stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to News@lemmy.world · 8 months agoTexas Superintendent Defends Suspending Black Student Over Locs Hairstyle in Full-Page Ad: ‘Being American Requires Conformity'themessenger.comexternal-linkmessage-square259fedilinkarrow-up1925arrow-down117file-text
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A full-page newspaper defends the punishment high school student Darryl George has faced over his hairstyle.
minus-squareConditionOverload@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down1·8 months agoConformity? So then ultimately because the kid is black, he’ll never be able to “conform” since Texas has a majority white population. So the guy is pretty much saying that the kid’s in the wrong for just existing.
minus-squaremmcintyre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·8 months agoTexas is less than 40% white. But this dude definitely thinks this student is wrong for just existing.
Conformity? So then ultimately because the kid is black, he’ll never be able to “conform” since Texas has a majority white population. So the guy is pretty much saying that the kid’s in the wrong for just existing.
Texas is less than 40% white. But this dude definitely thinks this student is wrong for just existing.