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A Black student was suspended for his hairstyle. The school says it wasn’t discrimination. (apnews.com)

submitted 1 year ago by HappyMeatbag@beehaw.org to c/usnews@beehaw.org

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I was expecting something clearly offensive, like FUCK YOU shaved into his head, but nope.

Personally, I think his hair looks pretty cool.

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[–] alyaza@beehaw.org 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

worth noting: it's been a trend in the past few years for Democratic-run state legislatures (take for example New York) to introduce anti-discrimination laws for hair--and stories like this are basically why. certain kinds of reactionaries (usually in schooling) have increasingly been using hair as a stand-in for skin tone in basically discriminating against people.

[–] HappyMeatbag@beehaw.org 6 points 1 year ago

Yeah. Younger, naive me didn’t understand why laws about hair were necessary. It didn’t make me angry; I just didn’t get it.

Now I understand what assholes conservatives can be, and the lengths they will go to in order to keep discrimination alive.