According to a number of U.S. ** reports, an 18-year-old middle school student in Texas, USA, because he was dissatisfied with the school's requirement that he must cut his hair short, not only sued the school in court, but also brought the governor of Texas and the state attorney general to court, saying that he was illegally punished by them, and he has been suspended from school for half a year.
Judging from the report of the United States, the basis for the middle school student's lawsuit against the school and ** is a local anti-hair discrimination bill that came into effect in Texas in September last year, called the Crown Act in English. The law requires local schools and employers not to discriminate against people with ethnocultural hairstyles, such as those commonly found by black Americans. And the middle school student who sued the school and the state** was a black man with the kind of little spiral curls that are common among black people. Even though he had his hair coiled up on his head, the school believed that if he had spread his hair, it would have grown longer than the school rules. The school's rules require that the length of a student's hair should not exceed the neckline of the garment, the sides should not exceed the earlobes, and the front should not exceed the eyebrows.
As a result, the black middle school student argued that the school's practices violated local anti-discrimination laws and took the school to court. As for the reason why he sued the governor and others, it was because he believed that these *** had not implemented this anti-discrimination law well.
However, on February 22, local time, the judge who heard the student's case against the school ruled in favor of the school, on the grounds that although the law of Texas protects the national hairstyle from discrimination, the legal provisions do not propose to protect the length of the hair, so the judge can only judge the case in accordance with the law, and cannot invent content that is not in the law, otherwise it will be encroaching on the functions of the legislature.
But the judge also said that if the black student was dissatisfied, he could go to the legislator to propose a change to the law to include the length of the hair.
In response, a local legislator who was involved in the creation of an anti-hair-type discrimination law said that he supported the students' demands and would submit a draft amendment to the law as soon as possible. The legislator also said that in fact, the protection of black hairstyles by the law itself implies the protection of the length of their hair, otherwise these hairstyles would not be combed.
But the school didn't think there was anything wrong with the verdict and said there were other black students who were following the rules. In a statement, the president also believes that as an American, we can better unite with everyone by being consistent with everyone.
In the comment area of related reports, many American netizens were puzzled why the school always made requirements for students' hairstyles, believing that hairstyles have nothing to do with excellent academic performance.
Editor: Chen Jiawen).