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

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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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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Greg Tool, more like. What a regressive bag of dicks.

By "conform" I can only assume he means this kid should be using noxious hair straighteners and speaking with the Mid-Atlantic accent.

How weird is it that the school is called "Barber's Hill High School" and they're making a stink over hairstyles? But of course this was Texas, king of the shithole states.