Land of the free, home of the "long hair is only for girls".

Not quite. He is not really wearing a style that would allow the hair to extend below the collar, brows, or lobes because he can't just take out his hair style. Its not a pony tail to be removed and distract all the boys like in the movies, its been documented to be in place for at least 8 days. And even if he did his hair could stick straight out or stright up. Seems like the dress code was written for white people hair and instead of using any sort of common sense to not enforce or even just change the code the school is doubling down on murky rules in the national eye. If it walks like a racist, talks like a racist, and deprives black people of an education because of their hair its probably a racist.

So, no male Sihk students are allowed, unless there's a religious exemption.

below the ear lobes when let down.

You know, I was coming in here to make a joke about how when the article says

male students’ hair will not extend, at any time, below the eyebrows or below the ear lobes

they would say that "any time" also applies when he takes a shower at home, but the code literally says that. Yikes.

That's such fucking bullshit. Might as well demand a buzzcut and be done with it.