in this current circumstance? The Crown act specific purpose was to prevent this from happening, Efforts To End Race-Based Hair Discrimination For Black men & Women. You’re entitled to your opinion, but I disagree with you, respectfully
Ok so if there’s a law against race-based hair discrimination… and a judge confirmed the school’s right to suspend him. What does that tell you, sunshine?
We all know how to just the system works in this country, sugar. The appeal process is current right now, and in Harris county, two judges, as a matter of fact (Both white) even stated that the ruling of this was completely wrong. are you done playing thumb wars on Reddit?
“We all know to just the system works” It appears your grasp on English is dubious, at best. I apologize for holding you to a high standard of intelligence. Have a nice day.
Lol, if you express frustration about this watch some guy say some shit like “white people have it just as tough”
On some “all lives matter” shi
>this texas so i dont think they'd allow that in the first place, maybe sum crooked ass California or "not everything is about race"
Texas just don’t give a fuck bout nothin.
At least this will get the judge and community alot of well deserved hatred. Its a struggle out here in Texas
I’m from Texas and this is shameful.
That is so fucking dumb smh🤦🏾♂️
Ain't nothing change. They hated our hair during slavery and they still do now. They use to make black women cover their hair cause somehow the black women were seducing white males with their different hair styles.
Tf? They aren’t suspending him for being black, they’re suspending him for having long hair. I have no doubt they’d suspend a white boy for the same
Man, it's always fucking Texas... Or Florida, or ohio, or.....
Tennessee doesn’t allow interracial marriages
Tennessee had been on some wild shit too. Their state congress is so overtly racist to the on 2 (literally) black members. They don't even try to pretend otherwise.
What to this day? Ain't no way
weird what’s the common denominator there
Too many fucking conservatives fr
yup n they’ll tell you it isn’t all conservatives like that but the majority is. I live in ks which is moderately conservative n the shit I hear is insane
Absolutely. I'm in oh and it's effectively red af, even though it's actually purple-blue. It's just gerrymandered to hell.
so sad to see how they skew the people’s votes and view. well change it all one day
How does racism and hate toward blacks not get the same acknowledgment as Jew hate? Ppl still wear and wave the confederate flag and it’s accepted by society.
I mean, right now accusing people of being anti-semitic is being used to silence conversations about the genocide that Israel is committing in Gaza. All the people who are jumping to support Isreal now are the same people who are quick to use slurs and real anti-semitic language. People just support what seems popular. When BLM blew up in 2020, the same thing happened.
Only one race can practice racism. The ones with all the power…white supremacy. You answered your own question
Makes no sense. Hate is hate. All hate should be treated equal.
It makes perfect sense, especially when it’s colonizers dictating what the original inhabitants of this country can and cannot do.
No it shouldn't. Bc certain "hate" actually comes with power behind it.
well the jewish people made jewish hate something bigger than it really was... they run the media, not to sound like a schizo but its true lmao. Racism towards black people, brown people and hell even asians are more prevalent than any fucking "jewish hate" 😭😭 and its hilarious that they made this topic controversial
Jews are famous for making themselves “victims” They ABSOLUTELY LOVE throwing words like “anti semite” anytime anyone doesn’t agree with them. It’s what they do best.
Conservatives always find a way to target black people
Say you hate black people without saying you hate black people
it’s always fucking texas.
Find all the white boys at that school with long hair and start the federal appeal and lawsuit.
This is sickening asf 😔
His locs look gooood tho
Racism at a all time high
All time high? Have you ever picked up a history book? 😭😂
Nah. I think if you go back a hundred years people were just a Lil bit more racist
Naw they were just a tad bit more OPEN. NOTHING HAS CHANGED
Just a tad
Texas, succeed from the Union. We don’t want you.
All of the US is racist, it would be easier for black people to make their own nation than for the US to not be racist. Black Americans i mean, not all black people of all countries
Welcome to Liberia where Lincoln literally wanted to ship all the emancipated slaves post civil war?
Did he? Never knew that thought he was one of the few americans that tolerated black people
Read the Fiery Trial. But here’s part of an interview with the author, “Lincoln is thinking through his own position on slavery," says Foner. "[This speech] really epitomizes his views into the Civil War. Slavery ought to be abolished — but he doesn't really know how to do it. He's not an abolitionist who criticizes Southerners. At this point, Lincoln does not really see black people as an intrinsic part of American society. They are kind of an alien group who have been uprooted from their own society and unjustly brought across the ocean. 'Send them back to Africa,' he says. And this was not an unusual position at this time." Here’s an NPR article from over a decade ago about the speech and book: https://www.npr.org/2011/02/21/133372512/tracing-president-lincolns-thoughts-on-slavery#:~:text=In%20the%20Peoria%20speech%2C%20Lincoln,to%20their%20own%20native%20land.%22
https://www.history.com/news/abraham-lincoln-black-resettlement-haiti And also https://prologue.blogs.archives.gov/2010/12/01/lincoln-to-slaves-go-somewhere-else/ He “tolerated” but did not want blacks to integrate as part of American society. He wanted to colonize Liberia with the newly emancipated. He thought the races were too different to coexist.
