Do hair policies lead to discrimination?
A judge ruling in Texas has reignited an international conversation about dress codes in schools.
Darryl George, an 18-year-old student, has been in in-school suspension since August for refusing to cut his dreadlocks. They violate his school’s dress code.
His lives in the U.S. state of Texas which had just passed the Crown Act, a law designed to prohibit race-based hair discrimination. A judge has ruled that this does not apply in Darryl’s case. Brandon Drenon, a Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ journalist based in Washington, explains.
We also hear from Beverly Ochieng, from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Monitoring based in Nairobi, who explains hair standards in Kenya.
Plus, Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ news presenter Lukwesa Burak tells us what it was like when she stated to wearing her natural afro on screen.
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