In Houston, the family of Darryl George, a 17-year-old Black high school junior at Barbers Hill High School, has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against Texas Governor Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton. The lawsuit alleges a grave failure to enforce the CROWN Act, a new law outlawing discrimination based on hairstyles. Despite the law, George has been under in-school suspension since August 31 for his dreadlocks, which the school district asserts violate its dress code. His family and supporters vehemently refute this, asserting, as quoted by the Associated Press, that his “hair is neatly tied in twisted dreadlocks on top of his head.”