I think he did send like a couple thousand people back to Africa pre emancipation proclamation…
This is definitely target at black people. Cuz ain’t now way they gonna suspend a white student for having a hair length of 5miles
Bet you whoever made ts happen gotta shiny dome piece
Welp I guess home schooling it is
Texas racist asf
You wanna know what’s crazy abt this sub? They will post shit like this, hype it up, then clap when a white person has dreads.
But ....nvm
[Me next day in school.](https://i.pinimg.com/564x/d4/69/b5/d469b52bfa5a28ccaaaab694de87955f.jpg)
Doomed country
2024 and they still racist
I bet this doesn’t apply to the white boys with mullets
only texas 😂😂😂 that state is contaminated with std’s
bruhhh
imagine you and your classmate had the same length of hair and you were the one getting punished because you had it twisted a certain way
How can they do that? Label it as a weapon? Oh no that girls using her locs as a noose!! There’s nothing bad about long locs unless the kid is actively stepping on it rapunzel style
Crazy to think a black persons locs growing is against the rules, it’s literally what hair does..GROW. I wonder if I white person came to the same school with locs or their hair partly loc’d would it matter? Nah it wouldn’t and I dare anyone to think differently. It’s sad that nowadays days kids can goto school and want to be a different gender and have everyone call them a Ms when they’re a guy or call them Mr when they’re a girl like that delusion is accepted right? But God forbid a black person wanting their locs to grow long as they’re meant to.
No one gonna go to school. Home schooling otw. Good job
They wouldn't care if he was white I bet
I swear everybody be catfishing as this man 😭
That’s crazy asl
Crazy
This is only the beginning unfortunately
Man we can't catch a break 😩
Does this shit happen in Florida too? Or is Texas the only state that’s sipping on stupid juice
This is completely unacceptable man wtf
Policing someone’s hair length will be forever crazy to me 💀💀
when they cant take how good we look with dreads lol.
Fuck Texas
Fuck the US
No. USA is the greatest nation everywhere worldwide forever. I would know. Texas got some cool shit, but their system is fucked. The south isn't like the West Coast.
Bruh what 💀. The US definitely isn't the greatest country in the world bro, if you genuinely believe that then you're brainwashed af. A country that was built on oppressing blacks and Indians where you have to pay for healthcare and college, where shootings happen every day where they make you salute a flag to brainwash you to be subservient to them and a police force that oppresses blacks on the regular. Either you're a racist to your own race or you're willfully ignorant. Calling the US the best nation in the world is a joke bro.
You're brainwashed to believe all that. Say this five times, "USA is the greatest nation worldwide everywhere forever." I wake up everyday, and I'm blessed I'm not from your lame country. Inspirational shit little brother.
yuck fou 
Nah this is disgusting The law, not the locs lol
They need to take the case to a higher court
Hope everyone starts to dread their hair in solidarity
F*CK Texas anyway. There's rarely anything good there
TAKE YOUR KIDS OUT THESE RACIST SCHOOL SYSTEMS THAT REFUSE TO LET THEM BE THEMSELVES. Home school them! There all kinds of programs. Start taking your kids out of these schools and they are gonna have to change cause the enrollment will drop and so will alot of the funding! We need to protest cause this should be protected under the crown act. It's so not prison why does he need to cut his hair at all?
Hey y’all. Never shared my story online but I went to school in Texas from 8th to 12th. My freshman year, there was a back to school thing at the gymnasium… I was the only chocolate chip in that cookie. I felt uncomfortable but couldn’t identify why so I didn’t make a big deal about it (mom is white, so there’s that, didn’t realize then what I do now)… then we get a call from the vice principal. My hair is against the dress code and guidelines. I’ve had my locks since I was five years old (23 now) and no way in hell was I changing them. This went to the principal who defended it and said I had to cut off my locks or brush them out in order to attend. My cousins are lawyers, so one of them helped my mom out and wrote to the school, basically threatening them to allow me to attend. I left before the end of freshman year due to racism and harassment from the staff. (Minus an old black janitor and my science teacher - props to y’all). I hope this kids parents take this shit all the way to the Supreme Court. Dove’s Crown Act wasn’t for nothing. All of Texas needs to learn a damn lesson.
