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☆ Black student punished for his hairstyle wants to return to the Texas school that suspended him
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-26 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

HOUSTON — A Black high school student in Texas who was punished for nearly all of his junior year over his hairstyle has left his school district rather than spend another year of in-school suspension, according to his attorney. It would allow him to return to school while a federal lawsuit he filed proceeds. George’s federal lawsuit also alleged that his punishment violates the CROWN Act, a recent state law prohibiting race-based discrimination of hair. In February, a state judge ruled in a lawsuit filed by the school district that its punishment does not violate the CROWN Act. Barbers Hill’s hair policy was also challenged in a May 2020 federal lawsuit filed by two other students.

Persons: HOUSTON, Darryl George, Jeffrey Brown, “ Judge Brown, ” George, Brown, George, ”, Allie Booker, unenroll, ” Booker, “, Booker Organizations: U.S, Hill High School, locs Locations: Texas, Houston, Galveston, “, Mont Belvieu

☆ ‘A victory for generations to come:’ Puerto Rico bans hair discrimination
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-25 | by ( Associated Press | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

San Juan (AP) — Puerto Rico’s governor signed a law on Wednesday that prohibits discrimination against people wearing Afros, curls, locs, twists, braids and other hairstyles in the racially diverse U.S. territory. The move was celebrated by those who had long demanded explicit protection related to work, housing, education and public services. “It’s a victory for generations to come,” Welmo Romero Joseph, a community facilitator with the nonprofit Taller Salud, said in an interview. A bronze statue of San Juan Bautista stands in front the Capitol building flanked by U.S. and Puerto Rican flags, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, where a ruling was made on Wednesday to ban hair discrimination. “Unfortunately, people identified as Black or Afro descendant in Puerto Rico still face derogatory treatment, deprivation of opportunities, marginalization, exclusion and all kinds of discrimination,” the law signed Wednesday states.

Persons: ” Welmo Romero Joseph, Romero, San Juan Bautista, Ricardo Arduengo, ”, ” Westend61 Organizations: Puerto Rico’s, Salud, Civil, U.S, Puerto, Census, Economic Policy Institute, U.S . House, Democratic Locations: Juan, Puerto, Alabama, San Juan, Puerto Rican, San Juan , Puerto Rico, U.S, Puerto Ricans, Puerto Rico, Texas

☆ I wear bold outfits and my natural Afro to the office. People who say Gen Z can't dress for the workplace are wrong — we just do things differently.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-18 | by ( Elle Hardy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

I've heard people say Gen Z doesn't know how to dress for the workplace. Gen Z fashion is fun and quirky, and we're into self-expression. 40% of Gen Z and millennial consumers say that environmental impact is an extremely or very important factor when purchasing. People in my industry tend to have colorful or eclectic ways of dress, and I don't have a problem with that. AdvertisementIf older generations want to dress in more traditional business attire, it's none of my business.

Persons: —, Maya Penn, I've, Penn, It's, We're, Zers, I'm, Z, Gilberto Tadday, there's, haven't, we're Organizations: Service, Business, Fortune, Penn Locations: Atlanta, TEDWomen, Etsy, California

☆ In photos: ‘Wash Day’ honors a classic Black hair ritual
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-19 | by ( Brooklyn White-Grier | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

I wanted to show the inherent beauty of Black natural hair.”For Black women and children, wash day is equal parts essential maintenance and self-renewal. Tomesha FaxioIn the series of portraits that make up “Wash Day,” Faxio sat with 26 families and took photos as they went through their distinct routines. We talk often, after all, about the obsession with hair being “done” and the intra-communal shame that sometimes comes with natural hair. For us too, wash day is a high energy sport — and it’s also a bonding exercise that neither of us will forget. Tomesha Faxio

Persons: CNN — “, Tomesha Faxio, “, Nadia, Faxio, Tonya, Briana, Grace —, ” Faxio, that’s, ”, Tomesha, —, Latroya, washings, Mom, it’s, EuLisa, Zoe, Tomesha Faxio “, ” she’d, Kameron, detangling Organizations: CNN Locations: —, Black, Brooklyn

☆ Zendaya said she snuck onto her first Oscars red carpet, leading to one of the biggest fashion moments of her career
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-09 | by ( Amanda Krause | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Zendaya revealed to Vogue that she wasn't actually supposed to walk her first Oscars red carpet. AdvertisementZendaya made history on the 2015 Oscars red carpet — but she wasn't technically supposed to be there. I kind of snuck onto the red carpet." Jason Merritt/Getty ImagesZendaya's efforts paid off, with the then 18-year-old actor posing for photographers across the red carpet. Related storiesAs the red carpet was being broadcast on television, E!

