The Saturday Morning Entertainment Show

We have said our goodbyes to the celebrations of February. It's already March 2 and we will continue to enjoy and celebrate each day. Greetings to the celebrants of March. We hope you remember the people celebrated a birthday on February 29 and say it four times because they are not going to see another birthday until 2028. But we ought to have a conversation. This one is a carry over from last week  because it's a must. So Let's Talk.

Daryl George, a Black student in the Barbers Hill School District in Texas has been suspended from school since August because he wears his hair in Dread Locks. The School District has a policy that says male students should not wear their hair at a length that falls below their eye brows, ear lobes or T-shirt collar when it is let down. Daryl wears his hair pinned up. There is a state law that prohibits discrimination at work or school based on a person's hair texture or style. A county court judge ruled that the school policy does not violate the state law. I guess we will have to wait and see if the federal court determines whether the policy violates the constitution or the civil rights act. Daryl makes it clear that he wears his hair as an expression of pride in his ancestral and cultural identity. What do you think? Is the school policy an offense against Black expression? Should the school dress code take precedence to Black people's expression that has been denied for centuries?  Is this any different than the days when Black people could not get jobs because of their Afro hairstyle? This is not a policy that promotes, security, hygiene or welfare; should it even exist?

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