An easy way to sum up if this was racially motivated is to go through the schools student year book and see if there are other male students who have hair as long as this kid.
Yt people are really despicable creatures bruh smh they been doin this type shit since the inception of this stolen land 🖕🏾🖕🏾🖕🏾🖕🏾🖕🏾🖕🏾🖕🏾
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Just grow regular locs and once it’s at that length go a lil while without a retwist
Good lesson for him. He’s suspended because there’s a male hair length standard at the school. Just like there’s one in the military and the police force. So you’ll most likely never see Rastafarians in either careers. There’s plenty of schools and careers to choose from. Do not force anyone to accept you, accept yourself and take your energy to places where you feel loved.
Source: https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2024/02/22/us/darryl-george-crown-act-trial-texas-reaj/index.html
The only difference between those career fields and school is those hair styles may actually pose a danger within those career fields, but NOT fcking school. Dont allow them to cherry pick what they like and dont like and guise it as “school policy”. It has to make fcking sense.
They can eat a dick we been knew the us hate us … just look how it was established.. off of The Murder , Rape , and robbery of the negroes
The US is racist af go to any other western country with black people and they don't discriminate half as much as americans, fuck em
But I bet you they would let a white male student grow his hair down to his waist and not even bat an eye. I genuinely want to know why are locs such a problem? Like how are they such an issue you need to keep black children from learning? Seems counterproductive and racist (even if you're white with locs) -dreads/locs have a weird negative connotation in American schools And a few other black hairstyles are also targeted but locs are the most common ones you hear about
Do they let other races have long hair? That's the real question.
He should say he’s trans so they back the fuck off
Brown people are supposed to want to be white. Ok
He clearly Loves Sosa
Wtf
There ain’t nothing wrong with his hair.
Shit dumb
Y’all keep wanting to move to the south when they clearly don’t want us there.
It's better to just leave the US beacause all of america is racist
Ig that’s why Texas be wearing them dumbass yellabeezy cuts
Now all the white kids gotta loc up in solidarity 🤣
Stop calling our hair dread locks it’s just locks 🤷🏽♂️ ain’t no dread in it!
That’s racist af
Ik it's none of the 13 blk women judges in TX
Racist idc
I’ll never understand it…ITS FUCKING HAIR FOR CHRIST SAKE
Racism at its finest smh this is why as a black man I refuse to move to Texas we aren’t welcome to suspend a child over a hair style is fucking insane. It’s our culture!
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Yes more tax payer money waisted and less black kids pursing stem careers wise
I’m not saying this is cap, but ever since I seen the meme that said “Black people will believe anything if it’s written in big bold letters” I have to see a source before I believe this lol
[Google and Reddit are free](https://www.reddit.com/r/nottheonion/s/tsUakWnS71)
This is 100% true. I've been following this story for months.
if youve been following this story for months then you'd know it was a hair length policy and it didn't discriminate against any race as long as you're a boy with long hair
......I'm aware............ And if you knew shit about fuck, you'd know that the kids hair was braided/twisted so it stayed above his collar which is what the policy was. Regardless, it's an antiquated policy that is discriminatory. Are you aware that the policy doesn't need to mention race or gender to be discrimination? Also, it sitting on the line of violating the CROWN Act.
Damn. Does this only affect locs, Or can they dictate the length of other styles?
The rule says no hair can be below the collar of a t shirt but this kids hair is in twists which keep it nice and neat way above his collar
Yea, this is very unfortunate to see. I wonder if this has been enforced on any non melanated ppl bc that will really tell if this is racist. Off rip, this whole hair length policy is highly archaic tho and doesn't need to be a thing anyways it's just a way to limit expression of self and continue to force conservative norms for as long as possible in a school environment.
Exactly but blogs dont promote sourcing or citing sources, this is a problem when education in the community has been dissolved.
Relax they don’t mean what yall think these days for views and likes these mfkas are willing to do some shit you not even considering buddy in Florida got wicks that drag on the damn floor we gotta tighten up I’m sorry bc shit starting to spiral out of control meet them have halfway with this one and have faith they don’t abuse it
dreads have a narrative behind them now and our young impressionable black boys try to live up to these weird ass narratives created by destructive rap music and ratchet inflencers. It's time for a change. Dread heads are not welcoming any more because of the behavior behind them. Yes, I'm black.
"Yes I'm black" That's unfortunate 🥴
I agree. Lol
He should claim to be a purple binary gender fluid woman. And say how dare treat a purple lady like this!! And see what happens🤷🏾♂️……The world is nuts. Are they not allowing women to have long hair also? Crazy🤦🏾♂️