Family of Black high school student files federal lawsuit over hair discrimination

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Family of Black high school student files federal lawsuit over hair discrimination

Darryl George, 17, of Texas has been serving an in-school suspension since 31 August for refusing to cut his dreadlocksThe family of a Black high school student in Texas who was suspended over his dreadlocks filed a federal civil rights lawsuit Saturday against the state’s governor and attorney general, alleging they failed to enforce a new law outlawing discrimination based on hairstyles.Darryl George, 17, a junior at Barbers Hill high school i…