'It stripped, like, a little bit of myself away': Black students urge passage of the Crown Act to end hair discrimination.
"We shouldn't have to deal with this at this time, in 2022, in the most diverse country in the world," Watson Coleman said."And to see these events continue to take place suggests the very urgent need to pass this legislation in the Senate."
When Desiree Bullock moved from Cincinnati to East Bernard, Texas, in February, she said she was prevented from enrolling her son, Dyree Williams, in East Bernard High School because of his hair. She said a guidance counselor told her his hair went against the school district's dress code policy for male students, a copy of which she provided to NBC News.
hair may not extend below the eyebrows, tops of the ears or a"conventional standup shirt collar." The majority of students at the school are white, according toBullock said she told the counselor that her son has locs, and she said the counselor replied,"Well, he's going to have to cut those." Bullock said she then contacted Courtney Hudgins, the superintendent of the East Bernard Independent School District, to seek an exemption for her son but she was shot down.
Reached via email, Hudgins did not answer specific questions regarding Bullock's allegations, including whether Williams' locs would prevent him from enrolling in the high school. In a statement, Hudgins said the school district"has not denied enrollment to the individual involved in this situation, as no enrollment or registration documents have been filed.
"The type of parent I am, I talk to my child all the time and I let him know, whatever they think about you, that's something within them, not you," she said."I do plan on staying in Texas," she said."I actually plan for that law to pass and for things to change."
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