This young mans story is the perfect example as to why The Crown ACT needs to be made federal law. A 17-year-old track& field athlete from Ohio who recently moved to Texas, now has to be homeschooled after he was denied enrollment at East Bernard High School for breaking the schools hair policy. The teen wears natural dreadlocks and would be forced to cut his hair if he wanted to attend school.
The policy states "Boy’s hair may not extend below the eyebrows, below the tops of the ears or below a conventional standup shirt collar, and must not be more than one-inch difference in the length of the hair on the side to the length of the hair on top.” Thus, the teen is forced to cut his hair. They did not allow for religious exemptions.
Hair styles have notoriously been used to systemically discriminate against people. No one should be forced to change their natural hair to meet someone else's cultural standard. Unfortunately, this teen now has to either take it up in court or find a new school. Good luck with that in Texas!