Houston-area teen reacts to new Texas law banning hair discrimination after inspiring the movement
The policy says, "Male students' hair will not extend, at any time, below the eyebrows or below the ear lobes. Male students' hair must not extend below the top of a T-shirt collar or be gathered or worn in a style that would allow the hair to extend below the top of a T-shirt collar, below the eyebrows, or below the ear lobes when let down.
"It's not that they have a problem with the length of his hair. They have a problem with Black hair. Let's just tell it like it is," Quanell X said. "When do we, as African Americans, get the right to tell white folks how to wear their hair? We want the children in this district to have an equal hair policy that appreciates everybody's culture.
A spokesperson with Barbers Hills ISD said that they have filed a judicial lawsuit, seeking clarification on the CROWN Act. Their statement to ABC13 says in part:
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