Persons: Zendaya, wasn't, Vivienne Westwood, Giuliana Rancic, —, she's, Vogue, Jason Merritt, Rancic, Louis Vuitton Organizations: Service, Academy, Getty, Magazine Locations: Hollywood , California

☆ Darryl George: Texas judge rules school district can restrict the length of male’s natural hair
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-22 | by ( Chandelis Duster | Rosa Flores | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —A Texas judge ruled Thursday that the state’s CROWN Act does not make it unlawful for school dress codes to limit a student’s hair length. The decision is a blow to Darryl George, a Houston-area high school student who sued his school district after he was suspended for months over the length of his locs hairstyle. The trial marks the conclusion to a monthslong legal battle between George and the Barbers Hill Independent School District. The district’s dress code allows students to wear locs hairstyles but places limits on the length of male student’s hair. “I’m nervous, but I’m happy.”Supporters of Darryl George hold signs during a protest outside of the home of Barbers Hill Independent School District superintendent Greg Poole on Wednesday, February, 22, 2024.

Persons: CNN —, Darryl George, George, ” George, Greg Abbott, “, Greg Poole, Juan Lozano, ” Poole, Poole, ” Organizations: CNN, Independent School District, CROWN ACT, Gov, Independent School, Houston Chronicle, ” CNN, U.S, Supreme Locations: Texas, Houston

☆ Black Student’s Suspension Over Hairstyle Didn’t Violate Law, Texas Judge Rules
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-22 | by ( Christine Hauser | Patrick Mcgee | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A Texas judge ruled on Thursday that a school district’s dress code, which it used to suspend a Black student last year for refusing to change the way he wears his hair, did not violate a state law meant to prohibit race-based discrimination against people based on their hairstyle. The student, Darryl George, 18, has locs, or long ropelike strands of hair, that he pins on his head in a barrel roll, a protective style that his mother said reflected Black culture. He was separated from his classmates, given disciplinary notices, placed in in-school suspension and sent to an off-campus program. The hearing on Thursday, in the 253rd Judicial District Court in Anahuac, was in response to a lawsuit filed in September by the Barbers Hill Independent School District. The act, which took effect on Sept. 1, says a school district policy “may not discriminate against a hair texture or protective hairstyle commonly or historically associated with race.” It does not specifically mention hair length.

Persons: Darryl George, George, Cain III, Darresha George Organizations: Hill High School, 253rd, Independent School District, Texas CROWN Locations: Texas, Mont Belvieu, Houston, Anahuac

☆ A Black student suspended over his locs hairstyle says he feels like he's falling behind at a disciplinary school the district sent him to
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( Cheyanne Mumphrey | Annie Ma | Associated Press | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Darryl George says he was sent to a disciplinary school after refusing to cut off his locs. George's Texas high school suspended him in September, saying his hairstyle violated school policy. AdvertisementAdvertisementFor more than a month, Darryl George, a Black high school student in Texas, spent each school day sitting by himself in punishment over his hairstyle. George on Thursday attended his first day at the disciplinary school, where he sits in a cubicle and does schoolwork. "I hope I can start being a kid again, start living my life, start playing football again and enjoy my year, my last few years in high school," he said.

Persons: Darryl George, —, he's, George, Darresha George, Michael Wyke, Darryl, Candice Matthews, Greg Poole, Allie Booker, Renuka Rege, Rege, Ashley Sawyer, Booker, Darryl's Organizations: Service, Associated Press, Hill High School, Thursday, Advancement Locations: George's Texas, Texas, Houston, Mont Belvieu , Texas

☆ A Black student was suspended over his locs hairstyle. Now his family is threatening to call Child Protective Services on the Texas school.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-18 | by ( Grace Eliza Goodwin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Darryl George was suspended from his Texas high school over the length of his locs hairstyle. He was given another round of suspension, a civil rights activist helping his family, Dr. Candice Matthews, told Insider. "Daryl is sitting on a stool, a stool in a cubby," Darresha George told Insider. Bloom told Insider that the district's policy on hair length does not violate the Crown Act. His hair is a connection to God," Matthews said, adding that Darryl's dad's hair, stepdad's hair, and brother's hair is woven into his own.

Persons: Darryl George, he's, George, Candice Matthews, Darresha, Daryl, Darresha George, He's, Allie Booker, that's, David Bloom, Bloom, Booker, Rhetta Bowers, Matthews Organizations: Child Protective Services, Service, Hill High School, CPS, Protective Services, Services, New York Times Locations: Texas, Wall, Silicon, Houston

☆ In Texas, a Black High School Student Is Suspended Over His Hair Length
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-14 | by ( Christine Hauser | More About Christine Hauser | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Soon after starting his junior year last month at Barbers Hill High School in Mont Belvieu, Texas, Darryl George was separated from his classmates because of the way he wears his hair, his mother and a lawyer said. Each morning, he is asked by officials at the school, about 30 miles east of Houston, whether he has cut his hair yet, she said. “He is actually getting singled out,” said Ms. George. “They are personally stopping him, ‘Did he cut his hair?’ Asking him at the door.”Darryl has locs, or long ropelike strands of hair, that he pins on his head in a barrel roll, a protective style that reflects Black culture, Ms. George said. On Aug. 31, about two weeks after school started, school officials told her that his hair length, even though pinned, violated the dress code.

Persons: Darryl George, Darryl, Darresha George, ”, George, “, ‘ Organizations: Hill High School Locations: Mont Belvieu , Texas, Houston

☆ ‘The Little Mermaid’: 13 Differences Between the Original and Remake
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-26 | by ( Sarah Bahr | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

This article contains spoilers about the live-action version of “The Little Mermaid.”Ariel, poor girl, already had no voice — and that was before the sea-witch added selective amnesia to the mix. Among them: new songs; updated lyrics to “Kiss the Girl” and “Poor Unfortunate Souls”; and a personality for Prince Eric. Here are 13 ways the remake, directed by Rob Marshall, differs from the original. Ariel has locs. Instead, Bailey sported her natural locs, which were wrapped with strands of red hair.

☆ Fact Check-No evidence of human remains dubbed ‘Mona Lisa’ found on the moon
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-15 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Human remains have never been found on the moon, NASA’s chief historian told Reuters, but users online are sharing a video that is allegedly proof a sarcophagus named Mona Lisa was discovered during a moon mission. The same Mona Lisa figure appears in the background of a book by French author Thierry Speth titled, “Apollo 20, the Unknown Mission” (here). He added that there is “no evidence to substantiate” the claim that a figure named Mona Lisa was found on the moon. He also shared filmstrips of the Mona Lisa to that group that match the footage in the viral video (here). In one post (here), Speth shared a link to an interview he did about Apollo 20 (here).

☆ A real estate investor who owns 109 properties and is pacing for a 2008-style 'massive opportunity' explains which loans to secure to take advantage of the correction
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-19 | by ( Laila Maidan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Travis Hanson secured a guardian line of credit so he can take advantage of a market correction. Finally, you can consider a home-equity line of credit (HELOC), which uses your property as collateral against the loan. Hanson uses LOCs when his own cash is already tied up. To determine rent rates, Hanson uses AppFolio, a property management software. Hanson then uses the app to send a postcard to the owner on record, offering to buy the house.

☆ Miami Beach adopts ordinance banning hairstyle discrimination
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( Chantal Da Silva | Chantal Da Silva Is A Breaking News Editor For Nbc News Digital Based In London. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

Florida's Miami Beach adopted an ordinance Wednesday banning race-based hair discrimination in housing, employment and access to public services and facilities. The Miami Beach City Commission voted unanimously to prohibit discriminatory practices "based on the texture or style of a person's hair," the city said in a news release Wednesday. “It’s unacceptable in 2022 that Black Americans and other minorities still face discrimination based on something so trivial as whether or not they have textured or curly hair,” Miami Beach Vice Mayor Alex Fernandez said in a statement. “This serves to protect cultural identity and not have to worry about sacrificing who you are in Miami Beach.”The city's human rights ordinance had already prohibited discrimination based on a number of characteristics, including weight and height. Miami Beach City did not immediately respond to an overnight request for comment.

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